LANSING - On Thursday, Gov. Whitmer announced the appointment of Brian Hanna as acting executive director of the Cannabis Regulatory Agency. Effective September 19th, Hanna replaces Andrew Brisbo who becomes executive director of Construction Codes. The State of Michigan will conduct a nationwide search to select a permanent executive director for the CRA. The popular and
ANN ARBOR - Earlier this month, Gov. Whitmer's office announced that Cannabis Regulatory Agency Director Andrew Brisbo was taking a new position at Michigan LARA as Director Of Construction Codes. The surprise move is analyzed by Rick Thompson, Executive Director of Michigan NORML, the pro-cannabis lobbying group. You can read more about this story at
LANSING – In a surprise announcement Tuesday, Cannabis Regulatory Agency Director Andrew Brisbo will assume a new job in mid-September as Director of the Bureau of Construction Codes at LARA. Brisbo, who is on vacation this week, was not available for comment. But Robert Leddy, communications director for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who appointed Brisbo to
LANSING - Consumers purchased more than 2.3 tons of marijuana flower from Michigan provisioning centers on April 20, Cannabis Regulatory Agency Executive Director Andrew Brisbo tweeted. Initial data shows overall sales of flower on 4/20 in 2022 were up 242 percent from the same day in 2021 (which were up 444 percent vs 2020). Flower
LANSING - Michigan marijuana sales broke another record last month with more than $171 million in cannabis transactions, according to the Marijuana Regulatory Agency, up $149 million in July. Andrew Brisbo, executive director of the MRA, touted the $128 million in adult-use sales and $43 million in medical cannabis purchases in July, saying, “Another record
ANN ARBOR - Marijuana Regulatory Agency Director Andrew Brisbo provides a recap of the first 12 months of legal adult-use cannabis in Michigan. Sensi Park co-developer Steve Bratic offers deep discounts on leases, build-outs and even charitable donations for customers at the proposed five million square foot grow facility in Battle Creek. https://youtu.be/pfrBbZBuo6Y Bratic, the
DETROIT - As Michigan’s budding recreational cannabis market develops, efforts are underway to quash competing illicit sales, according to the state’s top marijuana regulator. Michigan voters approved a ballot question on Nov. 6, 2018 that legalized adult use cannabis, and the Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued emergency rules July 3 of this year for the rollout
