MICHIGAN—Shrooms are having a moment, Indiana is basically subsidizing Michigan dispensaries, a UP weed war is getting messy, and six kids ended up in the hospital.
It’s been a week.
Spark up and catch up:
EDIBLE DANGER: Six elementary school students in Detroit were reportedly hospitalized after they ate cannabis-infused edibles at Thomas Edison Elementary—part of a broader trend that a Children’s Hospital of Michigan doctor says plays out in the ER “just about every single day.” In response, school district leaders are now broadly calling for a “greater restriction of sales statewide,” as well as a new statewide ad campaign to reiterate the health risks for children.
HIGHER LEARNING: The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency launched a new webpage listing colleges and universities across the state that offer cannabis-related academic programs—a resource aimed at students, job seekers, and future industry professionals.
UP BEEF: A Menominee judge recently dismissed a lawsuit brought by Puff Cannabis over the right to open a dispensary in the city. But Puff isn’t done, reportedly filing a separate, 38-page lawsuit against its competitor, Lume Cannabis, alleging the state’s largest retail chain secretly bankrolled a “sham ballot committee” to cap licenses and freeze out the competition.
BORDER BUSINESS: Indiana residents reportedly spend an estimated $1.8 billion annually on cannabis despite having no legal market of their own. And with 44% of Hoosiers living within 50 miles of an out-of-state dispensary, Michigan retailers are almost certainly getting a cut.
SHROOM BOOM: With Trump’s new order to accelerate psychedelic drug research and Democratic Attorney General candidate Eli Savit declining to prosecute cases involving those drugs, Michigan has found itself at an interesting new legal crossroads, Bridge Michigan reports.
FEDERAL BUST: A newly unsealed federal indictment shows at least 51 people have been charged in connection with a nationwide black-market marijuana trafficking operation. The only suspect from Michigan on the list was a 35-year-old man from Troy named Gangrong Chen.
ICYMI: In last week’s newsletter, we broke down what President Donald Trump’s marijuana reclassification actually means for Michigan stoners—and why most of them will barely notice.
READ MORE: Michigan’s largest weed competition needs 3,000 judges this summer
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