Jun 28, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Over the last month, hundreds of readers of the Gander recommended dozens of dispensaries from every corner of the Mitten. The following list, compiled in alphabetical order, features the eight retailers that were most frequently cited as being among the best pot...
Jun 28, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Cannabis real estate developer Jeffrey Yatooma could soon have dominance of Auburn Hills’ marijuana market. Yatooma’s impending dominance comes after a creative and successful ballot initiative that led to Auburn Hills voters approving weed businesses in...
Jun 28, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Unionization among marijuana retail workers is gaining traction despite pushback from larger companies. The industry’s financial instability and its interest in unionization go “hand-in-hand,” said John Cakmakci, president of United Food & Commercial Workers Union...
Jun 28, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Mounting debt and folding businesses are shaking the foundation of Michigan cannabis’ financial future. Michigan’s marijuana market has two growers for every retailer, fueling a price plummet in flower and distillate, found in edibles, vapes and concentrates. Add in a...
Jun 28, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Recreational marijuana is now available to purchase in Berkley and Southfield, which join a handful of other communities in Oakland County that allow sales of recreational cannabis. Two cannabis companies, Lume Cannabis Co. and Dreams, said they got...
Jun 28, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Detroit City Council voted Tuesday to open applications for the second of three rounds of recreational cannabis licenses. The 7-1 vote, with Council Member Scott Benson voting no and Council Member Angela Whitfield Calloway absent, means a 30-day application period...