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...
Jul 30, 2025 | Great Lakes Region
According to the Division of Cannabis Control, between August 7 and July 12, marijuana retailers in Ohio generated $653,066,896 in adult-use sales and $268,597,078 in medical marijuana combined. That’s $921,663,974 across 12,068,699 transactions—9,068,956 from...
Jul 30, 2025 | Great Lakes Region
Recreational marijuana sales have generated $55 million in taxes since sales began a year ago, but the Ohio cities that host the dispensaries still haven’t gotten a dime of it. While municipalities that host dispensaries were initially promised 36% of those tax...
