Feb 7, 2020 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Cannabis business entrepreneur Charlie Strackbein started the Ann Arbor Monroe Street Fair two decades ago to provide support for the Ann Arbor Hash Bash, a counterculture weed festival that began in April 1972 on the Diag at the University of Michigan. This year’s...
Feb 6, 2020 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan recreational marijuana sales are nearing $18 million two months after the new industry’s Dec. 1 launch. With $17,699,952 in sales between Dec. 1 and Feb. 2, the state has generated $2,938,192 in tax revenue, including $1,769,995 in excise taxes and $1,168,197...
Feb 6, 2020 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
MRA issued a technical bulletin Thursday to publish information in accordance with the Emergency Rules for Manufacturing of Marihuana Products Intended for Inhalation filed on November 22, 2019. Rule 3. Ingredients. (1) All inactive ingredients shall be clearly listed...
Feb 6, 2020 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
As the legalized recreational marijuana industry continues to grow in Michigan, more and more businesses are opening for business. Below is a map of all legally-operated recreational marijuana shops open in Michigan These locations have been licensed by Michigan’s...
Feb 5, 2020 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Kent County’s first recreational pot shop is coming soon, but it won’t be in Grand Rapids. The first will be in the city of Lowell, a town that boasts about 4,000 residents. It’s been more than a year since the City Council decided to allow...
Feb 5, 2020 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
LANSING- A pair of licensed cannabis cultivators say the lack of testing labs in Michigan is impacting their ability to get cannabis products from back room to display shelf. Last week I was in Kalkaska and this week, Lansing, filming videos in advance of the launch...