Rick Johnson for Jail Time
Former Michigan House Speaker Rick Johnson and several others have been charged in a bribery scheme related to the medical marijuana...
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AMERICA'S 1st CANNABIS LAW FIRM.
Since 1999
Jared Jeffries
- Jan 27
- 3 min
Cannabis Counsel® 2023 Industry Events
We are looking forward to an exciting year in 2023. Cannabis Counsel® Law Firm will be hosting several events at our historic offices.
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Julia Gilbert
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
Applying for an Adult-Use Cannabis License
If you want to own a cannabis business in Michigan, there are a few things it helps to know about the application process. There are 3...
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Emily Giedzinski
- Oct 12, 2022
- 3 min
High Hopes For THC Infused Alcohol
With marijuana booming and establishing itself state by state (first medicinally, then recreationally), is it any wonder many alcohol...
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Thomas Lavigne
- Aug 29, 2022
- 3 min
Detroit's Rocky Opt-In History
Everyone knows Detroit needs thousands of properties rehabilitated and more jobs. However, the city leadership is blind to how readily...
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Matthew Abel
- Aug 23, 2022
- 3 min
Preroll Joints & MI's Maturing Cannabis Market
Within the past few decades, anti-cannabis views and laws have slowly begun to change, leading to an increase in cannabis use.
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Jared Jeffries
- Aug 10, 2022
- 2 min
Unclear Regulations Leads to Lab Problems, Product Recalls
As the industry regulator, it is the CRA’s responsibility to define best practices for labs and set industry testing standards.
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Jared Jeffries
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
What Are Entheogenic Plants, and What Does Prop. E Mean for Detroit?
Yesterday Detroiters went to the polls and voted in Proposal E with 61.1% of the votes, decriminalizing entheogenic plants in Michigan's...
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Matthew Abel
- Oct 29, 2021
- 2 min
Cannabis as a Driver of Economic Development
Cannabis is much more than a social phenomenon, although the recent rise to the forefront on societal consciousness is unmistakable, in...
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Julia Gilbert
- Feb 22, 2021
- 5 min
More Attacks on Patient Rights from Busybody Cops & Prosecutors
In People v Dupre, published December 17, 2020, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a ruling regarding the Michigan Medical Marihuana...
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Jared Jeffries
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min
Bring Back the Compassion Clubs & Farmers Market
If you’re a cannabis user of a certain age in Michigan you almost certainly carry some fond memories of making new friends and learning...
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Jared Jeffries
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
Some More About the Detroit Legacy Application
Detroit has finally opted-in to the recreational marijuana business - two years later. But, there was a reason for the delay: Ensuring...
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Jared Jeffries
- Jan 13, 2021
- 3 min
What About Consumption Lounges?
Michigan’s recreational marijuana law includes provisions for Designated Consumption Lounges...
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Adam Gac
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
Legacy-Detroiter cannabis-licensing will grow revenue and reduce recidivism
Detroit has finally passed an adult use cannabis ordinance, and it includes provisions to help long time Detroiters benefit.
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Jared Jeffries
- Oct 22, 2020
- 3 min
5 Reasons for Your Community to Opt In
With all this excitement about cannabis, it can be easy to forget your community won’t benefit from the new laws unless they opt in.
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Julia Gilbert
- Sep 25, 2020
- 3 min
We Need MORE, and We Need It Now
The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (The MORE Act) has been postponed in the House. This is disappointing to say...
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Julia Gilbert
- Sep 8, 2020
- 2 min
CBD Is NOT A Treatment For COVID-19
Since March, several CBD companies have received warning letters from the FDA and the FTC...
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Thomas Lavigne
- Aug 17, 2020
- 2 min
Cannabis & Pregnancy
The latest attack on cannabis consumers is an attack on pregnant and new mothers. A quick search of peer reviewed, including...
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Cannabis Counsel
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
The Forgotten Civil Right: Jury Nullification
By: Julia Gilbert In 2015, Keith Wood was arrested at the front entrance of a courthouse in Mecosta County for handing out pamphlets on...
