In 2022, where are Michigan’s legal cannabis dispensaries?
The cities with the most retail licenses – at 50 each – are Ann Arbor and Bay City, tied for first place.
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Illinois corrective lotteries give 51 dispensary applicants a second chance
The lotteries do not provide the applicants licenses outright, however. Winners must now argue the merits of getting a license before Cook County Circuit Court Judge Cecelia Gamrath.
Detroit’s new adult use ordinance meant to encourage Black-owned dispensaries may actually be hurting them
Year-over-year medical sales in Michigan have fallen 48% from a year ago, while adult use sales increased by 56% during the same period.
Michigan cannabis companies making expungement a social justice priority
While adult use cannabis sales have been legal in Michigan since 2018, cannabis convictions were not automatically expunged and must be manually applied for by the offender.
Series of controversies follow Missouri medical cannabis cultivator following suspended license
The DHSS alleges the licensees were operating in unsanitary conditions, including using and applying pesticides without proper training or proper personal protective equipment.
Curaleaf celebrates Juneteenth by giving employees holiday pay… except for union workers
In a company-wide email, Curaleaf informed employees that those represented by a union would not be receiving holiday pay for Juneteenth.
Michigan cannabis sales are up from last year, but many predict the state’s growing supply could spoil the fun
Last month the overall plant count also skyrocketed for adult use, jumping from 403,471 adult-use plants in production in May 2021 to 1,126,881 adult use plants in May 2022.
Cannabis retail sales slightly down in many Midwest, Eastern states
Industry experts like CannaBizIL executive director Pamela Althoff says May’s slight sales decrease isn’t a sign of bad things to come, but likely because workers returning to the office are consuming less cannabis than they would in the privacy of their own homes.
Dispensaries move to temporarily halt all adult-use business in Detroit
This is Detroit’s second attempt at creating an adult use licensing process. The first Detroit ordinance was struck down by a federal judge last year.
Michigan dispensary owners sounded off against regulatory agency’s proposal to ban deli style sales
“Deli style” display and sales puts flower in glass containers, allowing consumers to examine its condition before making a purchase.
