But HumbleBee remains, using its relative longevity and base of institutional knowledge as a core differentiator. The state’s cannabis industry has changed considerably since then, and many more stores have sprung up around Michigan - including right here Up North. As recently as 2018, the vast, vast majority of marijuana shops in the state were operating in the Detroit area, with the northern half of the mitten looking like a veritable THC ghost town. The Pitch: Not so long ago, HumbleBee Products in Crawford County was the one and only medical marijuana provisioning center in northern Michigan.

The Place: HumbleBee Products and Provisioning 6974 N Old 27, Frederic (989) 745-6575 While the coming months will undoubtedly bring more adult-use cannabis shops to the area, the Northern Express took this unusual moment to highlight five major players in northern Michigan. Those accommodations mean that cannabis products are easier to get in northern Michigan than ever before - and just in time for long days of stay-at-home quarantine. The good news for those businesses is that the state Marijuana Regulatory Agency has issued temporary accommodations that allow them to offer both curbside pickup and home delivery. The bad news for most of the area’s recreational marijuana shops is that they had only a few weeks of adult-use sales under their belts before COVID-19 hit and changed everything. In areas like Benzonia and Kalkaska, adult-use weed is already putting down deep roots, with numerous stores opening their doors (or expanding from their previous medical-only designations) so far this year. While some parts of northern Michigan have so far “opted out” of recreational weed - Traverse City, for instance, is working on rules for licensing and regulating recreational marijuana dispensaries in the area - other parts of the region have embraced the new status quo. Michigan voters elected to legalize non-medical adult-use marijuana throughout the state in November 2018.ĭecember 1, 2019, marked the first day of official legalization.

Weed Takes Root: A Look at the Newest Addition to Up North Retail Recreational marijuana stores, their products, and pitch By Craig Manning | April 11, 2020ĭepending on your perspective, recreational marijuana’s arrival in northern Michigan was either very poorly timed or got here at precisely the right moment.

Lume honor mi