Oct 12, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
President Joe Biden’s move to pardon people who’ve committed federal marijuana possession offenses is popular among the public, according to a pair of new polls. And the White House is taking note of the strong support. Separate surveys released on Tuesday by USA...
Oct 12, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
President Biden’s request to review the classification of marijuana may bring unintended consequences to the industry in Michigan. Biden directed the secretary of Health and Human Services and the U.S. attorney general to examine how marijuana is scheduled under...
Oct 12, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
It was quiet morning on Oct. 6, inside Traverse City’s Great Lakes Hemp Supplements owned by Michigan Cannabis Activist Michael Thue, is a cannabis business with CBD products and a decal on the window that reads, “healers not dealers.” The solace shattered....
Oct 12, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Police and marijuana haven’t always been friends, so it’s somewhat unexpected that a former law man would be leading Michigan’s commercial marijuana industry. But that’s what’s happened. Brian Hanna, named acting director of the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) by...
Oct 12, 2022 | Feature, National
State-level marijuana legalization has had a “significant” economic impact—generating jobs, tax revenue and impacting real estate—according to a new report from a Federal Reserve Bank district. The Kansas City arm of the central bank, which covers five full states and...
