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420 Music Festival coming to Detroit!

City of Detroit Approves 420 Music Festival for April 2023

Cannabis, Event

Traverse City Now Rec by House of Dank TC

Traverse City (finally) has recreational cannabis!

Dispensary, News

Delft Theatre Escanaba by Jasperdo

Escanaba’s Delft Theater to become cannabis friendly venue

Cannabis, Lounge, News

Hot Box Social in Hazel Park

Checking in with Michigan’s two cannabis consumption lounges

Ribbon Cutting at Nuggets Dispensary in Detroit

Detroit Licenses First Legacy Cannabis Dispensary

Dispensary, News

Mary Jones Cannabis Infused Soda

Jones Soda Co to sell Mary Jones Cannabis Soda in Michigan

Michigan-made Marijuana & Cannabis Products, News

Cannabis Infused Coconut Oil

Making Sous Vide Marijuana Edibles

Culinary Cannabis

Rob Sims & Calvin Johnson of Primitiv Group

Calvin Johnson & Rob Sims to deliver CannaCon Keynote

From marijuana farm tours to “bud and breakfast” hotels, American destinations are discovering that “canna-cations” aren’t just for stoners anymore.

The numbers point to cannatourism boom

Doghouse Farms Detroit

Detroit awards first recreational cannabis dispensary license

Kalkushka Cannabis Lounge opening June 1st

Cannabis, Lounge

Method Man's Michigan launch of TICAL

Wu-Tang Clan’s Method Man launches marijuana brand in Detroit

Michigan-made Marijuana & Cannabis Products

Upcoming Michigan Cannabis Events

May 09 Thursday

Sensi Spring Fling Party ~ May 9th in Lansing

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Foraging with Country Roots & Friends

May 18 Saturday

Foraging with Country Roots & Friends ~ May 18 & 19th near Big Rapids

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June 07 Friday

Michigan Gems n Genetics Summer Festival ~ June 7-9th at Sarns Resort

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June 13 Thursday

Canna Jam ~ June 13-16th in Standish

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Camp 710 Invitational Grand Junction Michigan

June 28 Friday

Camp 710 Invitational ~ June 28-30 in Grand Junction

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906 Boony Bash July 26-28 Michistrigan

July 26 Friday

906 Boony Bash ~ July 26-28th in the Upper Peninsula

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@ashelounge & @jacobsfarm_tc are presenting a farm

@ashelounge & @jacobsfarm_tc are presenting a farm-to-table cannabis dinner in Traverse City on Thursday, September 28th with a chef who cut his teeth in California in the early days of legal weed.

The dinner is the brain child of Andrea Doyle & Sarah Tupper, co-founders of of Ashe Lounge who are teaming up with Jacob’s Farm chef Eric Daily to offer a multi-course exploration of infused dining with a 4 course Farm-to-Table meal that can be enjoyed as is or infused based on your comfort level with cannabis. There will be infused mocktails, dessert bar, live music by local artist Allie Kessel (@allie_kessel), bonfires, smores, camp fun, and community.

Here are some highlights from our article at: https://michigancannabistrail.com/campashe

"We have seen so many people feel boxed out of spaces and places and groups that engage in cannabis. I’m a 43-year-old mom and the traditional festival experience doesn’t offer the attention to detail or environment that makes for the best cannabis experience. With this event we’re looking to not only engage the cannabis community, but also to find the intersection that brings in people who enjoy wine dinners and similar experiences," says Sarah

As to the dish he is most looking forward to, Eric says he has tried to include something for everybody. He loves the way the cannabis works in the seeded Dijon chimichurri but says, “I think it might be the desserts. I went a little old school with some of the desserts to bring back the classic memories of Rice Krispie treats & gummies to deliver a good, fun memory of how many of us first got into eating cannabis.”

One thing Chef Daily wants to stress is that this dinner can be enjoyed by anyone. “The whole idea is that somebody can come to this dinner and not eat or ingest any cannabis if they don’t want to. Every diner gets the choice to infuse or not with every course. We have set it up in three different ways. Guests can ingest no THC or CBD, only CBD and CBG, or all three for the full trifecta – the entourage effect you may have heard of. It’s an evening to fully enjoy yourself, whatever your level of enjoyment is!”

Tickets: https://events.blackbirdrsvp.com/camp-ashe

The MCT’s Andrew McFarlane talked with @wrtvnews

The MCT’s Andrew McFarlane talked with @wrtvnews reporter Vic Ryckaert about Indiana’s continued resistance to legal cannabis and how that impacts Michigan.

“You know, Indiana is a huge driver. I mean, I thank Indiana and Ohio every day for what they’ve done for the Michigan cannabis business,” said McFarlane.

