Mar 27, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The battle for control of a Michigan city’s lucrative marijuana market has feuding attorneys making bold claims of unethical and potentially illegal behavior. It’s all taking place in Menominee, an 8,300-resident town on the Wisconsin border in the south-central...
Mar 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Former NBA player Al Harrington made a big bet on Detroit, choosing the city as the location of his national cannabis company Viola’s only cannabis dispensary. About four years after the medical marijuana retail store opened, 4473 W. Jefferson Ave., on...
Mar 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan cannabis sales in February totaled $261.1 million, up nearly 10 percent from the $242.8 recorded in January. Total includes both adult-use and medical sales. Adult-use sales were $257.9 million, and medical only $2.2 million. For medical cannabis the average...
Mar 13, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency issued a bulletin notifying licensed marijuana businesses about recent fraudulent activity in the cannabis industry. Last week, the CRA was informed by a CRA-licensed business that they were contacted by an individual claiming to work...
Mar 13, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Despite Michigan’s flourishing legal marijuana market, which reported sales exceeding $3 billion in 2023, the state is grappling with a thriving illicit market. This stark reality was highlighted by a major bust by the Michigan State Police’s...
Mar 8, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Last week, Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency notified 62 social equity licensees that they were eligible for a share of the $1 million available through the Social Equity Grant Program (SEGP). Each of the grantees will receive an equal share of $16,129. “Since the...
