6 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan

Here’s your weekly rundown from The MichiGanja Report:

July 21, 2026

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MICHIGAN—Piss tests on their way out, people keep learning the hard way that Michigan weed shouldn’t cross state lines, and one city is rethinking how it spends its cannabis tax money.

It’s been another busy week in Michigan marijuana.

Here’s your rundown:

HELP WANTED: Nearly half of employers have stopped screening new hires for weed, according to a Wall Street Journal survey of around 1,000 companies. The consensus: Employers want more applicants. And they say a urine test—which can flag THC weeks after a joint—is an inaccurate measure of whether an employee is actually impaired on the clock.

CROSS-COUNTRY: A cannabis company in southwest Michigan is handing over its state license for good after regulators alleged it moved Michigan weed products across state lines to Massachusetts—which is strictly prohibited under federal law, regardless of laws in each state.

EQUITY SHIFT: The city of Kalamazoo is looking to broaden how it spends its cut of Michigan’s cannabis tax money—namely by rewriting its social equity policy to help more cannabis entrepreneurs access capital, buy their own property, and build generational wealth.

CAPPED OFF: A judge upheld a cap on the number of dispensaries allowed in the city of Menominee, dismissing Puff Cannabis’ attempt to force its way into the market as the ninth. Puff argued that it was entitled to the final license. The judge didn’t buy it. Puff can still appeal.

BORDER BLUES: A budtender who lives in Indiana and works in Michigan is facing criminal charges after she was allegedly caught bringing six grams of weed back home from her job.

ICYMI: If you missed last week’s newsletter, I reviewed some weed from Dank & Disorderly—a Michigan brand that packs its half-ounces in cartoonish boxes with collectible trading cards tucked inside. The branding is a shameless gimmick. But the flower turned out to be no joke.

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