Jun 2, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A trade group that represents some of the largest cannabis companies in Michigan is lobbying for more regulations for medical marijuana caregivers, pushing some activists to boycott several popular pot brands — including Skymint, Pleasantrees and High Life Farms in...
Jun 2, 2021 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A Michigan cannabis company, which began the year operating one retail store, expects to end 2021 with 10 locations, the majority in West Michigan. Some of the first recreational marijuana stores in West Michigan have been rebranded as New Standard, while several new...
Jun 2, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A proposed $40 million cannabis park in Pontiac is moving forward after a judge sided with the developer in a long legal dispute with the city. Construction on Greenwood Plaza could begin this summer at the site of an abandoned Kmart complex on South Glenwood. The...
Jun 2, 2021 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Unity Rd., the cannabis dispensary franchise from Item 9 Labs Corp. announced the signing of its newest agreement alongside expansion plans for the state of Michigan. The brand’s growth strategy is twofold, including both helping interested entrepreneurs enter the...
Jun 2, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Trailblazing continues for the Cannabis Center of Excellence at Lake Superior State University. In 2019, the center opened as the first cannabis chemistry program in the nation. In April 2021, the center announced its first cannabis chemistry scholarship, an annual...
Jun 2, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act (Initiated Law 1 of 2018) was passed by the voters of the state of Michigan in November 2018 and, among other things, creates the Marihuana Regulation Fund in the state treasury and requires the Marijuana...
