Cannabis
With just over six years of a legal market under our belt, everyone in Michigan’s cannabis industry is still feeling the growing pains, to say the least. A massive amount of oversupply has driven prices into the ground. A new 24% wholesale tax (HB 4951) has just been placed on the industry in order to fund fixing the damn roads.
We talked with people in the local cannabis industry—from budtenders to managers—about their favorite products, how they use the plant in their daily life, and some of their favorite cannabis-inspired memories.
After recreational cannabis was legalized in Michigan in late 2018, dispensaries slowly started cropping up. Fast forward to 2025, and there are shops eve-ry-where. A rough headcount puts the number at around 15-20 just in the immediate Grand Rapids area.
Cannabis and nature go together like THC and CBD, and the great outdoors are calling.
Now that the cannabis market has taken off in Michigan, CBD may seem to have taken a backseat, but there are still people (and pets) who enjoy the benefits of cannabidiol every day.
Shopping at a dispensary, you’ll quickly notice that there is dirt cheap cannabis, and there’s the premium stuff. Both have a time and place.
Many of us use cannabis primarily for mental health, but THC and CBD might just have a place in your physical care too.
The modern smoker is faced with two primary options: Vape or flower. Both involve heat and inhaling some form of smoke, and both will get you high, but the experience is hardly the same.
Cannabis—you can smoke it, eat it, even rub it on your skin, and now, you can drink it.
Chances are, at this point, you have at least one person in your life who would love to get anything cannabis related as a gift.