Jul 23, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In an age when big-box stores and corporate chains often dominate the retail landscape, there’s something heartwarming about a small, family-owned business not just surviving, but thriving. That’s the story of Local Roots Cannabis, a gem that has laid deep roots in...
Jul 23, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Under new bills making their way through the Michigan Legislature, police could swab your mouth on the side of the road and know within minutes if there are drugs in your system. While the bipartisan bills are garnering support in the name of safety, strong...
Jul 21, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The end may be in sight for intoxicating hemp companies if Republican lawmakers in Congress get their way. Following the advance of a ban on intoxicating hemp in the U.S. House of Representatives last month, the Senate followed suit last week, by...
Jul 20, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Administrative formal complaints and disciplinary actions taken against adult-use/medical licensees in June are now available for review in the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s June 2025 Disciplinary Action Report. This month’s disciplinary actions: Sturgis 586 Ventures,...
Jul 18, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced Rob Nederhood, transactional partner, Foley & Lardner LLP, will provide a webinar July 24 on selling or buying a licensed cannabis business, a timely session considering how many Michigan cannabis dispensaries are...
Jul 16, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Patrick Shepard sold marijuana activist and poet John Sinclair a handful of pre-rolled joints at downtown Ann Arbor dispensary Arbors Wellness in December 2019. It was likely the first-ever licensed recreational retail marijuana sale in Michigan after...
