May 17, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan Cannabis Industry Association Executive Director Robin Schneider said there is an assumption that large multi-state operators, or MSOs, in the marijuana industry that control many facets of the weed industry including growing, distributing and provisioning,...
May 17, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Another person has pleaded guilty to participating in a bribery scheme in Michigan designed to connect hopeful medical marijuana operators with licenses. Lobbyist Brian Pierce said he gave at least $42,000 in bribes to a company controlled by former...
May 17, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
TerrAscend announced on the Benzinga news wire that its subsidiary, Gage Cannabis Co., launched sales at its new flagship cannabis provisioning center in Oxford. This is TerrAscend’s fifth licensed Cookies dispensary in Michigan joining locations in Detroit, Ann...
May 17, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll will make a stop at the Greenhouse of Walled Lake dispensary to promote his new cannabis brand and offer fans a free listening party for his anticipated upcoming album, Whitsitt Chapel. “I love it when we can give back to...
May 17, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
If you’re 19 or 20, you can sell or serve alcohol in Michigan, and you can work at a medical marijuana facility. Apply to work at a recreational marijuana dispensary, though, and you’ll get told to come back when you’re 21. Some Michigan lawmakers and industry groups...
May 17, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The state of Michigan may drop a requirement that all applicants test negative for marijuana before they are hired for state jobs after the Free Press highlighted how the civil service rule was exacerbating a state hiring crunch. On Friday, the Michigan Civil...
