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Growth In Demand For Legal Cannabis In US Higher In December

Growth In Demand For Legal Cannabis In US Higher In December

EAST LANSING — Growth in demand for legal cannabis products in the United States picked up in December after several months of slow growth in the fall. This news was released Tuesday in Anderson Economic Group’s monthly AndCan Index. AEG’s experts produce monthly measurements by closely following 50 state trends for both the recreational and

By Mike Brennan|2021-03-09T09:40:04-05:00March 9th, 2021|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Virtual Hash Bash To Mark 50th Year Of Celebrating Cannabis Culture

Virtual Hash Bash To Mark 50th Year Of Celebrating Cannabis Culture

ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor Hash Bash will be returning this year as a virtual variety-show-style production, free to the public, featuring activists and entertainers from around the state and country. The emergence of Covid-19's new "Variant of Concern" on the University of Michigan campus prompted the committee to make this year’s Hash Bash

By Mike Brennan|2021-03-09T09:40:18-05:00March 8th, 2021|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Adult-Use Licensees’ Social Equity Plan Amendment Form

Adult-Use Licensees’ Social Equity Plan Amendment Form

LANSING - In September of 2020, the Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued an advisory bulletin focusing on social equity plans submitted by adult-use licensees. Then in January of 2021 those bulletins were published and made available for the public on the MRA website. Now, the MRA has created a social equity plan amendment form which allows

By Mike Brennan|2021-03-06T15:59:53-05:00March 6th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|

MRA Social Equity Education and Outreach Session March 11: License Types Needed For Operations

MRA Social Equity Education and Outreach Session March 11: License Types Needed For Operations

LANSING - The MRA social equity education and outreach session March 11 will be brought to you through Zoom webinar. During this session a representative from the Field Operations section of the MRA Enforcement Division will provide information on operating multiple license types in one location or over several locations and the requirements necessary for

By Mike Brennan|2021-03-05T12:50:51-05:00March 5th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|

MRA Reminds Applicants Of March 1 License Eligibility Changes

MRA Reminds Applicants Of March 1 License Eligibility Changes

LANSING – The Marijuana Regulatory Agency Friday issued a reminder that, beginning March 1, applicants are no longer required to hold an active medical marijuana license to be eligible for the following adult-use licenses: Marijuana Retailer, Marijuana Processor, Class B Marijuana Grower, Class C Marijuana Grower, and Marijuana Secure Transporter. “Beginning Monday, business entry into

By Mike Brennan|2021-02-26T16:03:53-05:00February 26th, 2021|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

420Post: Michigan’s 2 Microbusiness Licensees Explain The Ins And Outs Of Entrepreneurial Cannabis

420Post: Michigan’s 2 Microbusiness Licensees Explain The Ins And Outs Of Entrepreneurial Cannabis

ANN ARBOR - A Michigan microbusiness license allows the holder to grow up to 150 plants, process those plants into a variety of cannabis extracts and edibles, and sell those products directly to the consumer. Today on Four20Post we have the state’s only two microbusiness license holders who will discuss their experiences. Ben Kolasa, the owner of Sticky

By Mike Brennan|2021-02-25T10:18:31-05:00February 24th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|

MRA’s Social Equity Program Announces February Business Resource Workshop, Featuring Our Cannabis

MRA’s Social Equity Program Announces February Business Resource Workshop, Featuring Our Cannabis

LANSING – The Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) is announcing the date, time, and location for its February Business Resource Workshop hosted by the Social Equity Program, featuring Our Cannabis. Date: Thursday, February 25, 2021 Time: 10:00 AM Place: Zoom While attendance is free, space is limited. Interested participants need to register at: http://bit.ly/MRA-success. During the

By Mike Brennan|2021-02-19T17:36:56-05:00February 19th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News, Uncategorized|

MDARD Awards Rural Grants to Support Infrastructure, Sustainability of Land-Based Industries

MDARD Awards Rural Grants to Support Infrastructure, Sustainability of Land-Based Industries

LANSING—The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has awarded 20 Rural Development Fund Grants designed to promote the sustainability of land-based industries and support infrastructure that benefits rural communities. “Rural Michigan isn’t some strange, faraway, uninhabited land,” said MDARD Director Gary McDowell. “Most of the people in this great state are either from or

By Mike Brennan|2021-02-13T17:53:30-05:00February 13th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|

420Post Live: Back Story On MRA Cannabis Testing Changes

420Post Live: Back Story On MRA Cannabis Testing Changes

ANN ARBOR - On 420Post TV Wednesday Lev Spivak and Ben Rosman, the co-owners of PSI Labs, the Ann Arbor cannabis testing lab that said it found mold in cannabis samples, will discuss their findings that lead to the Marijuana Regulatory Agency changing its testing protocols. Also on the show Tiffany Coleman, cannabis science researcher,

By Mike Brennan|2021-02-10T19:27:58-05:00February 10th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|

November Sees Continued Slower Growth For Legal U.S. Cannabis Products

November Sees Continued Slower Growth For Legal U.S. Cannabis Products

EAST LANSING - Growth in demand for legal cannabis products in the United States was slightly slower in November than it was in October. This continues a new trend of much softer demand growth than we saw in the spring and early summer, according to Anderson Economic Group’s monthly AndCan®Index. AEG’s experts produce this monthly measurement

By Mike Brennan|2021-02-07T10:25:41-05:00February 7th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|