Jan 22, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan’s cannabis industry is booming, with new cultivators, strains, and innovations cropping up every day. But with all this growth comes a question: What separates the good weed from the truly exceptional? Last year, I embarked on a mission to find out, sampling...
Jan 22, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Battle Creek Police are shedding light on an alarming trend in West Michigan: robberies at marijuana dispensaries. Last Friday, three minors and an 18-year-old man, all of Battle Creek, were arrested for breaking into Potter’s Cannabis Boutique at 2825 Capital...
Jan 22, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Last year was nothing short of a rollercoaster for Michigan’s 5-year-old legal cannabis industry, but 2025 is shaping up to be even more turbulent. Industry insiders are bracing for volatility that could wipe out 20 to 30% of growers. The state’s legal market brought...
Jan 22, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A West Michigan couple, who have been outspoken against the state’s legal marijuana industry, are suing the state’s top cannabis regulator, their local township leaders and a business for expanding its outdoor marijuana grow operations near their home. The lawsuit,...
Jan 22, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced the launch of a new transfer type in Metrc this month: the tolling transfer. The tolling transfer allows licensees to attach a PDF copy of the tolling agreement to the manifest for easier tracking. The CRA’s Financial...
Jan 22, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
With the new year well underway, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) wants to remind you of your regulatory obligations as part of the cannabis industry. Regardless of your license status under the state’s Cannabis Regulatory...