Aug 15, 2019 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A work group tasked with ensuring the smooth operation of Michigan’s voter-approved adult use marijuana law is beginning to note some areas that need to be improved and clarified. Composed of law enforcement, legal experts and marijuana industry experts,...
Aug 15, 2019 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Legal weed took a beating Tuesday night with voters in all three communities with marijuana proposals on the ballot voting against allowing marijuana businesses in their towns. In Highland Park, voters rejected a proposal for marijuana businesses in two sections...
Aug 15, 2019 | Feature, Great Lakes Region
Cannabis companies are eyeing sites on some of the priciest retail streets in Chicago, including the Magnificent Mile, as they get ready to sell recreational marijuana in Illinois. Dispensaries have opened in marquee retail spots around the country — like Fifth Avenue...
Aug 7, 2019 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
When doctors in Wisconsin wanted to put Bonnie Demos on a morphine pump for pain, she decided instead to move to Michigan and grow her own medicine. Demos started out in 2013 as a medical marijuana patient and caregiver, but Michigan’s voter-approved legalization of...
Aug 7, 2019 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
West Michigan businesses are building strategies to accommodate and support the grand opening of the state’s new billion-dollar cannabis industry, although many still crowd behind a self-imposed shroud of secrecy. Pioneers of the cannabis supply chain may face a...
Aug 3, 2019 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan, National
DETROIT – Benzinga, a financial media outlet based in downtown Detroit, is hosting on Aug. 15 its Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference at the Book Cadillac Weston. Benzinga provides financial news about cannabis and other emerging markets for investors. The Benzinga...
