Michigan Cannabis News

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) combined the state’s cannabis and hemp industry regulatory agencies to create the Cannabis Regulatory Agency.

Joseph Ori is co-founder of Six Labs, a Michigan-based manufacturer of craft cannabis products.

Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Michigan has partnered with Green Flower to offer cultivation technician, provisioning center associate, and advanced manufacturing agent cannabis certification courses.

Chef Anna is a Michigan-based autoflowering cannabis seed breeder and social media marketing expert who has become known for giving generous cannabis gifts to strangers.

A Michigan judge denied the Michigan Marijuana Regulation Agency’s request to reverse a ruling that limited the cannabis product recall tied to Viridis Laboratories earlier this month.

A Michigan judge ruled that a portion of the recall by the Marijuana Regulatory Agency against products tested by Viridis North was “in all likelihood based upon an arbitrary decision.”

Viridis Laboratories, a cannabis testing laboratory that was recently targeted by a product recall, has filed a lawsuit against the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency.

The Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued a recall for products tested over the last three months by Viridis Laboratories and Viridis North affecting over 400 retail locations around the state.

Detroit voters decided to decriminalize psilocybin and the therapeutic use of other entheogenic plants during last week’s election.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation expanding the number of people eligible for medical cannabis licenses, including those with cannabis-related criminal charges.

A Michigan appeals court upheld the two-year suspension for a physician who approved almost 22,000 medical cannabis certificates in one year.

Michigan lawmakers are set to vote on a package of bills containing sweeping changes to the state’s 2008 voter-approved medical cannabis law.

Muha Meds — a self-described street cannabis brand that is best known for the unregulated sale of THC-rich vape cartridges — has received a cannabis processor license in Michigan.

Custom and border officials have seized nearly 15,000 pounds of cannabis at the Canada-U.S. Michigan border this year.

NBA star Chris Webber’s Players Only Holdings broke ground on a 180,000 square-foot, $50 million cannabis “compound” in southwest Detroit that will include a dispensary, cannabis operations and training facility, cultivation facility, and consumption lounge.

Crain Communications announced this week it is acquiring the cannabis industry news site Green Market Report.

Michigan introduced a group of bipartisan bills that would reduce the number of patients allowed per medical cannabis caregiver from five to just one and also limit the amount of plants caregivers could grow from 60 to 12.

A proposal in Michigan would eliminate the state’s “moral character” clause in its adult-use cannabis law, which can block industry participation based on “integrity, moral character, and reputation” or if the applicant has prior cannabis offenses.

TerrAscend Corp. is set to acquire Michigan-based Gage Growth Corp. in a $545 million all-stock deal. The combined business will have operations in five states and Canada.

Michigan regulators proposed two new cannabis industry license types: one to let schools purchase cannabis for educational purposes and another to expand the state’s Class A micro-business licenses.

Richard Wershe Jr., aka “White Boy Rick,” who was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for cocaine possession, is launching his own cannabis brand called “The 8th.”

The adult-use cannabis ordinance approved by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Tribal Council took effect yesterday, allowing the tribes to regulate the commercial cultivation, processing, and distribution of cannabis.