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Julia Gilbert
- Jul 7, 2020
- 2 min
New Requirements, Easier Applications
The MRA has rolled out new medical marijuana facility applications. The changes are minor, but anyone who has been drafting an...
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Cannabis Counsel
- Jun 30, 2020
- 2 min
MI Cannabis Industry Set For Explosive Growth
Michigan’s commercial cannabis industry is still young but well on its way to greatness. Michigan is second to California in the number...
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Cannabis Counsel
- Jun 26, 2020
- 2 min
We're Back!
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have taken proactive steps, following government recommendations, to combat the spread of the virus,...
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Cannabis Counsel
- Jun 23, 2020
- 3 min
The DeRuiter Case Was Too Narrow
(DeRuiter v. Byron Township, No. 158311 (Mich. April 27, 2020) as it concerns Primary Caregivers registered under the Michigan Medical...
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Cannabis Counsel
- Mar 26, 2020
- 6 min
Is the odor of marijuana still enough to get your vehicle searched? Maybe
Since the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) was adopted in the end of 2008 and court cases started running through the pipeline,...
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- Dec 18, 2019
- 1 min
What is wrong with Plymouth?
The city government of Plymouth has an unusually hard-line stance on cannabis. They don't even allow residents with legitimate medical...
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- Dec 17, 2019
- 1 min
Welcome back, vapes.
Testing is done on THC vapes so they are heading back to store shelves. The process took several weeks because only one of the state’s...
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- Dec 17, 2019
- 1 min
Local 420, indeed.
A proposed rule from the MRA attracted a lot of attention. It directs marihuana businesses to form a "peace agreement" with a local labor...
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- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Michigan Leaders in Cannabis.
Leafly did a feature on the many women in the Michigan Cannabis industry. We should take this opportunity to highlight two of our own,...
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- Dec 9, 2019
- 1 min
$1.6 Million In the First Week.
Many municipalities wanted to "wait and see" how recreational marihuana sales would go in Michigan. It went well: Long lines, heavy...
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- Dec 3, 2019
- 1 min
Matthew Abel on WDET
Our own Matthew Abel appeared on the Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson radio show Monday morning. You can hear the interview by...
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- Dec 3, 2019
- 3 min
Please Choose to Buy Legal Cannabis
Recreational cannabis is available in Michigan in the lucky few municipalities that did not opt out. Lines in Ann Arbor were epic....
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- Dec 3, 2019
- 1 min
$221,000 On the First. Day.
Turns out cannabis is popular in Michigan. On the first day of sales, more than 2,200 people waited for hours and spent roughly $221,000...
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- Nov 27, 2019
- 1 min
Matt Abel Speaks to the Detroit Chamber
Check out our own Matt Abel speaking to the Detroit Chamber of Commerce about the transition to recreational marihuana in the state of...
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- Nov 13, 2019
- 1 min
Happy Holidaze?
Over a year after Michigan voters legalized cannabis, and less than a week before it was formally legalized, Michigan will finally be...
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- Oct 15, 2019
- 1 min
Opportunity does not wait.
"The Entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity." - Peter Drucker, philosopher of modern...
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- Oct 15, 2019
- 2 min
Test Case for Marihuana Prohibition?
If the federal government denies tax breaks to marihuana businesses can that be challenged based on the commerce clause?
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- Oct 5, 2019
- 1 min
Applications are open.
Want to start a marihuana business in Michigan? Applications are open. Call or email us at info@cannabiscounsel.com if you want to help...
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Cannabis Counsel
- Jul 8, 2019
- 1 min
Weighing the Options
Matt Abel on Municipalities across the state consider opting in or out of legal cannabis, you can read the full article here:...
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Cannabis Counsel
- Jan 3, 2019
- 1 min
Legal Corner: Moving Forward: Addressing Concerns About Michigan’s Recreational Cannabis Bill
By Matthew Abel By now, most people have heard that there is a new cannabis law in Michigan, officially the Michigan Regulation and...
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