What’s In Whitmer’s Budget? Sin Taxes — And Lots Of Them

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's plan to fill a "gap" in the next state budget banks on tax hikes, reserve funding, and to-be-determined spending cuts and other savings. Two of those measures — the ...

Tests Reveal Purer Meth, Less Pure Opioids, More Cocaine Hit Michigan From Mexican Cartels

Mexican drug cartels are shipping purer forms of meth into rural Michigan, replacing the drugs that were once made in home labs and full of impurities, police and lab testing data shows. Meanwhile ...

Illinois Pot Revenue Falls As Hemp And Other States Cut Into Prices For Now Struggling Industry

The opening of the Okay Cannabis shop in Wheeling three years ago seemed like a good business bet. It was the first dispensary in the state to combine sales of marijuana and alcohol with the adjoining ...

Denver Cannabis Calendar: Marijuana Murder Mystery

Journalist Scott Eden will visit Denver to talk about his new book, A Killing in Cannabis: A True Story of Love, Murder, and California Weed. Set in Santa Cruz, California, the nonfiction book dives into ...

Indiana Bill Could Tighten Ban On Pot Billboards

Proposed legislation ordering billboards advertising marijuana dispensaries still up in Indiana be taken down is gaining traction at the statehouse. A ban was imposed last year but many billboards ...

Ohio Hemp Jobs At Risk As Referendum Battle Intensifies

A last-minute referendum effort in Ohio is turning into a high-stakes economic fight, with thousands of hemp-related jobs potentially hanging in the balance. Backers of the repeal effort are racing to block ...

Colorado Cannabis Revenue Declining As Other States Legalize, But It Still Outpaces Alcohol Taxes, Report Shows

Tax revenue from marijuana sales has gradually decreased in Colorado over the past five years as more states have enacted legalization and as intoxicating hemp products have grown in popularity, state officials say in a new report. Nonetheless, cannabis is still...

Cannabis Use Associated With Better Decision-Making Skills In People With Bipolar Disorder

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry suggests that chronic cannabis use may not be associated with cognitive impairment in people with bipolar disorder, contrasting with its ...

Navigating New Hemp Laws- A Major Shift For The Cannabis Industry

A fast-growing market built on hemp-derived cannabinoid products is about to face a federal reset. Over the past several years, consumer demand for products such as hemp-derived ...

FDA Misses Deadline To Publish Cannabinoid List And Define Hemp ‘Containers,’ Drawing Industry Criticism

The Food and Drug Administration has missed a congressionally mandated deadline to publish a list of known cannabinoids as federal hemp laws are set to change later this year in a way that stake ...