Michigan’s biggest cannabis cultivators question state’s right to create small cultivation licenses
Today there are only seven operating Microbusinesses, which allow 150 plants. The new Class A type would allow 500 plants.
Michigan operators questioning testing system’s integrity after confusion surrounding November recall
“How is it fair for me as a manufacturer that I should pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year knowing that the accuracy is suspect at times and when we know there is dirty material that’s still on the shelves?”
Illinois supercase holding up 185 dispensary licenses lumbers towards a possible late spring settlement
The judge did not indicate when she might lift the court order first filed in June 2021 that bars the state from issuing dispensary licenses to last summer’s license lottery winners.
Illinois trade association clarifies position on craft grow canopy
Spokespeople from three large cannabis companies operating in Illinois released statements that they support craft grow owners of color, but oppose the current legislation because it does not guarantee diverse owners will reap the rewards.
Leading Illinois cannabis trade group pushing to block bill to aid social equity licensees
“When we talk to investors, people look at the 5,000 square feet, and it is impossible to make those numbers work at 5,000. At 14,000, things look a lot better.”
Two more Illinois cannabis businesses organize
The Verilife call center is the sixth cannabis business in Illinois to organize with Local 777.
Illinois social equity license lending program stalls – costing intended recipients
The subsidized loans were expected to be a lifeline for many license winners, since craft grow startup costs were expected to be in the multi-million dollar range and many social equity license winners lacked relationships with trusted investors.
Michigan mulls allowing conversion of CBD oil to THC, triggering fears of depressed product prices
“It is much less [expensive] because CBD is much cheaper. You can procure CBD with a much lower pricing system.”
Missouri regulator says delta-8 sales and cannabis market forces not part of purview
While over 500 license appeals are still languishing in the state’s judicial system, Fraker denies the state is purposefully slow-walking those appeals.
Missouri Supremes rule state must open application archives to appealing cannabis license applicants
As a result of this decision, appealing applicants may demand regulators to provide other applications for comparison, which could lead to revelations of dozens if not hundreds of scoring errors and sloppy procedures.
