Feb 21, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In just four years, vertically integrated Lume Cannabis Co. grew sales from $2 million to closing in on $200 million, thanks to investments in technology and automation that cut production costs by 50%, and an engaged and experienced team. With a solid foundation in...
Feb 21, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan voters said yes to recreational weed in 2018, but communities have struggled with how to manage it ever since. Many have opted out entirely. Chesterfield Township did just that, but it didn’t stand. A petition drive in 2022 got the issue put in...
Feb 14, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan January cannabis sales totaled $242,812,694, according to the Cannabis Regulatory Agency, with $240,289,360 for adult-use sales, and just $2,523,333 sold to medical marijuana patients. The January total represented a big drop from the record-breaking $280...
Feb 14, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Some mid-Michigan marijuana dispensaries are facing disciplinary action for non-compliance, packaging, advertising, and other violations, according to the Cannabis Regulatory Agency. The CRA now issues a monthly Disciplinary Action Report (DAR) listing formal...
Feb 14, 2024 | Great Lakes Region
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced last week recreational cannabis sales totals for January 2024. January out-of-state resident sales dropped to its lowest total since February 2020, the second month of...
Feb 14, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Betty Montgomery is confused about Pontiac’s recreational marijuana question on the upcoming Feb. 27 ballot. She’s not the only one.The 85-year-old Pontiac resident has been active in the community for most of her life and follows ballot issues but said she’s never...
