Detroit goes to Court in September 2022; Missouri reports on 2020
News and nuggets for cannabis industry practitioners in the Midwest and beyond.
Midwest
Coverage of Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
Active Michigan dispensary licenses increase by 42% in seven months
The number of active dispensary licenses in Michigan has exploded in the last seven months.
Lead attorney drops out of Illinois veterans points case; Will licenses be free and clear?
One of the two plaintiffs in a Cook County Circuit Court case holding up 185 dispensary licenses from being distributed to winners of three Illinois dispensary license lotteries has told Grown In they are bowing out of the case.
The big winners in today’s Illinois license lottery? Existing cannabis companies.
Almost sixty-percent of the licenses awarded today went to existing cannabis companies.
What to expect from today’s Tied Applicant Lottery in Illinois
Today’s Tied Applicant Lottery, held under the cloud of multiple lawsuits, is to select winners of 75 adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses.
Michigan’s cannabis sales boom: Tourism and five big weekends
After months of being in the sales doldrums, Michigan’s monthly legal cannabis sales increased by $22 million in July.
Judges contemplate ordering more applicants into Tied Applicant Lottery; Ruling on veterans points kicked down the road
One judge ordered Illinois regulators to allow a dispensary license applicant into today’s Tied Applicant Lottery, while another Cook County judge threatened to add two more applicants.
Analysis: Don’t call it “social equity”, Illinois is really trying to eliminate the underground market
Why should anyone outside of Illinois care about the state’s self-immolation on cannabis? Because the state is attempting to dismantle the underground market.
Court filings document allegations of Illinois dispensary lottery mismanagement and calls for one nullification, one redo
A pair of Illinois cannabis dispensary license applicants allege that the scoring process of the August 5 Social Equity Justice Involved lottery was unjust and should be nullified.
With Illinois license lotteries stuck in court, anger reigns as some activists try to improve on a bad situation
Cannabis activists and license applicants are emotionally struggling with the results of months of waiting.
