Michigan

On Monday night, Michigan’s newly formed medical marijuana board unveiled a proposal that would effectively shut down every dispensary in the state. The measure caused dismay among patients in the Great Lake State, many of whom are dependent on dispensaries …

Published: Aug 21, 2017, 9:04 am • Updated: Aug 21, 2017, 9:08 am By David Eggert, The Associated Press LANSING, Mich. — Faced with an unreceptive Legislature, advocates for marijuana legalization, guaranteed paid sick leave and a host of other …

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers has approved a proposed ballot effort that would legalize cannabis within the state. The measure, proposed by Abrogate Prohibition Michigan of Midland, would change the state constitution to nullify all laws prohibiting or regulating …

Cannabis advocates in Michigan have collected almost half of the signatures necessary to place an initiative to legalize recreational cannabis on next year’s ballot. To date, the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CRMLA) have collected over 100,000 signatures supporting …

Michigan’s voters first said, “Yes” to medical marijuana in 2008. Great news at the time of its passage, thanks to the 100,000-plus signatures recently gathered by the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CRMLA), full-blown legalization could be just around …

Last year, cannabis advocates in Michigan made a major push to get recreational legalization on the 2016 ballot. Although the MILegalize campaign had gathered enough signatures to qualify, their efforts were ultimately thwarted by the Michigan Court of Claims. According to …

Regions of the brain associated with stress and posttraumatic stress disorder. Credit: National Institutes of Health Specific cerebral circuitry bridges chemical changes deep in the brain and the more outward behavioral expressions associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which could …

Ohio’s Republican governor John Kasich made waves last year when he signed an expansive medical marijuana bill and brought the typically conservative Buckeye State into the world of legal weed.

The Board of State Canvassers in Michigan unanimously approved the form of petitions to legalize recreational/adult-use marijuana last week.  They were submitted by the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, who plans to begin collecting signatures immediately in hopes of making …

As states like Arizona and Michigan gear up for a push to legalize recreational cannabis in 2018, a new report from Oregon shows that things aren’t all peachy in the years directly following legalization.

According to an investigative report from Portland’s local NBC station KGW8, the over $75 million in tax revenue collected by the Oregon Department of Revenue has sat in a state-run account since recreational sales started in 2015.

Oregon’s recreational legalization law specified exactly where the cannabis tax money is supposed to go, with 40% heading to the state’s school fund, 20% going to fund drug and