The city of Detroit will begin accepting applications for the second round of limited marijuana business licenses, which include dispensaries, microbusinesses and consumption lounges, on Aug. 1.
A total of 30 marijuana retailer licenses are available in this round, along with 10 microbusiness licenses and 10 consumption lounge licenses. Half of all licenses are set aside for “equity applicants,” including people who live in communities disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibition and enforcement. Equity applicants also include those with certified Detroit Legacy status living in Detroit or another disproportionately impacted community.
The opening of the second round of licenses, which was posted on the city’s website, comes eight months after the city awarded 33 businesses recreational retail marijuana licenses. Shortly after, in early January, recreational marijuana officially became available for purchase in the city, with the medical marijuana dispensaries House of Dank on Fort Street, near the border of Lincoln Park, and DaCut on Gratiot Avenue in Detroit’s Eden Gardens neighborhood, opening their doors to recreational sales.
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