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Method Man’s weed brand TICAL is now available in Michigan

TICAL’s ‘Sweet Island Skunk’ pre-rolls land at select Black-owned dispensaries

By Randiah Camille Green

May 19, 2022

It shouldn’t be shocking to anyone who’s ever listened to Method Man that he has a cannabis brand called TICAL. The man has been using the word “tical” as a slang for pot since the early 1990s...

Detroit boxing legend Thomas Hearns partners with Premier Grow to launch ‘Hitman Cannabis’

The ‘knockout smoke’ is expected to hit dispensaries this summer

By Randiah Camille Green
May 17, 2022
Mike Tyson once got fined for smoking weed in Detroit. Now he sells edibles in the shape of human ears.

After the 2000 Showdown in Motown, the boxer’s victory was revoked after he tested positive for marijuana

By Larry Gabriel
May 4, 2022
Former Detroit Lions open flagship dispensary in Michigan

Calvin Johnson and Rob Sims opened Primitiv's first dispensary in Niles

By Alex Washington
May 3, 2022
Green Pharm opens newest recreational dispensary in Hazel Park

It’s the eighth recreational dispensary to open in the Detroit suburb

By Steve Neavling
Apr 22, 2022
Cloud Cannabis opens latest dispensary in New Baltimore

It’s one of only three recreational dispensaries in the city

By Randiah Camille Green
Apr 21, 2022
Lume Cannabis Co. sues the Village of Pinckney for denying its marijuana license — and loses

Despite over 30 dispensaries statewide, Lume sued the small town for denying its license for another

By Randiah Camille Green
Apr 13, 2022
Michigan’s booming cannabis industry helps burned-out workers to turn over a new leaf

Meet the people growing Wonderbrett weed in Kalamazoo, one of the state’s newest grow facilities

By Randiah Camille Green
Apr 13, 2022
‘Spark in the Park’ voted down, but still plans to hold home-grown pot-infused music fest in metro Detroit

Hazel Park voted down the festival on Tuesday, but organizers say they will hold it in a different city

By Lee DeVito
Apr 13, 2022
Michigan has its first official cannabis consumption lounge. More are coming.

An end to couch-lock

By Lee DeVito
Apr 13, 2022
Cookies cannabis dispensary opens in Ann Arbor

It’s the latest Michigan location from the chain co-founded by Bay Area rapper Berner

By Lee DeVito
Apr 6, 2022
The WellFlower to open new recreational dispensary in Ypsilanti

The Manistee based cannabis company expands to metro Detroit with second location

By Alex Washington
Apr 4, 2022
Allen Iverson visits Michigan to promote line of cannabis products

By Kahn Santori Davison
Mar 28, 2022
Hazel Park gets Michigan’s first official cannabis consumption lounge

Hot Box Social plans to open for private events later this month and to the public later in 2022

By Lee DeVito
Mar 23, 2022
Gaylord is getting its first cannabis dispensary

By Lee DeVito
Mar 14, 2022
New cannabis company that pioneered dissolvable THC to sell fast-acting edibles in Michigan

By Steve Neavling
Mar 14, 2022
How Qonkur built a cannabis marketing empire in Michigan

By Lee DeVito
Mar 1, 2022
Michigan’s Indigenous tribes want in on recreational marijuana industry

By Steve Neavling
Feb 22, 2022
The former Gibraltar Trade Center is now a cannabis dispensary

By Lee DeVito
Feb 15, 2022
Mike Tyson's 'Undisputed Cannabis Flower' launches in Michigan

By Randiah Camille Green
Feb 2, 2022
Gatsby Cannbis Co. aims to open dispensary across from Royal Oak school amid opposition

By Randiah Camille Green
Feb 1, 2022

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20 Black-owned Michigan cannabis companies you should support

African Americans — one of the groups that have been harmed the most by the War on Drugs — remain underrepresented in…

By Metro Times Staff

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Higher Learning Institution
17 S. Saginaw St., Pontiac; 248-977-1574;yourhigherlearning.com

Founded by Sammy Rogers, Higher Learning Institution is a cannabis vocational and technical school in Pontiac. The school offers courses on budtending, cannabis cultivation, and cannabis extraction.
Photo via Larry Gabriel

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When talking about iconic combinations, most people might start with a classic like peanut butter and jelly or popcorn and a movie.…

By Metro Times Staff

Apr 15, 2022

Sweetwater Tavern
400 E. Congress St., Detroit; 313-962-2210; sweetwatertavern.net

Sweetwater marinates their wings for 24 hours, giving your munchies monster a full dose of flavor.
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