Dec 11, 2024 | Great Lakes Region
Although voters overwhelmingly chose to legalize recreational marijuana in 2023, one of the most powerful leaders in the state plans to dramatically change what Ohioans selected. So far, the policy has been safeguarded, but changes are a foot in 2025. Dispensaries and...
Dec 11, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Exclusive Capital Partners and Quality Roots might get a second chance at snagging licenses in Detroit. The two cannabis operators sued Royal Oak over the application process in April 2022 before the licenses were awarded. Ultimately, the city awarded the two licenses...
Dec 10, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A robotics-based cannabis “de-leafing” system has been introduced by Rochester Hills-based Platform Robotics LLC and is being marketed under the brand name Softrim, based in Rochester Hills. The company says the new technology can provide “hand-trim quality at...
Dec 4, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan is on the brink of achieving a milestone as one of the nation’s most dynamic cannabis markets: $10 billion in total sales within just five years of legalizing recreational marijuana. In a recent Politico interview by Paul Demko, Brian...
Dec 4, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Psychedelic Healing Shack in Detroit has been closed since police with guns drawn raided the building along Woodward in September, seizing 99 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and 10 grams of marijuana. But the defiant owner, Robert Pizzimenti, better known as Dr....
Dec 4, 2024 | Great Lakes Region
The price of cannabis has gradually dropped since the launch of recreational sale in Ohio this summer, according to state data. Local dispensaries have reported a slower-than-expected start to the adult-use program, pointing to consumer confusion, vendor costs...
