Aug 8, 2023 | Great Lakes Region
Ohio activists have turned in a final batch of signatures to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot after falling short in a prior submission. The new batch includes more than 6,000 additional signatures on the petition, which a GOP congressman...
Aug 8, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Cannabis businesses will have an easier time finding a location to open in Detroit after the city council narrowly approved an amendment to its recreational marijuana ordinance on Tuesday that reduces the space needed between weed establishments and certain other...
Aug 8, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Whether Michigan violated the rights of Viridis Laboratories with a massive 2021 recall is beside the point, a federal court ruled this week. “Federal law considers marijuana to be contraband for any purpose,” U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney wrote in his July 31...
Aug 8, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A man who served years in prison for his operation of a city-sanctioned cannabis dispensary in Detroit has now been released on parole, according to activists who fought for his release. The Last Prisoner Project, a group dedicated to freeing people incarcerated...
Aug 8, 2023 | Great Lakes Region
Illinois marijuana dispensaries have set a new bar for the year after topping $140 million in sales for July, according to state figures. The only other time the Illinois cannabis market sold that much in a single month was December last year, when sales passed $143...
Aug 1, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency recalled an unidentified number of vaping cartridges sold at more than 75 marijuana shops across the state. The cartridges, retailed under the Flight brand name and including the Grease Monkey, Space Ether and Bubblegum flavors,...
