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Native American Tribe Ventures into Cannabis Industry: Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Builds 50,000-Square-Foot Growing Facility. The band-owned Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures has started building a 50,000-square-foot cannabis growing facility that is expected to open this fall. A company owned by the

A Maine lawmaker is fighting current cannabis laws and how they are enforced across the state. Republican Representative David Boyer of Poland is pushing for lawmakers to take a second look at the original marijuana laws passed in 2016 and make adjustments. The bill heard in Augusta on Monday is

Standardizing Cannabis Product Symbols: The Case for the International Intoxicating Cannabinoid Product Symbol (IICPS). In the past decade, the legalization of cannabis has accelerated across the U.S. Today, almost every state permits the medical use of cannabis, while close to half of all states

The cannabis tax world is abuzz with rumor and delight. The giddiness stems from a recent announcement by a publicly traded cannabis company that it obtained large tax refunds from the IRS, even though the company has been tightlipped about the reason for the refunds. The company announced nothing

Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program: Regulations Unveiled Ahead of January 2025 Launch. The Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program — which regulates the legal cultivation, production, sale and use of medical marijuana products — is set to officially start Jan. 1, 2025. But before patients and businesses

The heart of the argument is whether Delta Extraction violated state law by selling THC concentrate derived from out-of-state hemp. Jason Sparks is an Oklahoma man who almost single-handedly created the distillate that led to Missouri regulators’ decision to pull more than 60,000 marijuana products

Chinese Gangs' Illicit Weed Farms Surge Across US, Challenging Mexican Cartels; CCP Connection Sparks Concerns. Chinese gangs are behind THOUSANDS of illegal weed farms across the US - sparking fears that CCP could become new cannabis kingpins. Chinese gangs have set up thousands of illicit weed

Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has recommended a change in how cannabis is taxed. This major change would see the current rate of $1 per gram, or 10% of a producer’s selling price (whichever is higher), be limited to 10% ‘ad valorem’, a percentage of the wholesale selling

Michigan to Distribute $87 Million in Marijuana Revenue to Local Communities. The Michigan Department of Treasury will send more than $87 million in adult-use marijuana payments across the state on Friday. The payments are part of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act. In the legal

Seven residents and a marijuana victims group have filed a lawsuit to stop the borough from going to pot. One of the residents, Mary Botteon, said in papers filed with the lawsuit that she's devoted to helping to keep her hometown as one of the best places to raise children, and doesn’t want

The Michigan Department of Treasury has announced that Branch County will get over $827,000 while the City of Coldwater will get nearly $649,000 and the Village of Quincy will receive over $177,000 in recreational marijuana excise tax revenue from Fiscal Year 2023. The Treasury Department announced

Legal Battle Over Montana Marijuana Tax Revenue Allocation Continues. Over nine months after Montana’s 2023 legislative session adjourned, a broadly supported bill to change how tax money from marijuana sales is used is still up in the air, the subject of ongoing legal wrangling. Senate Bill 442

The federal House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance is recommending a change to how cannabis excise taxes are applied. The change calls for moving from a rate of $1 per gram or 10% of a producer’s selling price (whichever is higher) to a 10% ad valorem rate. This rate currently applies to

Ohio Police Dogs Face Retirement as Cannabis Legalization Renders Them Obsolete. Nearly 300 drug-sniffing police dogs in Ohio will need to retire in the near future as the legalization of cannabis has rendered their marijuana-smelling snouts a liability for law enforcement across the state. Several

US Cannabis Council Launches Fundraising Campaign at Dispensaries. The US Cannabis Council (USCC) is asking cannabis consumers to ‘directly support legalization at the checkout counter’ by donating to their lobbying efforts. This week, the advocacy group, which says it wants to make the federal

Michigan State Police say they busted a “large-scale illicit market” marijuana grow operation in metro Detroit this week. After a monthslong investigation, the Michigan State Police Marijuana & Tobacco Investigation Section conducted a search warrant Wednesday, Feb. 21 at the Highland Park facility

A lawsuit filed earlier this month has put a spotlight on an ongoing loophole in the cannabis industry. California’s pot companies have found a way to ship cannabis products across the country, injecting much-needed cash into the struggling industry. There’s just one problem: It might be illegal

Ohio Looks to Michigan for Lessons on Building a Recreational Marijuana Market. Ohioans don’t have to look far for the economic promise of legal recreational marijuana – Michigan’s market sold more than $3 billion worth of cannabis last year, enjoying almost $280 million in total sales in December

New York Cannabis Licensees Face Challenges in Implementing Seed-to-Sale Tracking Systems. New York’s legal cannabis operators have about two months to stand up seed-to-sale tracking systems, but regulators haven’t provided much clarity or instruction, some licensees have told NY Cannabis Insider

Surplus Weed from States Like Oklahoma Feeds New York's Illicit Market. Surplus weed produced in states like Oklahoma is increasingly ending up in New York, fueling its illicit market and complicating the state’s efforts to expand legal cannabis sales. In the dead of night last April, state drug