The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency is asking the state Legislature for help addressing black-market growing and selling of marijuana. At the agency’s most recent public meeting, regulators said they need more authority to address illicit activity in the cannabis market, unreliable and fraudulent testing results that companies have submitted to the agency, and an increase of intoxicating — but unregulated — hemp-derived products.

Regulators highlighted an urgency for state action related to these issues facing Michigan’s cannabis industry, such as tightening regulations surrounding intoxicating hemp products and streamlining operations between medical and adult-use recreational facilities.

“These are the things that we have seen as the regulatory body. We know that these are the things that will keep the industry healthy, keep the marijuana prices steady,” said David Harns, “so that businesses can follow the laws and the rules and not be tempted to go into the illicit side of things.”

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