How Michigan colleges work around federal ban to teach pot

Melanie Combs was driving in southern California on vacation in 2018 when her eyes widened at the sight of a billboard advertising marijuana. The sign not only caught her eye, but it showed the Lake Orion teen — then 18 —…

Detroit’s new recreational marijuana ordinance challenged in lawsuit

A chain of medical marijuana dispensaries filed a lawsuit in Wayne County Circuit Court Wednesday challenging Detroit's new recreational marijuana ordinance. A provision in the ordinance, which was approved last month by the Detroit City Council, doesn't allow medical marijuana establishments to be…

Michigan blocks sale of marijuana products worth millions without explanation

Troy Boquette, the general manager of Freddie’s Joint, a marijuana shop in Clio, arrived to work Friday, April 15, to learn the THC-infused blue-raspberry gummies his store bought the day prior were placed on hold by the state licensing agency.…

Should Michigan marijuana businesses disclose ‘kill step’ to customers?

LANSING, MI -- Customers should be told if producers take steps to remediate marijuana to improve its chances of passing state testing. That was the majority opinion shared during the quarterly Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Association (MRA) meeting in Lansing Thursday,…

Marijuana prices plummet in Michigan. Customers are happy, farmers worried

February 28, 2022
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Michigan’s marijuana prices hit all-time lows in January, which is great for retailers and customers but has smaller growers sounding alarms. Record marijuana supply is driving down prices so much customers are buying it at record rates. There’s 55 times more…

Michigan marijuana recall reversal let businesses sell contaminated cannabis

February 18, 2022
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More than 500 ounces of potentially contaminated marijuana — including some that tested positive for a fungus that can lead to lung infections or death — was quietly returned to store shelves in Michigan late last year, an MLive investigation revealed.…

Synthetic THC from hemp may soon compete with marijuana in Michigan

February 17, 2022
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There’s a process that turns extracted hemp concentrate that doesn’t get you high into synthetic concentrate that does, similar to THC naturally produced by marijuana. The Marijuana Regulatory agency (MRA), soon to be renamed the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) by…

Whitmer rolls out new name for Michigan pot agency

February 14, 2022
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Three years after it was formed, the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency is getting a new name. The agency will be renamed the Cannabis Regulatory Agency and take up the task of overseeing hemp processing, distribution and sales in addition to its…

Michigan’s New Cannabis Liability Insurance Requirements Raise Concerns by Licensees, Insurers

Authors: Ian A. Stewart and William S. Cook Michigan has adopted new legislation that unintentionally may make Michigan cannabis companies and their insurers scramble to determine how to comply with onerous regulations around mandatory product liability insurance. Without materially consulting…

Michigan reaps $271M total marijuana revenue

Michigan has collected about $271 million in legal, adult-use marijuana tax revenue since 2019, according to a new report from the Marijuana Policy Project that analyzed tax revenue in states with adult-use cannabis since 2014. In March 2021, the Michigan Treasury described what…

Michigan judge lets some marijuana in massive recall return to shelves

December 6, 2021
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Michigan Court of Claims Judge Christopher Murray has lifted a portion of the state's widespread marijuana recall, saying a segment of it was "in all likelihood based upon an arbitrary decision." On Nov. 17, the Marijuana Regulatory Agency recalled products…

Thousands of pounds of marijuana forced off shelves in Michigan’s largest cannabis recall

November 19, 2021
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Tens of millions of dollars worth of marijuana was recalled from more than 400 dispensaries in Michigan because the lab that tested the cannabis produced inaccurate or unreliable results, according to the state’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA). It’s the largest…

In Michigan, Big Marijuana wants to crack down on caregivers who grow pot for patients at home

October 28, 2021
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Medical marijuana caregivers and patients led the way in the cannabis legalization process in 2008, when voters passed the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. However, since marijuana was legalized by voters in 2018 for recreational adult-use, most of the attention has…

Police escort ‘big marijuana’ lobbyist from contentious hearing on Michigan caregiver law

Police protected lobbyist Stephen Linder as he left the Capitol building in Lansing Tuesday. A digital billboard outside parodied the longtime Republican lobbyist as the character Dr. Evil from the “Austin Powers” movies with a message to “vote no on…

‘We’re in for the patients:’ Marijuana caregivers rally against bills that would curb access in Michigan

September 16, 2021
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Amber Dunn placed her tie-dye mask in her lap as she sat in her wheelchair alongside the concrete steps leading to the state Capitol, where she believes lawmakers may try to make it harder for her to get her medicine:…