Yes. Medical and Recreational marijuana are legal in Michigan.
Whether a state has medical or recreational cannabis use and sale allowed is important to any current or prospective cannabis business owner because the status of the cannabis regulations largely impacts the business's consumer base. Once a state allows recreational (adult use) cannabis, the potential consumer base sky-rockets to include any adult over 21+.
Recreational sales in Michigan started in December 2020. As a new applicant for a dispensary in order to obtain a recreational cannabis dispensary license you must also hold a medical marijuana dispensary license for at least the first 2 years.
Medical Marijuana was legalized in 2008, though the operation of dispensaries was not allowed until September 2016, when Gov. Rick Snyder signed a package of bills that among other reforms: (a) allowed the operation and regulation of medical cannabis dispensaries
MICHIGAN MEDICAL MARIHUANA ACT [Medical]
AN INITIATION of Legislation to allow under state law the medical use of marihuana; to provide protections for the medical use of marihuana; to provide for a system of registry identification cards for qualifying patients and primary caregivers; to impose a fee for registry application and renewal; to make an appropriation; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to provide for the administration of this act; to provide for enforcement of this act; to provide for affirmative defenses; and to provide for penalties for violations of this act.
History: 2008, Initiated Law 1, Eff. Dec. 4, 2008 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 283, Eff. Dec. 20, 2016
MICHIGAN REGULATION AND TAXATION OF MARIHUANA ACT [Recreational]
An initiation of legislation to allow under state law the personal possession and use of marihuana by persons 21 years of age or older; to provide for the lawful cultivation and sale of marihuana and industrial hemp by persons 21 years of age or older; to permit the taxation of revenue derived from commercial marihuana facilities; to permit the promulgation of administrative rules; and to prescribe certain penalties for violations of this act. If not enacted by the Michigan State Legislature in accordance with the Michigan Constitution of 1963, the proposed legislation is to be voted on at the General Election, November 6, 2018.
History: 2018, Initiated Law 1, Eff. Dec. 6, 2018.