Detroit Could Extend Recreational Marijuana Ban Through Next Year July 17, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Michigan marijuana industry licensed to grow over 500,000 plants July 15, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Michigan marijuana industry changed, but thriving amid coronavirus pandemic May 24, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments 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… Read More→
A prior marijuana conviction could be a good thing for owners of Michigan pot businesses May 20, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments 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… Read More→
COVID-19 fails to stop Michigan pot industry as sales explode during pandemic May 13, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments 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… Read More→
In win for local control, Michigan Supreme Court sides with township in marijuana case April 28, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Michigan recreational marijuana sales increase 34% in February, prices down slightly March 18, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan’s recreational marijuana industry continued its steady ascent in February, based on the latest monthly statistical report released by the state Marijuana Regulatory Agency. Monthly recreational marijuana sales hit $14.8 million, a 34% increase over the nearly $9.8 million in January… Read More→
Dominant source being cut from Michigan marijuana markets, possibly spurring higher prices March 2, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments What has been the primary source of marijuana sold on Michigan medical dispensary and recreational store shelves is being phased out. Beginning Oct. 1, medical marijuana caregivers will no longer be allowed to sell any marijuana to licensed businesses, the… Read More→
Plan would mandate half of pot businesses in Detroit for residents February 25, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments The city is working on a law to ensure that at least half of the licensed recreational marijuana businesses operating in Detroit are owned by residents. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is expected to detail the proposal before an invitation-only crowd during… Read More→
Michigan medical marijuana stores halt sales due to computer glitch February 19, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan medical marijuana dispensaries were unable to complete sales Tuesday, Feb. 18, due to a malfunction with the statewide tracking and monitoring computer system. The “patient lookup is down,” Marijuana Regulatory Agency spokesman Matthew Erickson confirmed Tuesday night. “We are… Read More→
Michigan recreational marijuana delivery now only a click away February 13, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Lume Cannabis Co. in Evart has launched what it’s calling the first recreational marijuana home-delivery service in Michigan. “Lume this week launched Michigan’s first delivery service for adult-use customers in northern Michigan,” says a press release the company issued Wednesday afternoon.… Read More→
Bumpy rollout slows growth of Michigan marijuana jobs February 12, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments According to the new Leafly Cannabis Jobs Report 2020, there are 8,235 people employed in the legal Michigan marijuana industry. That's down from the previous year, according to Leafly, because "the bumpy implementation of a new regulatory system saw many formerly… Read More→
Michigan expected to recoup 7,000 legal marijuana jobs lost in 2019, insider says February 10, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan’s licensing of medical and recreational marijuana businesses has been a windfall for Lansing’s budget, but not the legal marijuana job market, according to the latest jobs report released by Leafly, a marijuana industry media and technology company. “Two years ago there… Read More→
Michigan testing, labeling rules for marijuana vaping products updated February 8, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued updated rules regarding vaping products Thursday, Feb. 6. The agency is requiring any vaping product that contain ingredients originating outside the regulated market to be tested for potentially deadly vitamin E acetate. All inactive ingredients, required to… Read More→
Michigan recreational marijuana sales near $18 million in two months February 6, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan recreational marijuana sales are nearing $18 million two months after the new industry’s Dec. 1 launch. With $17,699,952 in sales between Dec. 1 and Feb. 2, the state has generated $2,938,192 in tax revenue, including $1,769,995 in excise taxes… Read More→