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Ohio Marijuana Sales Are Surging — Is Michigan’s Cheap Weed Advantage In Danger?

Ohio’s recreational marijuana industry has generated $1.67 billion in sales since launching in August 2024. Michigan still sells far more cannabis at dramatically lower prices — and Ohio customers have helped turn Monroe into a marijuana retail powerhouse. But as Ohio’s market grows and its prices fall, how long can Michigan maintain its border advantage?

By |2026-09-01T18:15:43-04:00September 1st, 2026|Marijuana Business, News|
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DEA Marijuana Decision Moves Closer — What Schedule III Could Mean For Michigan

WASHINGTON — The federal government's years-long debate over marijuana's legal status has entered another critical stage, with the Drug Enforcement Administration releasing more than 2,500 pages of testimony from its rescheduling hearing as the judge overseeing the case prepares his recommendation. For Michigan's cannabis industry, however, the bigger question isn't what's contained in the massive

By |2026-08-26T15:06:25-04:00August 26th, 2026|Marijuana Business, News|
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CRA Watch: Michigan Cannabis Regulators Issue 75 July Enforcement Actions — Three Businesses Surrender Licenses

Dragonfly Kitchen III accounts for 43 enforcement records as Michigan regulators cite operators for tracking, security, sales and financial-reporting violations LANSING — Michigan cannabis regulators recorded 75 enforcement actions dated in July, ranging from fines for marijuana tracking violations to the surrender of licenses by three businesses, according to the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s latest monthly

By |2026-08-25T17:20:19-04:00August 25th, 2026|Government/Politics, Marijuana Business, News, Politics, Politics/Government|
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Baby Boomers Are Becoming A $500 Million Cannabis Market In Michigan And Ohio

WASHINGTON DC - Baby Boomers aren't just using more marijuana. They're becoming big business for cannabis companies. Older consumers could already represent a roughly $500 million annual cannabis market in Michigan and Ohio, according to a MITechNews analysis of state cannabis sales and national purchasing patterns. And new federal research suggests that market could continue

By |2026-08-24T11:05:35-04:00August 24th, 2026|Marijuana Business, News|
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Federal Marijuana Legalization Could Bring New Taxes — And Give Michigan’s Oversupplied Cannabis Industry A National Market

Moving marijuana to Schedule III could deliver a major federal tax break to Michigan cannabis businesses. But something much bigger — federal legalization — would be needed before Michigan growers could legally ship recreational marijuana across state lines. WASHINGTON DC - Michigan's cannabis industry could be approaching two very different federal turning points — and

By |2026-08-21T13:45:21-04:00August 21st, 2026|Marijuana Business, News|
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DEA Makes Final Push To Move Marijuana To Schedule III — What It Means For Michigan And Ohio Cannabis

WASHINGTON — The federal government's long-running effort to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III has entered another critical stage — potentially opening the door to major federal tax relief for cannabis businesses in Michigan and Ohio without legalizing recreational marijuana nationwide. The Drug Enforcement Administration is urging Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek Julius

By |2026-08-19T10:26:20-04:00August 19th, 2026|Marijuana Business, News|
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Michigan Cannabis Prices Stay Near Record Lows As Ohio Cracks Down On Cross-Border Weed

Michigan's mature marijuana market continues to offer some of the cheapest cannabis in the nation, while neighboring Ohio consumers are paying substantially more — and now face legal consequences if they bring their Michigan purchases home. LANSING — Michigan marijuana consumers continued buying some of America's least expensive legal cannabis in July, while just across

By |2026-08-18T11:43:45-04:00August 18th, 2026|Marijuana Business, News|
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Michigan Cannabis Sales Shrink As Ohio Surges 22% — Is The 24% Tax Changing The Midwest Marijuana Market?

Michigan Lawmakers Push To Repeal New Wholesale Tax As Businesses Close And Ohio's Young Recreational Market Expands LANSING — Michigan and Ohio's marijuana markets are suddenly moving in opposite directions. Michigan cannabis sales fell 5.1% year over year in July, even as neighboring Ohio's much younger recreational market surged 22%, raising new questions about whether

By |2026-08-12T15:59:16-04:00August 12th, 2026|Marijuana Business, News|
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Medicare CBD Experiment Could Open New Market For Michigan Hemp Industry

CMS program allowing participating health-care organizations to provide qualifying hemp products to Medicare beneficiaries adds new urgency to Michigan's debate over how CBD should be regulated LANSING — Michigan hemp growers and CBD manufacturers could gain access to a potentially significant new health-care market as the federal government experiments with allowing certain Medicare beneficiaries to

By |2026-08-11T14:53:46-04:00August 11th, 2026|Hemp, Marijuana Business, News|
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Michigan Hemp Businesses Win Temporary Reprieve As Congress Delays Federal THC Crackdown

One-month extension gives Congress a final opportunity during its post-election lame-duck session to craft permanent hemp regulations instead of allowing a sweeping federal ban to take effect. LANSING — Michigan hemp businesses have won a temporary reprieve after Congress moved to delay a sweeping federal crackdown on intoxicating hemp products, buying the industry about one

By |2026-08-05T09:59:20-04:00August 5th, 2026|Hemp, Marijuana Business, News|
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