MI first legalized marijuana for medical use back in 2008.
- I was in college at the time as well as remember the feeling I had walking into a cannabis dispensary for the really first time.
I thought it would take moving out to California or CO to experience legal weed, but it was nice finally having it here at home in the beautiful Great Lakes state. I was studying architecture as an undergraduate student at Western MI University at the time as well as visited my first dispensary in downtown Kalamazoo. After I graduated, I decided to move to Muskegon with my bestie at the time. Despite chopping up soon after getting to the shores of Lake MI, I felt a gravity to this arena as well as decided I wanted to stay along the coast anywhere that was peaceful as well as quiet. That’s how I ended up in Whitehall after a few years dealing with the neighborhood life of Muskegon. Whitehall sits right at the edge of Whitelake, just miles away from Lake MI proper. On top of that, there is White River Park to the east for gorgeously wooded hiking trails. The best section about being in MI right now is the access to legal weed. Even though every one of us have recreational cannabis here, it’s cheaper to buy cannabis at dispensaries in Whitehall with a MI state medical marijuana card. With the medical cannabis card, you get to bypass the taxes levied on recreational cannabis clients. I heard that MI might dissolve the medical cannabis program to raise more taxes by forcing everyone to utilize the recreational marijuana market.