Michigan testing, labeling rules for marijuana vaping products updated February 8, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued updated rules regarding vaping products Thursday, Feb. 6. The agency is requiring any vaping product that contain ingredients originating outside the regulated market to be tested for potentially deadly vitamin E acetate. All inactive ingredients, required to… Read More→
Marijuana is disproportionately expensive at Michigan dispensaries, study finds January 31, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Cannabis dispensaries are convenient because they’re legal and offer a wide selection, but they’re often more expensive than your illicit drug dealer.A new study by LeafLink, a wholesale marketplace for the cannabis industry, sheds some light on the costs of marijuana… Read More→
Michigan recalls 9,380 marijuana vaping products over vitamin E acetate concerns January 23, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments Vaping cartridges containing vitamin E acetate, a cutting agent suspected in a nationwide outbreak of deadly lung illnesses, has been discovered in samples of products sold from a Detroit dispensary. The Marijuana Regulatory Agency after 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22,… Read More→
Michigan recalls marijuana contaminated by dangerous fungicide January 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan has recalled a batch of marijuana contaminated by a toxic chemical that was sold multiple dispensaries. The recalled marijuana had dangerous levels of paclobutrazol, a fungicide that is "harmful if swallowed or absorbed through the skin," according to the Environmental Protection… Read More→
Cannabis shops rake in $221,000 on first day of Michigan’s legal sales December 3, 2019 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan pot shops generated $221,000 in sales Sunday during the state's first day of legal recreational marijuana purchases — generated by three licensed facilities in Ann Arbor. The total on the first day of legal adult use sales in Michigan doesn’t… Read More→
Michigan pauses sale of marijuana vaping products, bans vitamin E acetate November 23, 2019 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan regulators have temporarily paused the sale of marijuana vaping products as they implement new safety standards spurred by an outbreak of lung injuries. Also, regulators banned on Friday the use of vitamin E acetate, an additive that's been linked… Read More→
Michigan recreational marijuana sales may be delayed by a day or two November 22, 2019 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments The first day of recreational marijuana sales in Michigan, originally slated to commence Dec. 1, could be delayed a day or two, Marijuana Regulatory Agency Director Andrew Brisbo revealed during an industry summit in Metro Detroit Thursday, Nov. 21. The… Read More→
Michigan awards first marijuana licenses, paving way for December 1 sales November 19, 2019 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments The state's Marijuana Regulatory Agency delivered the first five recreational marijuana licenses Tuesday, paving the way for sales of legal weed to anyone 21 or older. Licenses went to Exclusive Brands in Ann Arbor, which has a grow operation, a… Read More→
Sales of recreational marijuana could begin as soon as Dec. 1 in Michigan November 15, 2019 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Sales of recreational marijuana to anyone over the age of 21 could begin on Dec. 1, months earlier than previously expected. The change came when the Marijuana Regulatory Agency on Wednesday told medical marijuana businesses, including growers and processors, that they… Read More→
Help wanted in Michigan’s projected billion-dollar-plus marijuana industry November 13, 2019 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Within two hours on a day following record snowfall in Michigan, a career fair seeking up to 100 employees for a proposed marijuana grow facility in Pontiac ran out of its 300 applications. A waiting list was created for the jobs that… Read More→
A year after marijuana became legal, Michigan still months away from retail sales November 4, 2019 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Retail sales of recreational marijuana may still be months away and confined to select communities, even though Michigan began taking applications for businesses on Friday. The Marijuana Regulatory Agency last week began accepting applications for what is expected to be… Read More→
Michigan accepting adult-use recreational marijuana licenses Friday October 30, 2019 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments The Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) will begin accepting applications for marijuana licensing under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act (MRTMA) this Friday, November 1st. “Our team has done a tremendous job preparing for this day and we’re excited… Read More→
Recreational weed probably won’t be for sale in Michigan until March, April October 28, 2019 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Nearly a year after Michigan voters approved legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use, the state is getting ready to hand out the business licenses that will usher in the beginning of retail sales. But don't pull out your cash just… Read More→
When can we finally buy recreational marijuana in Michigan? October 22, 2019 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Last year, after the vote to legalize adult-use recreational marijuana in Michigan was certified, people lined up outside provisioning centers with the expectation that they would be allowed to buy some in those locations — only to find that a… Read More→
Marijuana testing facility fined $100K in settlement with Michigan state regulators October 10, 2019 AggregatedNews Lab Testing 0 Comments A marijuana safety compliance facility was fined $100,000 as part of a settlement agreement with state regulators. Iron Laboratories, LLC, a Walled Lake marijuana testing facility, was ordered to cease operations in August after Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency found the… Read More→