Jul 21, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The end may be in sight for intoxicating hemp companies if Republican lawmakers in Congress get their way. Following the advance of a ban on intoxicating hemp in the U.S. House of Representatives last month, the Senate followed suit last week, by...
Jul 20, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Administrative formal complaints and disciplinary actions taken against adult-use/medical licensees in June are now available for review in the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s June 2025 Disciplinary Action Report. This month’s disciplinary actions: Sturgis 586 Ventures,...
Jul 18, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced Rob Nederhood, transactional partner, Foley & Lardner LLP, will provide a webinar July 24 on selling or buying a licensed cannabis business, a timely session considering how many Michigan cannabis dispensaries are...
Jul 16, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Patrick Shepard sold marijuana activist and poet John Sinclair a handful of pre-rolled joints at downtown Ann Arbor dispensary Arbors Wellness in December 2019. It was likely the first-ever licensed recreational retail marijuana sale in Michigan after...
Jul 16, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Cannabis regulators in 29 states and Washington, D.C., issued nearly 2,500 violations in 2024, resulting in $10.8 million in fines, according to a recent analysis by Connecticut-based Cannabiz Media. Michigan accounted for over a third of enforcement actions in...
Jul 16, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A federal lawsuit against Pontiac and its city clerk over cannabis licenses is over, and the city has declared victory. Rubicon Real Estate Holdings and Joseph Brown of Browne Design Consultants sued the city and Clerk Garland Doyle in January 2023. Rubicon claimed...
