5 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan

Here’s your weekly rundown from The MichiGanja Report:

October 6, 2026

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MICHIGAN—It’s Croptober, and Michigan’s cannabis industry had a messy week.

A grower got caught shipping dirt instead of weed, a popular vape brand lost another license, and a pot farm in Iosco County got busted for draining protected wetlands.

The good news: Bay City is turning its weed money into warm beds.

Spark up and catch up:

DIRTY DEEDS: State regulators revoked 20 cannabis cultivation licenses and issued a whopping $2 million fine against a Michigan company that once billed itself as the state’s largest woman-owned weed business. Regulators say the company shipped several packages to a processor that were labeled as marijuana but actually contained “dirt and mulch.”

MUHA PROBLEMS: State regulators revoked the license for Muha Meds‘ Ypsilanti dispensary and fined it more than $250,000, marking the latest hit in a rough month for the popular vape brand. Regulators say the store used a fake customer profile to illegally sell products.

DRAIN GAME: A judge ruled that Bliss Cannabis illegally destroyed 16 acres of protected wetlands in Iosco County to build a weed farm. State officials say the company started clearcutting, draining, and filling the land in 2022, then kept right on going through two years of violation notices and in-person meetings telling it to stop. Penalties will be decided next month.

PAYING IT FORWARD: Bay City commissioners are set to approve $150,000 in local weed tax revenue to keep an overnight homeless drop-in center open for another year. The center offers beds, meals, showers, and laundry, and has served more than 250 people since it opened.

ICYMI: If you missed last week’s newsletter, I rounded up six seasonal cannabis products worth hunting down before Halloween. My favorite spooky season gimmick so far this year? New pre-rolls from Voodoo that look like something you’d smoke at a funeral.

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