Jan 22, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan’s cannabis industry is booming, with new cultivators, strains, and innovations cropping up every day. But with all this growth comes a question: What separates the good weed from the truly exceptional? Last year, I embarked on a mission to find out, sampling...
Jan 22, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Battle Creek Police are shedding light on an alarming trend in West Michigan: robberies at marijuana dispensaries. Last Friday, three minors and an 18-year-old man, all of Battle Creek, were arrested for breaking into Potter’s Cannabis Boutique at 2825 Capital...
Jan 22, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Last year was nothing short of a rollercoaster for Michigan’s 5-year-old legal cannabis industry, but 2025 is shaping up to be even more turbulent. Industry insiders are bracing for volatility that could wipe out 20 to 30% of growers. The state’s legal market brought...
Jan 15, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In the five years since Michigan legalized adult-use cannabis, the plant and its effects — positive and negative — have received increasing attention and mainstream acceptance. As cannabis has emerged from the shadows, more products have entered the market, and with...
Jan 15, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan licensed retailers sold $264.7 million in adult-legal cannabis in December pushing Michigan past the $3 billion annual sales mark for 2024, to $3.27 billion, the Cannabis Regulatory Agency reported. That represents a 9.9% increase from the $2.98 billion in...