The Business of Cannabis

Cannabis Regulatory Agency Asks Dispos To Report Customers Who Want To Buy More Than Legal Limit of Pot

Nov 9, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency wants pot dispensaries to report customers who possess illegal amounts of cannabis. But the CRA is not asking the stores not to sell it. “It doesn’t really make sense, at all,” said the manager of a store in the Upper Peninsula, who...

MiCIA Update: Oral Arguments In Lawsuit On Proposed 24 Percent Wholesale Tax Set For Nov. 25

Nov 7, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Michigan Cannabis Industry Association, representing hundreds of Michigan cannabis companies, will make oral arguments this month to try and stop the Michigan Treasury from assessing a 24 percent wholesale tax on cannabis sales. The MiCIA is asking for a...

Virginia’s Newly Elected Governor Supports Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Sales

Nov 5, 2025 | National

Efforts to legalize adult-use marijuana sales in Virginia got a boost on Tuesday with the election of Abigail Spanberger as the state’s next governor. The Democrat supports the reform, unlike outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), who twice vetoed measures to...

Michigan Lawmakers Could Ban Kratom

Nov 5, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Michigan lawmakers last Thursday debated possible restrictions of kratom, a product largely unregulated now in Michigan. The Michigan Kratom Consumer Protection Act, sponsored by State Rep. Cam Cavitt, R-Cheboygan, would do the following:  Ban...

Ohio Legislature Could Pass delta-8 Regs, Modify Pot Rules By Thanksgiving

Nov 5, 2025 | Great Lakes Region

A Republican state Senator who has been instrumental in the legislation that aims to regulate recreational marijuana and intoxicating hemp products said that lawmakers may come to an agreement before Thanksgiving. State Sen. Steve Huffman, chairman of the Senate...