Head over to michigancannabistrail.com for the article & video that includes Katie Lindgren of @greenstemprovisioning

Go Beyond the Bar with WOMEN IN CANNABIS NETWORKIN

Go Beyond the Bar with
WOMEN IN CANNABIS NETWORKING

We wanted to share Women in Cannabis Networking, an engaging event that Beyond the bar is bringing to the Wealthy Street Theater in Grand Rapids this Thursday (September 8th).

Head over to the MCT for all the info: https://michigancannabistrail.com/event/go-beyond-the-bar-with-women-in-cannabis-networking/

DOPE HALLOWEEN EVENT EARLY WARNING!! The @dankgirl

DOPE HALLOWEEN EVENT EARLY WARNING!! The @dankgirls_shop invite you to get spooky with them at DankGirls Halloween Fest from 4pm to midnight on Saturday, October 21st in Walkerville.

The Halloween party features special guests @koala.puffss 🐨 💨 & @weavers_ along with food trucks, heated tents, music, laser light show, indoor nightclub, raffles & 50/50, Puff N Paint station, a wide range of vendors, and horror movies on an inflatable screen. They’ll have performers including stilt walkers, fire throwers, hula hoopers, jugglers & LIVE Mermaids. You can get into the fun with a costume contest … and even more into the fun with the FREE DAB TENT!

You have the option to make it an overnight event (though you are certainly not required to). Just bring a tent or camper to sleep in (no power or water hook up available). While Dank Girls events are normally exclusive to women, this co-ed event is a rare chance for everyone to experience their safe & supportive environment.

Head over to @dankgirls_shop for tickets & more information!

The Motor City Roots Festival is coming to the leg

The Motor City Roots Festival is coming to the legendary Eloise Asylum in Westland on Sunday, September 17, 2023 from 1pm – midnight - read on for Giveaway info!!

In addition to performances from legend JEEZY, Baby Face Ray, Antonio Brown, Matashia and more, this year they are bringing the first Halloween experience of the year with a multi-level haunted house that will be active during the entire festival!

They are also holding the Motor City Cup Awards Show that you can vote on at motorcityrootsfest.com, and they will have all kinds of food trucks, adult games, DJs, live music, and even Detroit Lions tailgating!

And even better, they have a giveaway going today through September 1st of TEN PAIRS of tickets!! Head over to @motorcityrootsfestival to enter!

Another amazing Clio Cup from Buddy And the crew @

Another amazing Clio Cup from Buddy And the crew @cliocultivation

Perfect night for a ballgame! #detroit #detroittig

Perfect night for a ballgame! #detroit #detroittigers #comericapark⚾

Just love the #muralsinthemarket at #easternmarket

Just love the #muralsinthemarket at #easternmarket 😍 Every city should have what Detroit has!!

@glowmybodyspa invites you to join them this Satur

@glowmybodyspa invites you to join them this Saturday, August 26 @hotboxsocial.us box cannabis lounge in Hazel Park from 11am - 3pm for The Self Care Station.

Glow My Body promotes physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being and they have designed "self care stations" to allow you to experience a wide range of cannabis-friendly activities including Puff Paint therapy, Facials & Waxing, Yoga & Mediation (bring your yoga mat!), Chair Massages, Aroma Therapy, and Dab Bar. There will also be special guest speakers, spoken word with special guests, sounds by Groove Sol & food from @chefdancingdunny & @vegan_baddies

The event is strictly 21 & up. You can get tickets on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-self-care-station-tickets-663730815737

WILL MICHIGAN’S MEDICAL CANNABIS MARKET DISAPPEA

WILL MICHIGAN’S MEDICAL CANNABIS MARKET DISAPPEAR?

The Green Market Report shares an excellent in-depth exploration of Michigan’s vanishing medical marijuana industry. We can't post it all here but head over to the MCT and understand that we are in the 11th hour with time running out if we want to save Michigan's landmark medical cannabis market from becoming a 15% off coupon.

We have to agree with Ankur Rungta, CEO of C3 Industries Rungta who says the medical market in Michigan or elsewhere won’t survive until medical marijuana becomes more legitimate as medicine, not just as a recreational drug with a medical backdoor.

“For medical to really drive a comeback, there would need to be differentiation. It’s the same product, essentially, on both sides (medical and recreational) of the business. We’re just not there yet,” Rungta said. “It has to come through R&D. A product that’s something closer to medicine and more data-driven evidence to support it.”

We can make that happen on September 28th at the Capitol!

