Gage Opens Cookies Provisioning Center – Bringing California Cannabis To Michigan
DETROIT - On January 31, Gage Cannabis Co. opened Cookies, a new flagship cannabis provisioning center in the heart of Detroit, with a mammoth blue street party on 8 Mile Road. Based in the Bay Area, Cookies' Founder and CEO Berner is a prolific rapper and...
Utica Adopts Marijuana Business Ordinance
With the growing popularity of marijuana retail after its recent legalization, many cities across Michigan have updated their position on dispensaries, and the City of Utica is one of the most recent to make a change. The “Marihuana Business Ordinance” was unanimously...
First Grand Rapids Medical Marijuana Provisioning Center Opens Feb. 7
Fluresh LLC plans to open the first licensed medical marijuana provisioning center in Grand Rapids on Feb. 7 in the former Benteler Automotive plant on the city’s southwest side. Founded by Thornapple River Capital LLC principals Brandon Kanitz and...
GVSU Hosts Panel Feb. 7 On Risks Of Vaping
Health care experts will discuss the risks of vaping during a Health Forum of West Michigan event sponsored by GVSU's Office of the Vice Provost for Health. The event is Friday, February 7, from 8-9:30 a.m. in the Grand Rapids at the DeVos Center, Loosemore...
Common Citizen Opens 200,000 Square Foot Cannabis Greenhouse In Marshall
Mike Elias, CEO of Common Citizen, announces his 200,000 square foot cannabis greenhouse in Marshall, MI., opens on Feb. 8. Eventually it could expand to 1.2 million square feet and provide marijuana to the Great Lakes region and perhaps beyond....
Indiana Republicans Aiming To Force Marijuana Prosecutions
Republican legislators are reacting to the Indianapolis prosecutor’s decision against pressing criminal charges over possessing small marijuana amounts by proposing that the state attorney general could pick a special prosecutor to take over such cases. The bill...
Illinois Adult-Use Marijuana Stores Ration Flower, Require Appointments
A few weeks into recreational cannabis sales in Illinois, supply of flower remains tight, which is forcing many marijuana retailers to limit the amount sold to any one customer. That’s to ensure retailers can serve as many people as possible, and some...
Single Dose Of CBD May Treat Psychosis, Study Suggests
The results suggest that CBD could offer a treatment for the memory problems associated with psychosis, a common mental-health condition that affects 20 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. “Now not only do we know that...
What Is Going On With The Legal Cannabis Industry In The USA In 2020?
The cannabis industry is quickly growing and it is just set to even get bigger this year. 2019 has been quite a year for this business as more states have finally legalized its use, both medical and recreational. Currently, there are already 33 states that allow its...
MRA Announces Participants In Social Equity Program
The Marijuana Regulatory Agency announced Tuesday the participants in two stakeholder workgroups to discuss and provide suggestions regarding the Social Equity Program. The first workgroup will take place in Detroit on February 5, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00 p.m. The...
