Although marijuana is now legal for recreational use across the state of Michigan, there isn’t anywhere for adult cannabis consumers to purchase it. The state must first assemble the regulatory affairs for the new pot market, which, if the predictions are accurate, could set it at early 2020 before dispensaries open their doors. This means […]
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New name and website reflect marijuana now legal in Michigan
Reflecting the legalization of marijuana for recreational use, the state department that regulates the pot industry is changing its name. The Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation is losing one of its Ms and now is the Bureau of Marijuana Regulation. The department is charged with coming up with the rules and regulations that will govern […]
Michigan Officially Legalizes Marijuana For Recreational Use
Legal marijuana has officially come to the Midwest. Under a new measure taking effect Thursday in Michigan, people ages 21 and older in the state can legally possess and use cannabis for recreational purposes. Michigan voters approved the initiative in November with 56 percent of the vote. Michigan’s Proposal 1 allows for the possession and […]
Michigan To Become First Midwest State To Allow Recreational Marijuana This Week
Michigan clears a threshold this week as the first state in the Midwest to allow marijuana for more than just medical purposes. In the Nov. 6 election, voters by a wide margin endorsed recreational use by adults who are at least 21. The move comes 10 years after voters approved marijuana to alleviate the effects of […]
Michigan marijuana dispensaries won’t run out of pot after state offers help
Licensed medical marijuana dispensaries got a break Wednesday, ending a mini-panic over a shortage of marijuana from licensed growers. A new resolution that will be considered by the Medical Marijuana Licensing Board next week will allow licensed dispensaries to continue to purchase, test and sell marijuana from registered caregivers, who have been supplying dispensaries while […]
Michigan won’t close unlicensed marijuana dispensaries before Dec. 31
Medical marijuana dispensaries will be able to continue operating while they wait for a state license until at least Dec. 31 under an agreement reached Tuesday. Since September, the state has been trying to shut down the dispensaries that have been operating under temporary emergency rules while they wait for a license from the state. […]
Marijuana will be legal in Michigan on Dec. 6: What to know
The official certification of the 2018 election results Monday begins a 10-day clock for legal weed in Michigan. But even though the law doesn’t take effect until Dec. 6, prosecutors in Michigan, including in Macomb and Oakland counties, are beginning to quietly dismiss low-level marijuana criminal charges that will no longer be a crime after […]
Michigan’s medical marijuana dispensaries could run out of pot to buy
The 40 newly licensed medical marijuana dispensaries around the state are facing a shortage of pot from licensed growers, meaning some may have to shut their doors until spring. Michigan so far has licensed only 12 marijuana growers. From the time of planting to usable product, it takes between four to six months — and since the growers […]
‘Pot law’ is a budding industry for Michigan attorneys
With the passage of Proposal 1 in last Tuesday’s midterm election, Michigan attorneys are gearing up for an influx of people interested in the business side of the budding marijuana industry. The doors seem to have swung wide open for marijuana businesses in Michigan. The excitement is there. But is the legal advice? Cities across Michigan soon will have […]
Marijuana Embraced in Michigan, Utah and Missouri, but Rejected in North Dakota
Marijuana initiatives appeared on ballots in four states in the midterm elections. In Michigan and North Dakota, initiatives gave voters the opportunity to legalize marijuana for recreational use. In Missouri and Utah, voters chose whether to allow people who are sick to use the drug for medical reasons. Here are the results of those initiatives. […]
Cannabis Stocks Get Boost After Michigan Votes To Legalize Recreational
Michigan voted on Tuesday to legalize marijuana for recreational use, ending decades of prohibitive regulation and ushering in a new era of cannabis law and a burgeoning cannabis industry, according to an NBC projection. Cannabis stocks got a boost following midterm election results which largely favored the marijuana industry. Shares of major Canada-based cannabis companies […]
Michigan becomes 10th state to allow recreational marijuana
Marijuana advocates scored a number of substantial ballot victories in the middle of the country on Election Day, chief among them the legalization of recreational marijuana in Michigan, which becomes the 10th state in the nation to approve recreational use of the drug. “Michigan will be the first state in the Midwest to end marijuana prohibition […]
Marijuana stocks could see a midterm boost if Michigan votes yes
The 2018 midterm elections in the United States are the next big test for the marijuana industry, fresh off a banner year that saw the legalization of cannabis in areas across North America. Just last week, Mexico’s Supreme Court quashed a blanket ban on the recreational use of marijuana, while Canadian pot producers struggled to […]
Where marijuana is on the ballot tomorrow — and where it’s most likely to win
It has been a big year for marijuana policy in North America. Mexico’s supreme court overturned pot prohibition last week, while Canada’s recreational marijuana market officially opened its doors in October. Stateside, recreational marijuana use became legal in Vermont on July 1, Oklahoma voters approved one of the country’s most progressive medical marijuana bills in June, the New York Department […]
Marijuana dispensaries without licenses to be ordered shut down in Michigan
Even though the Michigan Medical Marijuana Licensing Board approved licenses for 14 more cannabis businesses on Monday, another 215 are facing closure as a Wednesday deadline looms. The 215 marijuana businesses have been operating under temporary emergency rules that expire on Halloween. Those businesses, mostly dispensaries and many in Detroit, will receive cease and desist letters […]
What are the Prohibitionists saying in Michigan?
Crain’s Detroit recently published an op-ed written by prohibitionist Scott Greenlee, president of Greenlee Consulting and the Healthy and Productive Michigan campaign. The article raises valid points but is ripe with inaccuracies, “only part of the story” and fear mongering comments that render it questionable while providing the pro-cannabis crowd with the issues they must address for voters on […]
State estimates legalized marijuana could bring in $287.9M in new tax revenue
Legalizing recreational marijuana in Michigan could draw in far more tax revenue than what proponents have been advertising, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan Senate Fiscal Agency. Should Michigan voters agree to legalize recreational marijuana — on the Nov. 6 ballot as Proposal 1 — the state could bring in up to $287.9 million in […]
Marijuana and the midterms
Elections can hold significant consequences when it comes to the future of marijuana policy. In 2016 voters in California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada approved ballot initiatives legalizing adult marijuana use. While voters in Arkansas, Florida, Montana and North Dakota elected to either legalize or expand medical cannabis access. The outcome of the 2018 midterm elections will be […]
