The Business of Cannabis

Detroit City Council May Ban Cannabis Ads Near “Sensitive Properties”

Oct 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Detroit City Council is likely to consider restrictions on marijuana advertisements in the city. Council member Angela Whitfield Calloway is leading the proposed changes to city code that would prohibit marijuana advertisements from being within a 1,000-foot...

Army Bans ‘Increasingly Problematic’ Delta-8 THC In New Drug Policy Update

Oct 17, 2024 | National

The U.S. Army has updated its drug policies to crack down on the use of delta-8 THC, a synthetic form of THC made from hemp-derived CBD. The new policies aim to reduce the misuse of substances, including delta-8 THC, which the Army previously described as...

MDARD To Send The Industrial Hemp Program Back To USDA

Oct 17, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Michigan House Bill number 5977 would change the Industrial Hemp Program for Michigan growers. However, it does not change the requirements for Industrial Hemp Processors. While the wording in this Bill does not state the request to abolish the Michigan Industrial...

Michigan Court Rules Marijuana Dealers Can Face Harsher Sentences Than Illegal Growers

Oct 16, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

People committing similar large-scale marijuana crimes face very different penalties in Michigan. Dealers are eligible to serve up to 15 years in prison, while illegal growers of any size may only be charged with a misdemeanor, the state Court of Appeals clarified...

Mushroom Shaman Charged In $8 Million Fraud

Oct 16, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

A shaman multiple aliases, a criminal record and a now-shuttered psychedelic mushroom church in Detroit has been arrested on federal fraud charges. “Shaman Shu,” as he refers to himself, is accused of masterminding a penny stock “pump-and-dump scheme” that defrauded...