Category: Michigan

The Legalization Mirage

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Legalization looks complete on paper, yet millions still live in counties where dispensaries are banned by local officials who override voter will. The result is a fragmented system built on loopholes, selective caution, and zoning tricks that keep access out of reach. The legal map looks full, but the real world tells a different story.

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Reefer Report Card Vol. 23:

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This week’s Reefer Report Card exposes the hemp industry's battle for survival in the face of a proposed federal THC ban that threatens the entire hemp market. From state-level chaos to Congress playing politics with small farmers and patients, the hemp economy struggles to breathe. No real wins, just industry confusion and political games.

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Tax First, Ask Later: Michigan’s Weed War

Governor Gretchen Whitmer stands before the Michigan state seal and an American flag, wearing a red leather jacket and a serious expression. The text reads: “Policy Fiction Tax First, Ask Later. Michigan’s Weed War.” The image critiques Michigan’s cannabis taxation and policy stance. Pot Culture Magazine branding, website, and ©2025PotCultureMagazine/ArtDept appear along the bottom.

Michigan’s new 24 percent wholesale cannabis tax is being sold as a road repair plan but looks more like a cash grab. Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s law faces a constitutional challenge from the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association, while NORML’s Paul Armentano warns that greedy taxation drives consumers back underground and destroys legal markets that voters fought to build. The weed war is back this time in a budget.

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Reefer Report Card: The Week in Weed, Rated-October 11 2025 – Vol. 18

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Michigan’s new 24 percent wholesale tax lit up outrage across the cannabis industry, while New York regulators faced a courtroom map lesson and Massachusetts tried to reboot its commission. Pennsylvania found compassion in hospital reform, and Germany slowed progress with new rules. Reefer Report Card Vol. 18 grades a week of taxes, lawsuits, and bureaucratic burnout.

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The Michigan Weed Shakedown

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Michigan’s new 24% wholesale cannabis tax has ignited outrage across the state. Pitched as a fix for crumbling roads, the law instead cripples small growers and pushes the market back underground. With lawsuits already filed and jobs on the line, the move exposes how easily lawmakers can rewrite voter-approved legalization into a state-sponsored shakedown for profit.

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Reefer Report Card: The Week in Weed, RatedAugust 9, 2025 – Vol. 09

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This week’s Reefer Report Card exposes Congress’s hollow promises to vets, New York’s zoning mess, a $10M Michigan grow raid, and DEA raids while rescheduling stalls. We grade the chaos, call out the hypocrisy, and show why cannabis reform still spins in circles.

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