More at the MCT: https://michigancannabistrail.com/news/will-michigans-medical-cannabis-market-disappear/

BARBIE POOL PARTY ~ SATURDAY, AUGUST 19TH IN FLINT

BARBIE POOL PARTY ~ SATURDAY, AUGUST 19TH IN FLINT

@vehiclecitysocial of Flint invites you to join them on Saturday, August 19th from 1-4 pm for the free Barbie Pool Party!

Grab your inflatables, squirt guns, beach gear, green and come party with them in their courtyard! They will have BBQ, frozen drinks, free med jello-shots by Boom Can (while they last), and ice cream to feed your body along with bubbles, cornhole, raffles, Ken & Barbie Photo Opp Station, and 90s throwback music to put you in the mood.

A mmmp card is required & you can get ll the info from the Vehicle City Social Instagram!

PS: We asked, and they answered “No pool , but bring a mini inflatable one if you have one :)”

LEGAL ARGUMENTS AROUND GUN OWNERSHIP FOR CANNABIS

LEGAL ARGUMENTS AROUND GUN OWNERSHIP FOR CANNABIS USERS HEAT UP

A huge issue around legal recreational & medical cannabis is the fact that card holders can be barred from gun ownership. Recently, a court found one of the laws unconstitutional, but Marijuana Moment shares that the Justice Department believes a lower court’s ruling in a marijuana and gun rights case was “incorrectly decided”:

In a one-page brief filed on Friday, the federal government notified judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that the separate U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently deemed the law barring cannabis consumers from buying or possessing firearms to be unconstitutional.

More at the MCT: https://michigancannabistrail.com/news/legal-arguments-around-gun-ownership-for-cannabis-users-heat-up/

photo credit Cannabis Bullseye by David Gabrić: https://unsplash.com/@daconja

MICHIGAN GROWN HARVEST RALLY ~ SEPTEMBER 28TH IN L

MICHIGAN GROWN HARVEST RALLY ~ SEPTEMBER 28TH IN LANSING

Michigan Weedsters invite you to join them for the Michigan Grown Harvest Rally for medical cannabis on Thursday, September 28th from HIGH NOON to 4:20 at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing.

This is a chance to get informed or stay informed about the benefits of Michigan’s groundbreaking medical cannabis laws, how they are currently under threat, and how you can get involved in protecting them.

This FREE event at the People’s House (100 N Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI 48933) will have food trucks, vendors and entertainment. There will also be information and speakers on topics including:

* Patient and Caregivers
* Worker Relations
* Michigan Business Owners
* Social Equity
* Convictions and Expungements
* Testing
* Coalition Creation

For more information contact 810-368-8568, email michiganweedsters@gmail.com or visit https://michiganweedsters.com

42 DEGREES TAKING ON VAPE WASTE The Traverse City

42 DEGREES TAKING ON VAPE WASTE

The Traverse City Ticker's Craig Manning writes Michigan has the second biggest cannabis market in the entire country, but the growth has brought waste and negative environmental impacts that a Michigan business is trying to solve.

“The cannabis industry is naturally a very environmentally-taxing business,” says Samuel Rosinski, the CEO of 42 Degrees, a Kalkaska-based company that offers a range of services around cannabis processing, extraction, packaging, distribution, and more. “With a lot of Michigan’s industry, the cannabis flower is typically cultivated in indoor facilities so that they can maintain consistent production year-round. And then the processing, packaging, and distribution of the product is also very taxing on the environment. The Hero Project is a fledgling initiative within 42 Degrees that carries an ambitious goal of creating a comprehensive recycling system for disposable cannabis vape pens, a category that Rosinski says is currently “growing at an incredible 36 percent, year over year.” Disposable vapes, he explains, are made up of three parts: a “chassis,” typically made from a dense plastic or a metal alloy; a “cartomizer,” or the metal or glass container within the chassis that actually holds the cannabis; and a lithium battery, which powers the device. Often, these materials end up in landfills simply because there is no good way to separate and recycle them. The goal of The Hero Project is to put systems in place so that customers not only have a place to recycle their old vapes, but also an incentive to do so.

Read on for more in the Ticker: https://www.traverseticker.com/news/this-northern-michigan-company-wants-to-solve-the-vape-waste-problem/

Joy Farm honey with blue dream coconut cannabutter

Joy Farm honey with blue dream coconut cannabutter spun in, sourdough toast, regular butter & blueberries 😋 #eatyourmedicine #cannabismedicine

DUNEGRASS GARDENS CANNABIS LOUNGE RETURNS TO HOXEY

DUNEGRASS GARDENS CANNABIS LOUNGE RETURNS TO HOXEYVILLE

The annual @Hoxeyville Music Festival takes place August 18-20 in Wellston. In 2023 they have once again partnered with cannabis outfitter @dunegrass.co to provide cannabis sales and a cannabis lounge. Dunegrass & cannabis event organizer and cultivator, Tom Beller of @realleafsolutions are ready to take Dunegrass Gardens to a new level.

