The Business of Cannabis

And So It Begins: UP Dispo Lays Off Employees To Prepare For 24 Percent Wholesale Tax In January

Dec 17, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

A new Michigan tax on cannabis that will go into effect next month is already impacting Upper Peninsula dispensaries. Higher Love Cannabis Co. has locations from Marquette to Menominee. But this week, the business announced permanent layoffs for 61 of its 213...

DOJ Declines To File Supreme Court Brief In Marijuana Companies’ Case Challenging Federal Prohibition

Dec 17, 2025 | National

The Justice Department is declining the opportunity to file a brief on whether the U.S. Supreme Court should take up a case from marijuana businesses that are challenging the constitutionality of federal prohibition. In a filing submitted to the court on...

IHemp President Bechtold Fears New Legislation Will Destroy Hemp Industry

Dec 17, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

In November 2025, Congress enacted significant changes to the federal regulation of industrial hemp and CBD products through the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2026 (H.R. 5371). Signed into law to end a government shutdown, this legislation...

Ohio Bill Tightens Home Marijuana Grow Rules, Recasting Voter-Approved Legalization As SB 56 Heads To DeWine

Dec 16, 2025 | Great Lakes Region

Ohio law allows adults to grow marijuana at home, but legislation heading to Gov. Mike DeWine would tighten where and how residents can legally cultivate cannabis, further reshaping the state’s newly legalized adult-use market. Under current Ohio law, adults may grow...

CRA Licensee Contact Information

Dec 16, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Pursuant to the Administrative Rules, licensees have a continuing duty to provide the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) with up-to-date contact information and must notify the CRA in writing of any changes to the contact information on file with the CRA. The only way...