Mar 27, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan is set to launch of the “Best in Grass” competition to spotlight the premier cannabis offerings within the state’s thriving recreational market. The contest is organized by Best in Grass – an business established by two former High Times events insiders....
Mar 27, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The battle for control of a Michigan city’s lucrative marijuana market has feuding attorneys making bold claims of unethical and potentially illegal behavior. It’s all taking place in Menominee, an 8,300-resident town on the Wisconsin border in the south-central...
Mar 27, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A woman high on marijuana panicked while in a rideshare and jumped out of the moving vehicle on I-96 near I-94, state police said. The incident began around 4:45 p.m. Sunday, March 24, when motorists called Detroit Regional Communication Center to report a crash on...
Mar 20, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
As the cannabis industry continues to blossom, Eastern Michigan University is offering two unique courses in the fall semester. One of the courses, URP 479: Canna-plannnig: Marijuana Legalization and Land-Use in Michigan, will explore cannabis prohibition, the war on...
Mar 20, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The nascent U.S. hemp industry still has much to learn, and should look outward when assessing the research needs required to advance development, according to a new paper from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Because prohibition shut down hemp in the last...
Mar 20, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed several bills into law last week. Among them was legislation to expand drug courts and bills to ban the sale of items some people use to get high on nitrous oxide, known as “whip-its.” SB 57 and SB 58 , sponsored by...