“We are very excited to provide this option for our attendees, and look forward to growing both this experience within the event as well as our partnership with Dunegrass,” says Jake Robinson of Hoxeyville Productions.

That excitement is shared by Dunegrass COO Eric Piedmonte who adds, “Dunegrass is beyond excited to work on the first music festival turned cannabis event in the state. Until now all the on-site cannabis events have been cannabis first, entertainment second. We are flipping the model on its head by partnering with a long-running festival like Hoxey adding to it.”

Hoxeyville is the Midwest’s premier Americana and Roots festival with two stages featuring national touring artists with headliners including Marcus King, The Wood Brothers, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Keller Williams and a host of midwest folk & roots all stars like Lindsay Lou, May Erlewine, Luke Winslow King, The Crane Wives and of course Airborne or Aquatic which includes festival founder Jake Robinson!

Dunegrass Gardens fits right in with the vibe Hoxeyville has created by providing comfortable furniture, an array of cannabis consumption options, fun activities, and of course, quality Michigan cannabis flower, pre-rolls, and edibles for purchase from Dunegrass and their retail partners.

Although you can easily see and hear the stages, they’re even bringing the music of Hoxeyville to Dunegrass Gardens with performers including Hoxey veteran and bluegrass phenom Mark Lavengood. “As a performer, I really appreciate having a safe space for people to consume cannabis and for the culture as a whole to proliferate. It is a strong medicine and has gone hand in hand with music for decades."

More at: https://michigancannabistrail.com/fun/dunegrass-gardens-cannabis-lounge-returns-to-hoxeyville/

My Michigan medical cannabis card expires tomorrow

My Michigan medical cannabis card expires tomorrow, and while it can feel these days that a medical cannabis card is little more than a 20% off discount, there remain concrete reasons for me to renew. Medical card holders can legally purchase & possess more cannabis, have better legal defense in the event of accident, can use their cards reciprocally in many medical only states, and you don’t have to pay the 10% tax on medical cannabis.

Our friends at @michiganweedsters3.0 have teamed up with @essentialtelehealth to offer renewals or new medical marijuana cards for just $90!

If you purchase your card through them, you also receive discounts to several Michigan cannabis events and a one year membership to @genesee3c & @vehiclecitysocial, two amazing cannabis clubs in Flint!

PS: Of course the biggest reason is that when you get a med card, you support the caregivers who have kept cannabis alive in Michigan.

CANNABIS COCKTAIL CORNER: THE MYHI BLUEBERRY LEMON

CANNABIS COCKTAIL CORNER: THE MYHI BLUEBERRY LEMONADE

The MyHi Blueberry Lemonade is the perfect summer cooler, bringing a more gentle sweetness from the agave syrup and extra zip from sparkling water.

Ingredients

-½ cup fresh blueberries
-2 tsp agave syrup or more according to taste
-⅓ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
-¾ cup sparkling water

Instructions

1. Muddle blueberries with agave syrup.
2. Add lemon juice and fill glass with ice.
3. Pour in a STIK of MyHI (choose your dose)
4. Top with sparkling water and stir.
5. Get MyHi: https://www.getmyhi.com/

The Cannabis Cocktail Corner is presented by the Michigan Cannabis Trail and TJ Stouder, Co-founder of MyHi. MyHi is a fast-acting and social, water soluble THC powder delivered in a convenient Stir STIK that allows you to turn water into weed, or any beverage for that matter.

No calories, no sugar, no hangover, and light taste leave for a consistent and enjoyable high each time, many would say better than alcohol.

Follow @getmyhi and also MyHi in Michigan @getmyhi_mi

420-friendly camping is especially great for star

420-friendly camping is especially great for star watching & enjoying meteor showers: you're already outside, usually have warm clothes & comfy outdoor chairs. Every year the Perseid meteor shower is active from mid-July to late August (aka right now!), and it is one of the best shooting star displays of the year.
This year the shower will peak around Aug. 13, 2023, and it is an especially good one for the Perseid viewing as the moon will only be 10% illuminated.
We want to encourage you to get out to one of our many 420-friendly camping spots including @micamphaven in Kalkaska, @artfarmfennville, @_pineleaf_ Camping & Cabins in Mancelona & Camp Whistlestop near Flint.

Check them all out at: https://michigancannabistrail.com/lodging

only seems fair tbh

only seems fair tbh

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