Weekly Michigan Marijuana News
A weekly review of Michigan’s Cannabis Industry 5/29/19
Green Peak Innovations Launches Michigan Cannabis Brand
5/23/2019 – Green Peak Innovations, which in December received a total of more than 30 licenses covering medical cannabis cultivation, processing and provisioning in Michigan, rolled out its North Cannabis Company brand Thursday.
Bezinga
Michigan recreational pot market to rival Colorado’s
5/23/2019 – We’re seeing a shift from the West Coast to the East Coast,” said Kay Tamillow, Brightfield’s research director. Cannabis is not just for West Coast hippies anymore. It’s a growing industry, and it’s everywhere.
The Detroit News
Michigan House throws support behind federal act shielding marijuana biz banking
5/22/2019 – The resolution adopted by legislators Wednesday asked Congress to pass the Secure and Fair Enforcement Bank Act so that banks working with legitimate marijuana businesses are not subject to federal sanctions.
The Detroit News
With marijuana now legal in Michigan, Movement fest dances to a slightly different beat
5/25/2019 – Amid the familiar thumping beats and far-out fashions at Movement on Saturday, one longtime feature was absent from Detroit’s annual techno festival: the zealous marijuana-legalization advocates who lined the Hart Plaza sidewalks for years
Detroit Free Press
Michigan’s marijuana industry now has a regulatory referee
5/27/2019 – Andrew Brisbo is now officially the executive director of the renamed Marijuana Regulatory Agency after a Senate confirmation hearing. marijuana-may-27-mainDuring the hearing, Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, pressed Brisbo repeatedly on his personal views on marijuana.
Michigan Lawyers Weekly