The Business of Cannabis

Ohio Hemp Jobs At Risk As Referendum Battle Intensifies

Feb 18, 2026 | Great Lakes Region

A last-minute referendum effort in Ohio is turning into a high-stakes economic fight, with thousands of hemp-related jobs potentially hanging in the balance. Backers of the repeal effort are racing to block a new state law that would ban intoxicating hemp...

Cannabis Use Associated With Better Decision-Making Skills In People With Bipolar Disorder

Feb 18, 2026 | National

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry suggests that chronic cannabis use may not be associated with cognitive impairment in people with bipolar disorder, contrasting with its effects on healthy individuals. The findings indicate that people with bipolar...

Navigating New Hemp Laws- A Major Shift For The Cannabis Industry

Feb 18, 2026 | National

A fast-growing market built on hemp-derived cannabinoid products is about to face a federal reset. Over the past several years, consumer demand for products such as hemp-derived THC gummies, beverages, vapes, and flowers helped create thriving new retail categories...

What’s In Whitmer’s Budget? Sin Taxes — And Lots Of Them

Feb 18, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to fill a “gap” in the next state budget banks on tax hikes, reserve funding, and to-be-determined spending cuts and other savings. Two of those measures — the tax increases and rainy day fund withdrawal — are already...

Tests Reveal Purer Meth, Less Pure Opioids, More Cocaine Hit Michigan From Mexican Cartels

Feb 18, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Mexican drug cartels are shipping purer forms of meth into rural Michigan, replacing the drugs that were once made in home labs and full of impurities, police and lab testing data shows. Meanwhile, opioids have been cut with more impurities that can render overdose...