The Business of Cannabis

Detroit Finally Awards First Recreational Marijuana License To Grower

May 31, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Doghouse Farms, a grow operation on Detroit’s east side, received the license and soon will be selling marijuana on the recreational market, Crain’s Detroit Business reported. The business invested roughly $4 million in a 25,000-square-foot cultivation facility that...

Surprising Side Effects of Marijuana After Age 50

May 31, 2022 | National

Although marijuana has been typically associated with younger adults, that is a stereotype according to the National Library of Medicine. People over 50 are using the drug more often now. “As an older population grows in the United States that has a tolerant...

Rhode Island Becomes 19th State to Legalize Marijuana for Adults

May 27, 2022 | National

Democratic Governor Dan McKee has signed legislation into law legalizing the personal use and licensed retail sale of marijuana to those age 21 or older. Provisions in the law permitting adults to possess and home cultivate marijuana took effect upon...

Dr. Oz Warns That Legalizing Marijuana in Pennsylvania Would Aggravate Unemployment by Weakening ‘Mojo

May 26, 2022 | National

Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race, argues that the Democratic nominee, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, is wrong to support marijuana legalization because allowing recreational use is apt to aggravate the state’s already high...

Rhode Island Marijuana Legalization Heads To Governor Following Senate And House Passage

May 25, 2022 | National

The Rhode Island House of Representatives and Senate approved a pair of identical companion bills to legalize marijuana on Tuesday. Both chambers took up the proposals, advancing them to the opposite body for perfunctory votes on final passage to formally send the...