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State Cannabis Regulators Still One Step Behind Questionable THC Lab Data

State Cannabis Regulators Still One Step Behind Questionable THC Lab Data

WASHINGTON DC - Despite widespread acknowledgement from cannabis industry observers that commercial testing laboratories across the country routinely inflate THC potency results, consequences are rare, according to a review of recent state regulatory actions. Critics say this demonstrates that state regulators have been too slow to wrestle with dubious THC-potency results and other questionable data

By Guest Column|2023-12-31T12:20:41-05:00December 31st, 2023|Marijuana Business, News|

Michigan Cannabis Sales Decline Slightly In November For Fourth Month In A Row

Michigan Cannabis Sales Decline Slightly In November For Fourth Month In A Row

LANSING - Michigan cannabis sales in November totaled $260.5 million, down less than 1 percent from October, but representing the fourth consecutive month sales have declined. The good news is sales rose 28 percent from November 2022. Adult-use sales were up 35.2 percent from a year go November coming in at $256.7 million, down 0.7

By Mike Brennan|2023-12-14T08:38:12-05:00December 14th, 2023|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

US Senator Says Cannabis Legalization Is Inevitable Despite Some Republican Opposition

US Senator Says Cannabis Legalization Is Inevitable Despite Some Republican Opposition

WASHINGTON DC - Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), one of the most vociferous cannabis supporters among U.S. senators, recently said he was honored to vote for the SAFER Banking Act. Commenting on recent Ohio’s cannabis legalization, Fetterman told City & State in an exclusive interview that “it’s absolutely absurd – how many states around Pennsylvania are we failing behind?” “It just makes

By Benzinga|2023-11-29T10:18:52-05:00November 29th, 2023|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Latrisha Matson Joins Sparx & Recreation Team

Latrisha Matson Joins Sparx & Recreation Team

LAS VEGAS - Latrisha Matson, founder of Michigan Weedsters, has joined the Sparx & Recreation team. She is interviewed on her first reporting assignment, MjBizCon in Las Vegas, where she interviewed newsmakers, exhibitors and even cannabis chefs. Trish is well-known in the Michigan cannabis community where she created Michigan Weedsters, an advocasy group that supports

By Mike Brennan|2023-12-05T10:58:58-05:00November 28th, 2023|Marijuana Business, mitechtv, News|

Michigan Cannabis Sales Decline Slightly In October For Third Straight Month

Michigan Cannabis Sales Decline Slightly In October For Third Straight Month

LANSING - Michigan cannabis sales fell 4.3 percent in October to $262.9 million from $274.7 million in September. Sales peaked at $276.7 million in July. The good news is October sales were up 25.5 percent from October 2022. Looking at the statistical report, medical sales fell 70.7 percent from a year ago to $4.9 million,

By Mike Brennan|2023-11-15T18:48:09-05:00November 15th, 2023|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

DEA Marijuana Rescheduling Likely By Next Year

DEA Marijuana Rescheduling Likely By Next Year

WASHINGTON DC - A former Food and Drug Administration official says he’d be "shocked" if the DEA does not reschedule cannabis by next year's presidential election, and that he expects the DEA will ultimately accept the recent Health and Human Services’ recommendation to ease restrictions on cannabis by reclassifying it as a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances

By Staff Writer|2023-11-12T11:40:55-05:00November 12th, 2023|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Voters Reject Cannabis Sales In Grosse Pointe Park, Keego Harbor, Rochester, And Birmingham

Voters Reject Cannabis Sales In Grosse Pointe Park, Keego Harbor, Rochester, And Birmingham

DETROIT - In Tuesday’s election, voters in three Michigan cities — Grosse Pointe Park, Keego Harbor, and Rochester — said no to allowing marijuana retailers. In Birmingham, with 67 percent of votes counted, the marijuana proposal likewise was headed for defeat. Like the holdouts in Oak Park, who for decades stuck with the Prohibition era’s

By Detroit Free Press|2023-11-08T12:16:49-05:00November 8th, 2023|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Michigan Cannabis-Infused Cooking Gets A Video Channel

Michigan Cannabis-Infused Cooking Gets A Video Channel

ANN ARBOR - Do you want to learn how to cook with cannabis? Are you a chef that uses cannabis in your cooking? Well Anthony Freed wants to talk to you. Anthony is a long-time player in the Michigan cannabis market. He helped craft some of the current laws that first brought medical marijuana to

By Mike Brennan|2023-11-08T12:19:09-05:00November 7th, 2023|Marijuana Business, mitechtv, News|

US House Members Reintroduce Legislation Repealing Federal Marijuana Prohibition

US House Members Reintroduce Legislation Repealing Federal Marijuana Prohibition

WASHINGTON DC - A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives, led by Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, have reintroduced legislation repealing the federal prohibition of cannabis and providing resources to assist in regulating the state-licensed cannabis industry. House Bill 6028, The States Reform Act, removes cannabis from the US Controlled

By Staff Writer|2023-11-07T18:02:28-05:00November 6th, 2023|Marijuana Business, News|

New Study Reveals Health Risks Of Fungi In Cannabis Products

New Study Reveals Health Risks Of Fungi In Cannabis Products

NEW YORK - A new study has revealed that cannabis, even when used for medical purposes, could pose a severe health risk for some consumers due to harmful fungi infecting the plants. The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, was conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture,

By Staff Writer|2023-10-30T09:31:48-04:00October 30th, 2023|Marijuana Business, News|