Aug 8, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Cannabis businesses will have an easier time finding a location to open in Detroit after the city council narrowly approved an amendment to its recreational marijuana ordinance on Tuesday that reduces the space needed between weed establishments and certain other...
Aug 8, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Whether Michigan violated the rights of Viridis Laboratories with a massive 2021 recall is beside the point, a federal court ruled this week. “Federal law considers marijuana to be contraband for any purpose,” U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney wrote in his July 31...
Aug 8, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A man who served years in prison for his operation of a city-sanctioned cannabis dispensary in Detroit has now been released on parole, according to activists who fought for his release. The Last Prisoner Project, a group dedicated to freeing people incarcerated...
Aug 8, 2023 | Great Lakes Region
Illinois marijuana dispensaries have set a new bar for the year after topping $140 million in sales for July, according to state figures. The only other time the Illinois cannabis market sold that much in a single month was December last year, when sales passed $143...