State regulators fined 11 cannabis businesses in metro Detroit in September and revoked the license of another for various violations ranging from selling expired or contaminated marijuana to improperly tagging their products.
The fines are noticeably lower this month after the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) pledged to reduce penalties on the struggling industry, which will face a 24% wholesale tax in January.
In metro Detroit, cannabis businesses were fined a total of more than $61,000. By comparison, the CRA doled out $169,100 to local businesses in July.
The took action against these local businesses:
Cherry Industries, a cultivator in Detroit, agreed to surrender its license following multiple violations. Most recently, inspectors found more plants growing than was allowed by the company’s licenses, numerous plants and products were not property tagged, and contaminated cannabis was sold to a dispensary, among numerous other violations.
- Joyology, a dispensary in Lake Orion, was fined $4,000 for failing to have standard operating procedures on site, ensure surveillance cameras had no blind spots, and properly tag a few of its products.
- Lenox Operations Group LLC, a processor in Lenox in Macomb County, was fined $16,000 after a regulation officer found 3.5-gram jars of cannabis concentrate that was not properly entered into the statewide monitoring system.
- 13775 Buena Vista LLC, a cultivator in Detroit, was fined $1,333 for using a carbon dioxide system without approval from the Bureau of Fire Services. The inspector also determined there were no clear pathways or isle spacing within grow rooms.
- House of Dank, a dispensary in Detroit, was fined $100 for inaccurately tracking its inventory and sales data on a single product.
- The Hive, a dispensary and small-scale grow in Hazel Park, was fined $700 for selling several products with an expired state-tracking tag.
- JOZ Farm, a marijuana processor in Hazel Park, was fined $21,000 for displaying the wrong THC percentages on its HiFi vape cartridges. JOZ Farm said an employee mistook the cannabinoid percentages for the THC percentages.
- Distro 10 Inc., a marijuana processor in Warren, was fined $3,000 for improperly throwing away unused cannabis plant material.
- JK Logix, a cannabis transporter in Warren, was fined $13,750 for failing to accurately enter all transactions and retain surveillance footage for the time required.
- VML Processing, a marijuana processor in Warren, was fined $500 for failing to accurately record inventory.
- Inkster Pine Park, a cultivator in Inkster, was fined $556 for having an active management agreement with a company that was not an approved applicant.
- Pure NB, a dispensary in New Baltimore, was fined $100 for selling expired cannabis-infused beverages.
Outside of metro Detroit, 12 cannabis businesses were fined for violations. They are One Love Labs in Chesaning ($30,000), Infinity Artisan Cannabis in Muskegon ($3,000), Greenway Provisioning Center in Beaverton ($1,000), Exclusive Cannabis Cookies in Monroe ($2,000), Strange Rootz Cannabis, a dispensary in Twin Lake ($1,000), NH Ventures in Jackson ($12,000), Moses Roses in Port Huron ($28,975), JK Logix in Lansing ($3,750), Treetown Cannabis in Michigan Center ($4,000), Exclusive Grand Rapids in Grand Rapids ($10,000), Exclusive Grand Rapids in Kalamazoo ($10,000), and Cloud Cannabis Company in Kalamazoo ($1,000).