Cannabis

Benzinga Founder Jason Raznick Tells the Backstory on Founding his FinTech Company

ROYAL OAK - Jason Raznick, founder of Benzinga, a FinTech News organization, explains its origins, and why he decided to add Cannabis business coverage for his millions of readers worldwide. You can find it at BZCannabis.Com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7zB0-uAR9M&t=10s  

By |2020-01-19T12:44:13-05:00January 18th, 2020|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

AndCan Index: September Demand Flat For Legal U.S. Cannabis Products

EAST LANSING —According to Anderson Economic Group’s monthly AndCan®Index, demand for legal cannabis products in the United States remained flat in September. This monthly measurement closely follows trends across all 50 states for both the recreational and medicinal markets, based on benchmarks developed when AEG began assessing the market in 2015. Through July, the legal cannabis

By |2020-01-05T15:25:08-05:00January 5th, 2020|Guest Columns, Marijuana Business, News|

As Michigan’s Recreational Cannabis Market Develops, State Pushes Back Against Unlicensed Operators

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

By |2019-12-20T15:15:10-05:00December 20th, 2019|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Shango Cannbis Brand To Open Lapeer Center Dec. 13

LAPEER – The Shango cannabis brand is teaming up with prominent Michigan businessman Adnan “Andy” Shango to open a 1,100-square-foot retail medical Provisioning Center in Lapeer on December 13. Shango is an established, vertically integrated cannabis brand operating in Oregon, Nevada and, now, Michigan. With major expansions in California, Arizona and Missouri planned for 2020,

By |2019-12-11T14:40:31-05:00December 11th, 2019|Marijuana Business, News|

Cannabis Update: Vape Ban, Physical Security, Hemp Law, Recreational Sales Begin

ROYAL OAK - Cannabis is again the focus of M2 Techcast - now MITech TV - as Michigan allowed recreational cannabis sales on Sunday. Today’s show begins with Penny Milkey from Northern Specialty Health in Houghton - who has not yet received her recreational sale license - will talk about the prohibition on Vape sales

By |2024-04-04T14:18:57-04:00December 2nd, 2019|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

U.S. House Judiciary Committee Approves Landmark Marijuana Legalization Bill

LANSING - The U.S. House Judiciary Committee passed a bill Wednesday that would effectively make marijuana legal. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act of 2019 passed by a count of 24-10. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), chairman of the committee, introduced the bill and has gathered more than 50 co-sponsors of the bill in the House.

By |2019-11-20T16:12:27-05:00November 20th, 2019|Marijuana Business, News|

Michigan To Allow Some Marijuana Transfers, Sales Expected December 1

LANSING - Certain businesses will be permitted to transfer marijuana products on the medical side to the recreational side, the state said Wednesday, meaning limited recreational sales are likely to happen in a little over two weeks. Without allowing the transfer of some product, recreational sales would not have occurred until March or April of

By |2019-11-14T10:57:08-05:00November 13th, 2019|Marijuana Business, News|

Economist Anderson Wins National Award For Paper On Cannabis Sales In Partially Criminalized Market

EAST LANSING —Patrick L. Anderson, principal and CEO of Anderson Economic Group, presented Oct. 7 his national award-winning paper, “Blue Smoke and Seers: Measuring Latent Demand for Cannabis Products in a Partially Criminalized Market,” at the annual meeting of the National Association for Business Economics in Denver, Colorado. “Blue Smoke” describes the methodology and challenges

By |2019-11-17T15:44:17-05:00November 13th, 2019|Marijuana Business, News|

Growth In U.S. Demand For Legal Cannabis Products Hits Pause In August

EAST LANSING – AEG’s monthly AndCan®Index indicated a flat level of demand for legal cannabis products in the United States in August. Anderson Economic Group produces the monthly measurement to observe market trends for these products across all 50 states. After continuing a steady upward climb through July, legal cannabis products remained flat in August

By |2019-11-14T10:57:51-05:00November 13th, 2019|Marijuana Business, News|