Michigan disciplines 30 cannabis businesses for alleged violations in November

State regulators took disciplinary actions against 30 cannabis businesses in November, the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced Thursday.

The complaints ranged from selling recalled products to failing to divulge the THC content on prerolls.

Eight of the businesses operate in Detroit and were fined a total of $38,000. No other metro Detroit businesses were cited.

Actions were taken against these Detroit business:

• Empire Brands, a cultivator in Detroit, was fined $9,000 for allegedly failing to attach statewide monitoring tags to 141 clones.

• Green Genie, a Detroit dispensary, was fined $500 for allegedly failing to include THC and CBD information on a pack of prerolls.

• Muha Meds, a Detroit dispensary, was fined $13,000 for allegedly making unauthorized home deliveries, having surveillance cameras that included obstructed views of products, and failure to have the required information about poison control and dangers of adolescent use.

• Nuggets Detroit, a dispensary, was fined $9,500, for allegedly selling a recalled cannabis-infused beverage.

• The House of Mary Jane, a Detroit dispensary, was fined $5,000 for allegedly failing to use a general ledger system in its annual financial statements.

• Utopia Extracts, a Detroit cultivator, was fined $333.33 for allegedly failing to file its annual financial statements on time.

• Utopia Gardens, a Detroit cultivator, was fined $333.33 for failing to file its annual financial statements on time.

• Utopia Farms, a Detroit cultivator, was fined $333.34 for failing to file its annual financial statements on time.

The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency has increased its compliance enforcement since September 2022, when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed Brian Hanna, a former cop, to lead the department.

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This article appears in Dec 11-17, 2024.