michigan

Former stoner from Battle Creek Michigan now living in the Ann Arbor area (Ypsi Twp). Gave up toking back in 1984 but am now using medicinally. It was a very strange experience going into the dispensary the first time. Anyway, I love to garden and will be adding a new bed to the garden this...

While last year seemed a good year for cannabis activists and users on the national scene – four more states legalized recreational use and other states legalized medical – there is still plenty to fight about in Michigan and across the nation. Although there are now 28 legal medical marijuana...

Lansing, Mich. - The Michigan Court of Appeals' two-to-one ruling Wednesday strengthened the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act. It overturned one man's conviction and states the MMMA trumps illegal marijuana transport and any other inconsistent laws. In other words, if you're a card-carrying...

At his hydroponics store in Waterford Township, Lee Wilson notes the medical benefits of marijuana and says he understands the politics that made marijuana illegal in the United States. He sees nothing wrong with legalizing marijuana. "Why not?" Wilson said. "I don't understand what the...

Detroit, Mich. - A judge on Wednesday heard arguments in a federal class action lawsuit filed by medical marijuana patients and caregivers against several Michigan law enforcement and crime lab officials. The suit, filed in June, claims that because of false lab reports, prosecutors are...

Detroit, Mich. - A judge on Wednesday heard arguments in a federal class action lawsuit filed by medical marijuana patients and caregivers against several Michigan law enforcement and crime lab officials. The suit, filed in June, claims that because of false lab reports, prosecutors are...

MI Legalize, the group that organized signature drives to ask Michigan voters to legalize marijuana this November, will now try to get on the 2018 ballot. MI Legalize turned in 354,000 signatures for the 2016 ballot issue - more than the total needed to qualify for the November ballot - but...

Lansing, Mich — The Michigan House is expected to approve the regulation of medical marijuana this week but the sponsor says one change will be made in the Senate-passed package. Last week on a strong bi-partisan vote, the State Senate said "yes" to slapping stringent controls on the growing...

Lansing, Mich — The Michigan House is expected to approve the regulation of medical marijuana this week but the sponsor says one change will be made in the Senate-passed package. Last week on a strong bi-partisan vote, the State Senate said "yes" to slapping stringent controls on the growing...

Medical marijuana is advancing in Michigan. The state, which has already passed laws accepting medical marijuana, voted Thursday in favor of four new bills that could change the landscape of Michigan dispensaries, allowing actual communities to regulate how many — if any — places of purchases...

Medical marijuana is advancing in Michigan. The state, which has already passed laws accepting medical marijuana, voted Thursday in favor of four new bills that could change the landscape of Michigan dispensaries, allowing actual communities to regulate how many — if any — places of purchases...

A U.S. Supreme Court filing is in the works by MI Legalize, the group attempting to bring a vote on recreational marijuana use in Michigan, according to an attorney representing the group. Jeffrey Hank said the group plans to file a request for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case either...

Lansing, Mich. - Michigan would tax medical marijuana in a tiered regulatory system that would explicitly authorize dispensary businesses under bills that cleared a big hurdle Thursday in the Legislature, where supporters said the framework addresses a "wild west" atmosphere enabled by a...

Lansing, Mich. - Michigan would tax medical marijuana in a tiered regulatory system that would explicitly authorize dispensary businesses under bills that cleared a big hurdle Thursday in the Legislature, where supporters said the framework addresses a "wild west" atmosphere enabled by a...

Marijuana supporters are pushing for a quick answer from the state's highest court in hopes of allowing Michigan voters decide if recreational pot should be made legal. MI Legalize, the group behind the effort to place the issue on Michigan's November ballot, filed an Aug. 30 motion with the...

The group that's trying to legalize marijuana in Michigan is telling the state: See you in court. And the outcome of the challenge could have a huge impact on politics, law-making, and future elections in Michigan. Petition campaigns The group MI Legalize is trying to gather enough...

Lansing - A leader of a campaign to legalize marijuana in Michigan promised a court fight Thursday after the Board of State Canvassers rejected the group's petition to get on the ballot, saying too many of the submitted signatures are outdated. Detroit attorney Thomas Lavigne, a board member of...

MILegalize is still kicking. The effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Michigan turned in more than 350,000 signatures in its attempt to put the question on the fall ballot. It was the only group out of a number of petition efforts to actually turn in their petitions with the qualifying...

MILegalize hosted a public "unity rally" at the Capitol Building in downtown Lansing on Friday, May 20. During the rally, the pro-marijuana initiative campaign turned in a petition with more than 315,000 signatures from Michigan residents to state officials. The petition calls for state...

MILegalize hosted a public “unity rally” at the Capitol Building in downtown Lansing on Friday, May 20. During the rally, the pro-marijuana initiative campaign turned in a petition with more than 315,000 signatures from Michigan residents to state officials. The petition calls for state...