Apr 13, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A Portage marijuana dispensary has been hit with a $15,000 fine and 14-day license suspension. Doja, a cannabis retailer at 4203 E. Centre Ave., faced discipline because it accepted and sold marijuana products that were illegally transferred from Lake Effect, a...
Apr 13, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In Michigan, you’re rarely far from a cannabis dispensary. More than 825 weed retailers are spread across 234 communities, situated in strip malls, busy commercial corridors, downtown storefronts, tourist towns, and even old churches. In metro Detroit alone,...
Apr 9, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Look to the left and see someone smoking marijuana. Look to the right and see a vendor distributing bananas. There was still a strong cannabis aroma pervading across the University of Michigan Diag in Ann Arbor Saturday afternoon, despite campus police officers...
Apr 1, 2026 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
It’s back to the courtroom for a group aiming to overturn controversial new costs for the cannabis industry in Michigan. Months after a new 24% wholesale tax on marijuana took effect in January, the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association filed a lawsuit...
Mar 31, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Four Grand Rapids marijuana businesses say they’re victims of “municipal extortion,” alleging the city used threats to their licenses to extract millions of dollars for a social equity nonprofit that’s not functioning. An amended lawsuit filed in Kent County Circuit...
Mar 31, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Genesee County Sheriff and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Swanson came out strongly in opposition to the 24 percent cannabis tax passed as a part of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget to pay for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) plan to fund road repairs statewide. In...
