Medical Cannabis in Michigan

Program overview

Michigan operates the Michigan Medical Marihuana Program, administered by Cannabis Regulatory Agency, Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

How Michigan’s law developed

Michigan approved medical cannabis by ballot initiative in November 2008, with the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act passing in every one of the state's 83 counties — a margin unmatched in any other state's medical cannabis vote. The statute retains its original spelling, "marihuana," in Michigan law. For its first eight years the program operated without any licensed commercial supply chain, relying entirely on patients and registered caregivers growing for a small number of patients each; that caregiver-centred structure remains unusually prominent in Michigan and is why the state has one of the largest registered caregiver populations in the country. The Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act of 2016 added licensed provisioning centres, and voters legalised adult use in 2018. Oversight now sits with the Cannabis Regulatory Agency.

Official resource

Cannabis Regulatory Agency, Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

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Questions people in Michigan ask

Why does Michigan law spell it "marihuana"?
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act of 2008 uses that spelling, and Michigan statute has retained it. It is the same substance — the spelling is a historical artefact of older federal drafting, not a different legal category.