Indiana Cannabis Blog and News
With medical marijuana on the cusp of becoming a bona fide industry in Michigan, the people who educate customers and sell the product in dispensaries — budtenders in marijuana lingo — will be in high demand. Across the state, as dispensaries prepare to open, owners will be seeking hundreds of […]
While many states are standing in the way of marijuana legalization, they usually aren’t outright sabotaging efforts to do so. Even politicians who don’t support cannabis end up implementing the new laws if the voters want it. But some states will go to extreme lengths to prevent the voters’ will […]
On Thursday, dozens of cannabis dispensaries across Michigan were hit with cease and desist letters demanding they immediately halt all operations. And that’s just the tip of the spear. Over the coming weeks, Michigan officials plan to deliver letters to hundreds of more dispensaries they say are violating the rules. […]
Forty medical marijuana businesses across Michigan got an unpleasant visit Thursday from state officials and the Michigan State Police, ordering them to stop operating. And those visits are just the beginning. Hundreds more are expected to get cease and desist letters in the coming days. The state Department of Licensing and […]
City officials have sued to overturn voter-approved ordinances to expand access to dispensaries. Detroit, a city that in recent years had to file a multi-billion dollar bankruptcy, is in danger of missing out on generating millions of dollars in taxes and fees with the legal medical marijuana industry. As Michigan […]
The post These 12 States Could Pass Marijuana Laws This Year appeared first on High Times. Quite a few states could pass marijuana laws this year. Legalization has been a slow but steady process in recent years. In particular, 2016 was a big year for the movement. During elections that […]
The push to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use got a boost Friday when a deadline for opposition groups to challenge petition signatures passed and no one stepped up. Now it will be up to the Secretary of State’s election office to review a 500-signature sample of the 362,102 signatures that were […]
The post Majority of Michigan Residents In Favor of Recreational Weed appeared first on High Times. New data shows a majority of Michigan residents in favor of recreational weed. The state already has an active medical marijuana scene and, as these new numbers show, there appears to be an upswell […]
LANSING — On a frigid, snowy December morning nearly 10 years after medical marijuana became legal in Michigan, the fully regulated business officially started. The day started with a whimper, rather than the bang state regulators had prepared for. Two hours after the doors opened at the Department of Licensing and […]
A group seeking to legalize recreational marijuana in Michigan has cleared a fund-raising hurdle and is preparing to submit roughly 360,000 signatures to the state for a potential 2018 ballot proposal. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol plans to file petitions Monday. “We have been working hard all summer […]