Aug 6, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A new cannabis experience is coming to Macomb County. Bowdega, a culturally inspired cannabis retail shop, and Burn1, its adjacent consumption lounge, will celebrate their official grand opening on Friday, August 8 at 45411 Park Ave, Utica, with a...
Aug 1, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In a historic development for cannabis policy and tribal sovereignty in Michigan, the Cannabis Regulatory Agency and the Bay Mills Indian Community have officially signed the state’s first tribal-state cannabis compact, allowing the Upper Peninsula-based tribal...
Jul 30, 2025 | Great Lakes Region
A decade ago, the Ohio Poison Centers received just 11 calls all year about marijuana edible exposure involving young kids. Last year, they received more than 50 times that number. Child exposures to edible cannabis have been rising for years, long before...
Jul 30, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in calling on Congress to pass the SAFER Banking Act of 2025. The coalition submitted a letter (PDF) to congressional leaders urging passage of legislation that would...
Jul 30, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Did you know that Detroit has a psychedelic mushroom church? In 2021 Detroit voters approved Proposal E, which decriminalized entheogenic plants and fungi in the city. Detroit’s Per Ankh Entheogenic Church is a non-denominational house of worship...
Jul 30, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Voters in Menominee will decide on whether to limit the amount of cannabis dispensaries in their city. A new ballot initiative proposes capping dispensaries at nine. Menominee City Mayor Casey Hoffman says industry competition will decide on who can sell cannabis in...
