Jan 3, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
When it comes to personal marijuana use, many in Michigan still have convictions to their name even though it’s legal, but President Joe Biden’s latest wave of sweeping pardons could change that for Michiganders. On Friday, Biden pardoned...
Jan 3, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Despite becoming the leading market in the U.S. in 2023, Michigan’s cannabis industry faces a complex landscape marked by declining prices, corporate struggles, and potential federal regulatory changes. Sales in Michigan soared to $2.8 billion through November...
Jan 3, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency has published rules for the AFS report form and an instruction booklet that contain the required procedures, schedules, instructions, and examples for proper completion of the fiscal year 2024 report. The AFS report must cover...
Dec 20, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Five years ago, on Dec. 6, 2018, after a decisive victory at the polls the month before, the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act took effect, legalizing recreational cannabis in the state. It was the culmination of years of effort by activists...
Dec 20, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In 2008 following the legalization of medical marijuana, Michigan saw an explosion in dispensaries appearing in empty storefronts across the state. Local governments worked to regulate the market, while a complicated licensure process played out at the state level....
Dec 20, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Last month, voters in four upscale metro Detroit communities — Grosse Pointe Park, Keego Harbor, Rochester and Birmingham — said no to allowing recreational marijuana sales in their communities. The election results were a blow to proponents of recreational...
