Marijuana Companies Lay Off Hundreds, Retrench Amid Economic Woes

Sep 6, 2022 | National

While business around the world shuttered as COVID-19 spread, the marijuana industry was deemed “essential” in nearly 30 states and stood to gain from the pandemic. But more than two years later, amid rising inflation and fears of a recession, North American cannabis...

John Fetterman’s Campaign Says He’ll Press Biden To Finally Decriminalize Marijuana 

Sep 6, 2022 | National

 Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for US Senate this year, will pressure Biden on “the need to finally decriminalize marijuana,” according to a campaign spokesman Joe Calvello. In a lengthier statement released Monday afternoon,...

Spectrum Health No Longer Screening Most New Hires For Marijuana

Sep 1, 2022 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Spectrum Health, one of the major employers in West Michigan, is no longer screening new hires for marijuana. However, this only applies to most positions. In a statement to 13 ON YOUR SIDE, a spokesperson with the hospital system says: “To reduce barriers to...

Lume Cannabis Co. Monroe Store Votes To Unionize

Aug 31, 2022 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

On Monday, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 876 announced that a Michigan-based cannabis company location became unionized. According to a press release, Lume Cannabis Co.’s Monroe location will be the first shop out of the 40 in the...

Irwin Natural THC Products To Hit The Shelves Of Thousand Michigan’s Cannabis Dispensaries

Aug 31, 2022 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Irwin Natural entered into a licensing agreement with 42 Degrees Processing LLC, through its subsidiary Irwin Naturals Cannabis, Inc., to produce and distribute Irwin Naturals THC products in Michigan. Klee Irwin, CEO of Irwin Naturals stated: “Michigan is a...