DETROIT - Detroit City Council is likely to consider restrictions on marijuana advertisements in the city. Council member Angela Whitfield Calloway is leading the proposed changes to city code that would prohibit marijuana advertisements from being within a 1,000-foot radius of “sensitive property” locations that “may have an impact” on children. The properties include schools, child
OLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio adults aged 21 and older purchased $11.1 million in recreational marijuana product from Oct. 6 through Saturday, pushing sales figures above the $100 million mark. Dispensaries have rung up a total of 1.4 million transactions totaling $109.5 million since the beginning of recreational sales on Aug. 6 through Saturday, according to Ohio
WASHINGTON DC - The Wall Street Journal published a survey on Monday that reported that when it came to inflation, there was one definitive candidate whose economic policy plans would make it worse: former President Donald Trump. Fifty economists responded to the survey, which took place from October 4-8, 2024. The quarterly survey was last conducted in July —
LANSING - After record-breaking Michigan August cannabis sales, September sales plunged nearly 10 percent, the Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced Monday. By the numbers, September sales were $266.9 million versus $294 million in August, with just 1 percent purchased by medical marijuana patients. The $266.9 million in September sales is a slight dip from the roughly
CLEVELAND - What marijuana products do Buckeye State customers prefer? Bloom Medicinals, a cannabis company selling both medical and adult use marijuana, offered some insight, and a smaller local shop, Locals Cannabis in Columbus followed similar trends to its multistate counterpart. The company gathered data on marijuana purchases across their four Ohio stores, including one location in
LONDON - Meteorologists tracking the advance of Hurricane Milton have been targeted by a deluge of conspiracy theories that they were controlling the weather, abuse and even death threats, amid what they say is an unprecedented surge in misinformation as two major hurricanes have hit the US. A series of falsehoods and threats have swirled in
MARIETTA, Ohio - According to the most recent figures from the Ohio Division of Cannabis Control, there have been just over $98 million in non-medical marijuana sales since they began in the state on August 6. Erick Rodriguez, vice president of retail for the Cannabist Company, which owns the dispensary in Marietta, said the first two
COLUMBUS — Profits from sales of recreational marijuana are in the tens of millions, the Division of Cannabis Control reports. As of September 28, sales of recreational marijuana were reported to have exceeded $87.1 million of the more than $2 billion in total product sales including medical marijuana. More than 10,000 pounds of non-medical plant
WASHINGTON DC - On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced her support for legalizing recreational marijuana use on a federal level. The Democratic nominee for president announced her views on the subject during a guest appearance on the sports podcast “All the Smoke.” “I just think we have come to a point where we have
WASHINGTON DC - A new bill in the U.S. Congress would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over hemp-derived cannabinoids while allowing states leeway to set additional rules. The Cannabinoid Safety and Regulation Act (CSRA), introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, would set a comprehensive federal framework for both
