MICHIGAN—A big court win for stoners on probation, another dispensary up in flames, a “weed factory” making a corporate power play, and a little reefer madness out of Berrien County.
Michigan’s weed world never really slows down.
Here’s what went down this week:
HIGH COURT: The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that judges can’t automatically prohibit people on probation from consuming marijuana, so long as they’re otherwise following state law. The ACLU of Michigan, which filed a brief in the case, said the ruling makes clear that being on probation doesn’t strip away the clear legal protections that Michigan voters approved in 2018.
REEFER MADNESS: Health officials in Berrien County are urging parents to talk to their kids about weed, citing state data that more than one in three high schoolers report having used it. Their core message about keeping weed away from developing brains is solid. But health officials there are also making claims about weed leading to harder stuff, which simply isn’t true.
WEED FACTORY: Lume co-founder David Morrow is making headlines for his plan to turn Michigan’s biggest cannabis company into an even bigger, nationwide brand. He calls Lume’s grow operation a “weed factory”—which tells you most of what you need to know. But it’s still worth a read, if only for how candidly Morrow describes the “knife fight” he sees coming.
FIRE SALE: Two Detroit men were arrested for allegedly breaking into Dacut Cannabis Company in Monroe County and setting it on fire. Police say the pair lit the building ablaze and fled on foot—only to get sniffed out by a police dog that found them hiding in a tree. It’s the second time in as many months that a Monroe Township dispensary has been torched.
DAB DAY: In honor of 710—the recent stoner holiday that spells “OIL” upside down—the Detroit Metro Times put together a fresh rundown of the 12 best live rosin makers in Michigan.
ICYMI: If you missed last week’s newsletter, I launched a new series—a stoner’s field guide to Greater Lansing—with recommendations on where to shop, what to eat, and where to wander when you’re baked in the Capital City. Detroit, Grand Rapids, or New Buffalo is up next.
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