Jan 17, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A Michigan Court of Claims judge on Jan. 2 dismissed two lawsuits linked to Michigan’s enormous 64,000-pound, $229 million 2021 marijuana recall that impacted an estimated 60% of all cannabis products in the state. The dispute centers on the Michigan...
Jan 17, 2024 | FOUR20 Post, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Highland Park City Councilman Khursheed Ash-Shafii couldn’t believe his eyes. After a judge struck down the city’s problematic recreational cannabis ordinance in July, a Michigan-based marijuana company went ahead and transformed a vacant building in the city into a...
Jan 11, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency is offering for the first time $1 million in grants to its social equity licensees for employee education, business needs or community investment to encourage participation in the industry by people from communities that...
Jan 10, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Fire Station Cannabis Co., an Upper Peninsula dispensary, announced its consecutive victory as the “Best Cannabis Shop” in The Mining Journal’s Best of the Best competition, chosen by the community. “We are truly honored to receive this...
Jan 10, 2024 | FOUR20 Post, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Viridis Labs and Viridis North cannot revive previously dismissed civil claims against the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Authority for a 2021 recall. Judge James Robert Redford held Viridis North and Viridis Laboratories’ 2023 request to proceed with damages against the...
Jan 10, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Two marijuana facilities were broken into early Monday, Jan. 8, sheriff’s deputies said. The first incident was reported at 3:19 a.m. at Higher Breed, 77 E. Mainstreet, in Columbia Township. Van Buren County sheriff’s deputies reached the scene within 10 minutes and...
