Recreational Marijuana Sales to Begin in Michigan Dec. 1

Beginning Dec. 1, adult-use marijuana retailers who also hold a license for a medical marijuana provisioning center can begin sales for recreational marijuana. Dispensaries and growers may transfer marijuana product from their medical inventory to their adult-use inventory, in accordance with a recent advisory bulletin.

Beginning Dec. 1, 2019, licensed provisioning centers may transfer up to 50% of each product type (marijuana-infused product, marijuana concentrate, buds, etc.) that has been in inventory for a minimum of 30 days to their marijuana retailer inventory. All product that is transferred must have passed all state tests (including testing for the presence of Vitamin E Acetate in vape products) and those results must have been entered in the statewide monitoring system.

All marijuana product transferred from a provisioning center to a marijuana retailer must be tracked in the statewide monitoring system (METRC) and may not exceed the maximum active Delta 9 THC concentrations allowed under the ballot proposal passed by the voters in November 2018, as follows:

• Gummies, baked goods, etc. – 10 mg per serving, 100 mg per container
• Capsules, tinctures, etc. – 10 mg per serving, 200 mg per container
• Topical products (lubricants, spa products, lotions, balms, rubs) – N/A
• Products not listed – 10 mg per serving, 100 mg per container

After 10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1, Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) employees will make sure the necessary changes are made in METRC to open the transfer window to allow the marijuana product transfers to take place. Licensees must have received written permission from the MRA by Nov. 27 to make the product transfers on Dec.r 1. Once the METRC changes have been made, licensees may transfer the marijuana products from their medical inventory to their adult-use inventory.

There are three shops licensed to begin sales on Dec. 1, all of which are located in Ann Arbor: Arbors Wellness, Exclusive Brands and Greenstone Provisions.