Detroit Could Extend Recreational Marijuana Ban Through Next Year
Marijuana Industry NewsMichiganRecreational Marijuana July 17, 2020 0
When Detroit City Councilmember James Tate led the push to temporarily ban recreational marijuana sales in the city last year, he said he wanted to ensure marijuana legalization would benefit the people who’d been hurt by prohibition. Detroit’s majority-Black residents have historically been dealt harsher punishments for marijuana crimes... Read more
Michigan marijuana industry licensed to grow over 500,000 plants
Marijuana Industry NewsMichiganRecreational Marijuana July 15, 2020 0
A rapidly growing number of marijuana plants are reaching toward high-wattage grow lights across Michigan. This has resulted in slowly decreasing retail prices for both medical and recreational marijuana. The price reductions come following a spike after the opening of the first recreational marijuana shops in December. Nearly 8,600... Read more
Michigan marijuana industry changed, but thriving amid coronavirus pandemic
Marijuana Industry NewsMichiganRecreational Marijuana May 25, 2020 0
You can’t currently walk into a Michigan marijuana shop and peruse the shelves, but that hasn’t stopped product from flying off them. Close to $1 million a day in marijuana flower, vaping oil and edibles is still being sold, despite coronavirus restrictions that limit sales to curbside pickup and... Read more
A prior marijuana conviction could be a good thing for owners of Michigan pot businesses
Marijuana Industry NewsMichiganRecreational Marijuana May 20, 2020 0
A previous marijuana-related conviction could help entrepreneurs hoping to open a recreational marijuana business in Michigan. Michigan officials are trying to attract a wider variety of businesses to the booming recreational marijuana industry, not just those with deep pockets. The Marijuana Regulatory Agency, a subdivision of the state Licensing... Read more
COVID-19 fails to stop Michigan pot industry as sales explode during pandemic
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaMichiganRecreational Marijuana May 14, 2020 0
At least one industry in Michigan has largely been left unscathed by the coronavirus pandemic. Recreational marijuana operations have mushroomed, while weekly sales of recreational marijuana in Michigan from March 9 onward have risen significantly. Recreational pot sales in the nine weeks since March 9 now make up roughly 60%... Read more
Committee Blog: First The Vaping Crisis, Now COVID-19 – A Cannabis Physician’s Perspective
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsMichigan April 29, 2020 0
by Cynthia Shelby-Lane, MDMember of NCIA’s Scientific Advisory Committee The vaping crisis was first reported in June 2019. In October 2019, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) coined a new medical term describing the cases of severe pulmonary disease that have occurred among e-cigarette and vape... Read more
In win for local control, Michigan Supreme Court sides with township in marijuana case
Marijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaMichigan April 29, 2020 0
The state Supreme Court said that a municipality can enforce zoning laws for medical-marijuana growers. The court reversed a Kent County judge’s ruling, upheld by the state Court of Appeals, that Michigan’s medical marijuana law pre-empted local laws. It was a legal victory for local control when it comes... Read more
