The Business of Cannabis

EGLE Webinar: Managing Recreational Marijuana Impacts In Your Community – December 17

Nov 19, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency is sharing information about an upcoming webinar hosted by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). Marijuana cultivation and processing can have environmental impacts such as odors, water discharges, land...

Hemp Advocates Urge Action On Federal Regulations

Nov 19, 2025 | National

Congress has introduced measures that require swift, united action to safeguard the hemp wellness sector. Language buried in the compromise package to open up the government – in the Agriculture, Rural Development, and FDA Appropriations Act – bans full-spectrum...

Could States Simply Ignore The Federal Hemp THC Ban?

Nov 17, 2025 | National

Regulated cannabis interests are celebrating the end of the Farm Bill “loophole” that launched the massive nationwide market for intoxicating hemp THC products. But what happens if lawmakers and business leaders at the state level simply ignore the ban?...

State Contends It Did Not Illegally Change Voter-Approved Cannabis Legalization By Adding 24 Percent Wholesale Tax

Nov 14, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Michigan’s new wholesale marijuana tax law does not alter “in any way” the 2018 ballot proposal voters approved to legalize recreational sales, according to state attorneys urging a judge to toss a lawsuit that seeks to block the tax.  In early October, lawmakers...

US House Committee Blocks Vote On GOP Lawmaker’s Amendment To Stop Hemp Ban, While Senator Floats Regulatory Alternative

Nov 12, 2025 | National

As the House prepares to vote on a Senate-passed spending bill with provisions to ban consumable hemp products, one GOP representative’s final push to strike the prohibition language has failed. At the same time, a Democratic senator says Congress should take the...