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Residents of Stevensville will get to decide whether or not marijuana retail businesses are allowed in the village. After a successful petition and loud opposition by anti-pot business group “Friends of Stevensville,” the village board of trustees Wednesday approved language for the issue to be put

Findings come via researchers at Univ. of Michigan. With medical cannabis legal in the majority of states in the country, the number of adults who have turned to the treatment for chronic pain has likewise increased. That is the finding of a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan

The Milan City Council approved an amendment to its marijuana ordinance at its regular meeting Tuesday. Council members voted unanimously to approve the ordinance as amended, opening the way for marijuana provisioners — medical, recreational and growers — to make applications to set up businesses in

Licensed sales of recreational marijuana began in Detroit on Wednesday, with at least two shops opening for sales of cannabis to adults aged 21 and up. The House of Dank on Front Street near the city’s border of Lincoln Park, Michigan was the first shop to open its doors to recreational customers

The governor of Michigan vetoed 11 bills including three that would amend the state’s medical cannabis system. Calling them rushed, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently vetoed 11 bills including three medical cannabis bills, with others related to retirement and tax. The governor did however sign

The City of Detroit has approved the first 33 successful applications for adult-use marijuana retail licenses, a milestone in the city’s journey toward establishing an adult-use marijuana industry since Michigan voters approved it four years ago. The City of Detroit has approved the first 33

The city of Detroit on Thursday announced it had awarded recreational marijuana licenses to 33 companies, capping a yearslong legal battle about who gets to sell adult-use cannabis in the city. "It was a very, very, very challenging journey to get to this point," said City Council President Pro Tem

The city is not releasing the 90 applications it received for pot retail and lounge licenses. Detroit denied our Freedom of Information Act request for the application documents that businesses submitted seeking the 60 available recreational cannabis licenses as the city rolls out its much-delayed

Recreational marijuana has been legal in Michigan since 2018, and cannabis use is up. But, marijuana poisonings are also up, not just in Michigan, but nationwide. The National Poison Data System tracked a 245% rise in pediatric abuse and misuse of cannabis from 2000 to 2020, with the biggest

WMU professor Russell Zwanka said the new course fills a gap in the university’s food marketing curriculum. This spring, students at Western Michigan University will study how to market products for the fast-growing cannabis industry. The course will give students the background to be successful in

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD, up to 20% of veterans who participated in the armed battle have received a PTSD diagnosis since then. With the NGO Hero Project USA, Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran Anton Harb Jr. seeks to expand the free distribution of

Boobers are ubiquitous. From the bars lining South University Avenue to the paths criss-crossing the Diag, it is almost impossible to traverse the University of Michigan campus without seeing one of Boober Tours’ new electric-powered pedicabs zip past on the sidewalk, with the driver shouting,