6 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan

Here’s your weekly rundown from The MichiGanja Report:

June 30, 2026

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MICHIGAN—Some high-end cannabis growers are thriving, the medical market is collapsing, and one township is still trying to shut down the dispensaries that helped put it on the map.

Michigan’s weed world never really slows down.

Here’s what went down over the last week:

GROWTH SPURT: While dozens of Detroit area dispensaries have gone under, Nature’s Remedy in Ferndale is doing the opposite—opening two more stores in Redford and Pontiac. The shop has reportedly built its name on top-shelf flower and live rosin, plus a clean, unhurried sales floor where you can stop and smell the buds instead of getting rushed through a line.

SMALL BATCH: Some of Michigan’s smallest, highest-end grow operations are quietly thriving amid an otherwise brutally competitive industry—namely because they’d rather sell a little great weed than a lot of cheap weed. But whether they can hold that line is unclear. Michigan’s craft brewers tried the same approach a decade ago; most got bought out by conglomerates anyway.

MEDICAL MELTDOWN: Michigan’s medical marijuana market has all but disappeared—with about $775 in recreational weed now sold for every $1 that’s being spent on prescription pot.

BORDER PATROL: New Buffalo Township is still actively trying to thin out its own cannabis market, with local officials advancing plans to revoke a license for a local dispensary called Trap Stars. The store denies wrongdoing alleged by the city and will get a second hearing on July 20.

PREVENTION FUNDING: Michigan is investing $3.8 million into youth substance use prevention, split across 12 organizations statewide. Preventing underage weed use is a newer, trickier challenge in a state where it’s been legal for adults for several years. But state officials say the earlier someone starts, the higher the risk of a substance use disorder later in life.

ICYMI: If you missed last week’s newsletter, I updated our guide to the Michigan dispensaries that stay open late—including a few that stay open until 2 a.m. and a few that never close at all.

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