How Will Michigan’s Aggressive New Marijuana Tax Impact Leelanau’s Lone Cannabis Dispensary?
By Craig Manning | Oct. 20, 2025
Michigan’s marijuana industry is about to get hit with a brand-new tax – one that industry leaders say will raise prices, shutter businesses, and compromise tax revenues for local communities. The Leelanau Ticker checked in with Daniel Caudill of Olean’s Northport, Leelanau County’s only dispensary, to find out just how existential a threat the new legislation could prove to be.
After months of back-and-forth, Michigan’s Senate and House of Representatives finally reached a budget compromise. Key to the deal was a new 24 percent wholesale tax on marijuana, which is projected to generate $420 million for the state’s $1.8 billion road improvement plan. While the new tax reportedly helped …
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