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An event attendee takes a whiff from a jar of dried cannabis at "Hemponomics 102." In 2019, Michigan took the federal government up on its offer allowing states to create their own pilot hemp farming programs.

There may be ‘a pot of gold’ at the end of Michigan’s hemp farming rainbow, or useless marijuana

February 28, 2020 at 3:36 p.m.

Marylynn Bigelow, a 67-year-old University of Michigan nurse nearing retirement, purchased an 80-acre plot in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula. It's in Emmet County's Levering, a small town minutes from the...

A recall of vaping cartridges that tested positive for vitamin E acetate, which is associated with vaping-related deaths, illuminated a weakness in Michigan's marijuana tracking system.

Michigan marijuana regulators say they’re forbidden from looking at their own data

January 28, 2020 at 2:39 p.m.

Even though most marijuana for sale on Michigan medical dispensary and recreational store shelves came from state-registered caregivers, the state says it can't trace the outbreak of a potentially deadly...

A U.S. District judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Sherry Hoover (right), which called for the legal sale of untested marijuana to medical marijuana patients. Hoover, who has late-stage cancer, uses medical marijuana oil to treat pain from her treatments.

Cancer patient loses battle to buy untested marijuana from Michigan dispensaries

January 22, 2020 at 3:46 p.m.

Sherry Hoover, who has late-stage cancer, filed her lawsuit on behalf of all Michigan patients struggling to obtain medical marijuana amid a shortage, her attorney says. Hoover, of Troy, who...

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