The Business of Cannabis

Michigan Cannabis Industry Fights 24 Percent Wholesale Tax In Court

Dec 3, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Michigan Court of Claims heard arguments Nov. 25 over the constitutionality of a new 24% wholesale tax on cannabis products, a measure that has sparked significant backlash from the state’s legal marijuana industry. The tax, set to take effect on Jan. 1, was...

Midwest Independent Retailers Association Advocates For Hemp-Derived THC Regulation

Dec 3, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Midwest Independent Retailers Association based in Bloomfield Hills urged members to remove hemp consumables from store shelves in and asked the Legislature to regulate the products. MIRA Vice President of Government Affairs Jerry GRIFFIN said the...

Intoxicating Hemp Companies Facing Ban Should Consider Federal Bankruptcy Relief Early

Dec 3, 2025 | National

The “loophole” that for years exempted intoxicating hemp from the prohibitions of the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) is set to close on November 13, 2026, following the federal ban enacted earlier this month. Companies that manufacture, distribute, sell, or...

After Cannabis Rescheduling Stalls, Industry Looks To US Supreme Court To Overturn Federal Prohibition

Dec 3, 2025 | National

Will the U.S. Supreme Court do what Congress and the White House have not and deliver the $32 billion U.S. cannabis industry from outdated federal marijuana laws? An answer is inching closer after the highest court on Monday scheduled a meeting for next month to...

Voters Prohibit Dispensary Expansion Plans In Michigan Border Towns

Dec 1, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

At the polls in November, voters in two Michigan border communities, Niles Township and Menominee, passed ballot initiatives to block or limit new marijuana shops. In the Upper Peninsula’s Menominee, where eight shops already exist in the town of about 8,500 along the...