Cannabis Companies Camp Outside Riverview City Hall, Hope To Score Licenses
Cannabis companies gunning for a marijuana license in Riverview are taking the competition to the next level. This city amended an existing ordinance that barred any marijuana businesses and establishments from operating within city limits. They then replaced it with...
Six New Cannabis Dispos Planned For Northeast Michigan In 2023
Six new Northeast Michigan cannabis shops mean big dollars communities could spend to combat problems some link to the increasing presence of legal marijuana in the region. Alpena County leaders ended 2022 saying they didn’t know how they would spend the tens of...
Motley Marijuana Laws Drive Consumers — and Revenue — Across State Lines
Less than half a mile south of the Wisconsin border in Illinois, the Sunnyside Cannabis Dispensary bustles with activity. Cars with license plates from Wisconsin, Minnesota and other pot-banning states slide in and out of the shop’s expansive parking lot. The bright...
Licensed Recreational Marijuana Sales Begin In Detroit
Licensed sales of recreational marijuana began in Detroit Jan. 4, with at least two shops opening for sales of cannabis to adults aged 21 and up. The House of Dank on Front Street near the city’s border of Lincoln Park, Michigan was the first shop to open its doors to...
Arizona Recreational Marijuana Sales Hit Record, Medical Sales Flip Again
For the eighth straight month, and the eleventh time in the past year, medical marijuana sales dropped from the month prior, clocking in at about $31 million in October 2022. By contrast, adult-use cannabis sales that voters approved in 2020 hit a new high in...
Hemp Initiative In Ecuador First To Focus On Fiber And Food
The Ecuadorian government has greenlighted the country’s first hemp crop under a cooperative initiative among two companies and the Latin-American Industrial Hemp Association (LAIHA). LAIHA member Green and Growth, Quito, and Nobis Holding de Inversiones, one of the...
Psilocybin Therapy Now Legal in Oregon
Oregon’s psilocybin mushroom therapy reforms took effect on January 1, two years after voters approved a measure to allow therapy using the psychedelic fungi. The delay was due to lawmakers who were tasked with creating the regulatory framework for the...
Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency Announces First Statewide Municipality Summit Jan. 30
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced Jan. 6 its first statewide municipal summit, during which the agency will host a two-hour Zoom call to present information to local municipal officials and answer their questions regarding the state’s cannabis rules and laws....
If You Are Planning Michigan Cannabis Events, We Want To Help You Promote Them
If your company is developing Michigan cannabis events for the first half of 2023, we want to hear from you at Sparx & Recreation. We are planning our second edition of the digital magazine that will feature cannabis events through June 30, and perhaps beyond....
Michigan’s Growing Cannabis Tourism Industry
In any given year, tourism in Michigan ranks as the second or third largest industry, vying with agriculture for the No. 2 spot. Automotive remains king. Since December 2019 when adult-use cannabis became legal in Michigan, it has become a rapidly growing tourism sub...
