Metro Detroit’s best weed of 2023, according to our readers

The results are in for this year’s Best of Detroit reader’s poll. According to you, these are the best places for weed…

By Layla McMurtrie

 Best Packaging: Church Cannabis Company
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Arts, Beats & Eats gathered foodies and music lovers this Labor Day weekend

Royal Oak’s annual Soaring Eagle Arts Beats & Eats festival happened this Labor Day weekend from Sept. 1-4. Attendees enjoyed the House of…

By Mike Pfeiffer

Image: Arts, Beats & Eats gathered foodies and music lovers this Labor Day weekend
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20 Black-owned Michigan cannabis companies you should support

African Americans — one of the groups that have been harmed the most by the War on Drugs — remain underrepresented in…

By Metro Times editorial staff

Primitiv primitivgroup.com Primitiv is a cannabis brand founded by former Detroit Lions players Calvin Johnson and Rob Sims. The partners have been growing the plant at their facility (with a staff of about 15 people) in Webberville, and selling it into the Michigan distribution system for more than a year. Photo courtesy of Primitiv
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The best weed in metro Detroit, as chosen by Metro Times readers

See more winners in our Best of Detroit 2021 issue.

By Metro Times editorial staff

Image: The best weed in metro Detroit, as chosen by Metro Times readers
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20 things to do in the Detroit area when you're stoned AF

Since Michigan legalized recreational marijuana for adult use in 2018, every day is 4/20 and for that, we feel #Blessed. That's right,…

By Metro Times editorial staff

Hotbox your car at Ford-Wyoming Drive-in 10400 Ford Rd., Dearborn; 313-846-6910; forddrivein.com Driving and consuming marijuana is not legal, folks. And yes, that goes for the all-too-discreet vape and edible life, too. However, what happens in your car at the 70-plus-year-oldFord-Wyoming Drive-in stays in your car at the Ford-Wyoming Drive-in. That is until you exit your vehicle to snag some optional concession munchies because yeah, dudes and dudettes, you don't have to spring for concessions because you can bring your own. Hell, you can bring full meals, full-blown takeout, eat fucking sushi from your dashboard because no one is going to stop you. All tickets include two movies which mean more time to get and stay high. Oh, and we've all been at a traditional non-drive-in theater and been so high and found ourselves laughing at very inappropriate times (we would like to issue a formal apology to anyone who may have been in the audience of the Friday morning matinee showing of Million Dollar Baby at Star Gratiot in Roseville.) Well, guess what? You can laugh at as many tragic boxing-based accidents you want with no social stigma and no shame. Blaze up and drive in. Just don't forget to turn your headlights off, stoner. Photo via Ford-Wyoming Drive-in/Facebook
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A 420 gift guide for metro Detroit's canna-curious and canna-sseurs

Extreme sports. Brain surgery. Beating The Nameless King in Dark Souls 3. What do these things have in common? They all require…

By Metro Times editorial staff

Vaporizer For the canna-curious: Ooze Slim Pen Twist Battery with Smart USB, $19.99 Available at various Detroit-area dispensaries; oozelife.com We were canna-curious once when it came to vaping, and we remember not wanting to do a damn thing other than huff and puff on a portable and discreet pen anywhere and everywhere regardless of legal ramifications. Leave the high-maintenance vapes for the canna-sseur and don't overthink baby's first vape (as in you, baby, not an actual human baby, because that would be irresponsible). Welcome to the Ooze life: Ooze, a Michigan-bred cannabis accessory company, was one of the earliest vape batteries around. “Batteries? I thought we were talking about vape pens?” Calm down, newbie. Most disposable vape pens harness a battery, which you can then screw/pop in your favorite concentrate cartridge. You good? OK, so Ooze offers affordable — and colorful — USB rechargeable batteries that are so slim and so portable that you won't even know it's there. Well, that is until you hit that shit and you're on clouds 9, 10, and 420. Photo via OozeLife.com
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20 must-try cannabis products for the Michigan stoner in your life

You know that R.E.M. song “Everybody Hurts”? Well, in 2021, Michael Stipe could change the lyrics to “everybody smokes” and he’d have…

By Metro Times editorial staff

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Photos show the early days of Detroit's medical marijuana industry — before the crackdown

Michigan voters approved the legalization of medical marijuana in 2008, and within a few years, dispensaries started cropping up all over Detroit…

By Metro Times editorial staff

Image: Photos show the early days of Detroit's medical marijuana industry — before the crackdown
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20 of the top marijuana dispensaries in Detroit, according to Weedmaps

Weed all about it! We've got the top shops in the Detroit area for ganja, herb, flower, concentrates, edibles, the Devil's lettuce,…

By Metro Times editorial staff

16. The Reef 6640 E. Eight Mile Rd., Detroit; 313-992-4202; findthereef.com ariot1920: “Every time I come here I have a better experience than the last. I’ve been to a few places where bud tenders are very pleasing your first time and then you get nothing from them afterwards. These people are the nicest, helpful group I’ve come across. Always super helpful. I recommend this dispensary to everyone I know. One of the last times I came here, I had a slightly negative experience in the parking lot and I was nervous about going back. I couldn’t avoid going back to my fave place and I was pretty excited to see a security car in the parking lot. They are really on top with their security and I love it. You guys are the best! Also, the security guard is pretty cool (I hope you listen to that band I recommended today.” Photo via The Reef/Facebook
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20 Michigan glassmakers with stunning, museum-quality pipes and rigs

Ah, weed. Our beloved friend. How we love thee. Let us toke the ways. First, the humble joint: an art form in…

By Metro Times editorial staff

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21 of metro Detroit's coolest things to get delivered to you in quarantine

If we hear the term “new normal” one more time during this coronavirus quarantine, we're gonna spit. We've exhausted pizza nights and…

By Metro Times editorial staff

Ferndale Project 567 Livernois, Ferndale; 248-556-5512; ferndaleproject.com/ Beer. We. Need. Beer. If we can’t pop a cold one with the boys, we at least want to pop a cold one with our cats, which is what the Ferndale Project is all about. The Eastern Market Brewing Co. offshoot had the unfortunate experience of opening right when the whole pandemic thing took over our lives. But that didn’t stop the hopped-up crew from continuing serving up frosty IPAs, pasties, bags of coffee, and dog treats to the beer-thirsty masses. To accommodate the demand, they’ve pivoted to a curbside pick-up and delivery format. And good news: you can order online and their delivery radius is 25 miles outside of Ferndale. Photo viaFerndale Project/Facebook
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All the frosty nugs we saw at High Times Midwest Cannabis Cup 2018

The High Times Midwest Cannabis Cup 2018 returned to Clio on Sept. 9-10 to bring out stoners, growers, and weed advocates alike…

By Metro Times editorial staff

Image: All the frosty nugs we saw at High Times Midwest Cannabis Cup 2018
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