For most entrepreneurs in the burgeoning cannabis industry, it’s been a tough road with many unexpected turns. But the ability to roll with the punches—whether partnerships go sour, legislature remains unfriendly, or the market rapidly changes—has defined a new class of business people. Michigan’s Hilary Dulaney, who is one of the cannabis industry’s youngest people […]
As cities and townships across Michigan adjust to newly legal adult-use cannabis, one looming issue on many minds has been the establishment of consumption lounges—businesses where consumers can sit down, socialize, and pass around a vape pen without getting any sidelong glances. State regulations give clear guidelines for selling marijuana, but the regulation of businesses […]
Cancer and severe pain led Michigan’s list of qualifying conditions when the state legalized medical marijuana in 2008. More than a decade later, cancer and severe pain patients should have easy access to medical cannabis products—but that’s not the case. ‘Dogs have easier access to medical cannabis than cancer patients.’ Adam, Michigan dispensary owner In […]
Michiganders awoke on Thursday to find themselves in a state where adult use of marijuana is legal—and the homegrow laws are among the most generous in the country. Now that the long fight for legalization is over and the bill passed by voters last month is officially in effect, the feeling across the state has […]
Michigan voters, advocates, and ballot proposal writers worked hard to ensure that legalization would allow residents to grow their own bud. “It’s not legal if you can’t grow it!” was a common slogan among those who fought for the proposal’s creation and passage. Now that the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act is law, […]
Michigan voters just passed Proposal 1, which legalizes the adult us of cannabis. Now what? Is Cannabis Legal as of Nov. 7? No. Technically, cannabis legalization (for adults 21 and older only) won’t take effect until approximately November 16th, once the results of the election have been certified by the Secretary of State. How Much […]
After months of battle between Michigan’s medical cannabis dispensaries and the state regulatory agency—the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Agency (LARA)—it seems that the conflict may be finally coming to an end. Officials at LARA have been trying for months to shut down certain dispensaries (known in Michigan as provisioning facilities) that have not yet […]
Late last week, Michigan Court of Claims Judge Stephen Borrello halted the shutdown of 98 medical cannabis dispensaries slated for closure due to emergency rules issued by LARA, the state licensing agency, on Sept. 11. Dispensaries will now have until Dec. 15 to complete their applications. Borrello’s restraining order came in response to a lawsuit […]
On Tuesday, Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) issued new rules that are expected to result in the shutdown of 98 dispensaries across Michigan. The Detroit Free Press reported that a newly imposed (and retroactive) deadline will crash nearly a hundred companies and their employees. ‘We have to get rid of everything, and we have […]
