Apr 13, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In Michigan, you’re rarely far from a cannabis dispensary. More than 825 weed retailers are spread across 234 communities, situated in strip malls, busy commercial corridors, downtown storefronts, tourist towns, and even old churches. In metro Detroit alone,...
Apr 9, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Look to the left and see someone smoking marijuana. Look to the right and see a vendor distributing bananas. There was still a strong cannabis aroma pervading across the University of Michigan Diag in Ann Arbor Saturday afternoon, despite campus police officers...
Apr 9, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region
Nearly seven years after Illinois lawmakers approved recreational cannabis legalization, applicants who lost out on coveted business licenses are still battling the state in court, alleging the law’s rollout undermined its purported equity goals. At the time of its...
Apr 9, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region
A Sandusky County court of common pleas judge has ruled that Ohio’s new law banning the sale of intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids except at licensed marijuana retailers is likely unconstitutional and has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Fremont...
Apr 9, 2026 | Feature, National
Massachusetts lawmakers plan to send Gov. Maura Healey a bill this week that would double the limit on how much cannabis an adult can buy or possess in Massachusetts, while also reshaping the state agency that regulates the industry. The legislation, a House-Senate...
Apr 1, 2026 | Feature, National
For many veterans, the battle doesn’t end when missions end. It shifts from deployment to the maze of a healthcare system that doesn’t recognize the same medicines their states do. Most of the United States now have a regulated cannabis market, with licensed...
