The Business of Cannabis

House GOP Committee Approves Bill To Ban All Hemp Products With THC

Jun 6, 2025 | Feature, National

A GOP-led House committee has approved a spending bill containing provisions that hemp stakeholders say would devastate the industry, prohibiting most consumable cannabinoid products that were federally legalized during the first Trump administration. Just...

CRA Education Session: Planning for Success and Regulatory Compliance in High Volume Multi-Channel Retail With Meadow

Jun 6, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Max Esdale, COO, of Meadow, said many businesses struggle with scaling up while adding new sales channels such as online, phone, and kiosk ordering; or adding new fulfillment channels such as ordering for pickup, delivery, events, lounges, etc. In this webinar on...

Struggling Michigan Pot Companies Bet The Farm On Risky Federal Tax Strategy Trying to Save Millions Of Dollars

Jun 4, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Since early 2024, state-licensed cannabis companies in Michigan and across the country have been changing their approach to filing and paying federal taxes — specifically to claim exemption to a little-known 1982 provision in the Internal Revenue Code called Section...

4 Chinese Nationals Accused Of Running $5 Million Illegal Grow Near Tawas

Jun 4, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Four Chinese citizens are facing charges in connection with a massive illegal marijuana growing operation discovered in Iosco County. Michigan State Police executed a search warrant Thursday at a warehouse in Alabaster Township. They located 5,057 marijuana plants...

Cannabis Legalization May Be Headed To US Supreme Court

Jun 4, 2025 | National

A group of cannabis companies looking to overturn the plant’s illicit status at the national level could be on their way to the U.S. Supreme Court. And there is reason for them to be optimistic that at least one justice is willing to take the case. Last week...