{"id":70141,"date":"2025-12-03T15:03:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/?p=70141"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:04:00","slug":"watch-bridge-lunch-break-on-the-state-of-the-marijuana-industry-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-on-the-state-of-the-marijuana-industry-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Bridge Lunch Break on the state of the marijuana industry in Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Michigan\u2019s young marijuana industry is in a state of flux amid low prices, a new wholesale tax and a proposal to limit the number of pot shops in the state<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bridge Michigan hosted a virtual panel discussion on the state of the marijuana industry in Michigan<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If you missed it, you can view the discussion on this page<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan\u2019s marijuana industry is young but maturing and will survive today\u2019s trying times amid a new wholesale tax, stubbornly low prices, pushback from voters in some communities and a proposal to limit the number of marijuana businesses that can operate in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was one message from a quartet of panelists for Bridge Michigan\u2019s latest Lunch Break discussion series on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bridge regional editor Justin Hinkley moderated the discussion on the state of the marijuana industry in Michigan with panelists Nathan Joyal, an assistant professor at Northern Michigan University, Jaime Ballew Zerbe of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, Jamie Lowell, an advocate who helped write the ballot proposal that legalized marijuana in Michigan, and Al Williams, president of the Detroit Cannabis Industry Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you missed the discussion, you can watch it here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HO7bOOR-ZpI?si=bKe4W-XiZjNEzHPA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Bridge\u2019s monthly Lunch Break series focuses on timely topics facing our state. Previous events have discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-on-the-ultimate-michigan-winter-bucket-list\/\">things to do in a Michigan winter<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/talent-education\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-discussion-on-michigans-education-crisis\/\">education crisis in Michigan<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-discussion-michigans-whitefish-crisis\/\">collapse of the whitefish population<\/a> in the lower Great Lakes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-michigan-summer-tourism-impact-foreign-travel\">Michigan summer tourism<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dbTV8teHlOs\">,<\/a> the changing landscape of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/center-michigan\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-deer-hunting-trends-michigan\">deer hunting in the state<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/center-michigan\/watch-bridges-lunch-break-michigan-opioid-epidemic\">spending of Michigan\u2019s opioid settlement funds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/center-michigan\/watch-our-bridge-lunch-break-event-about-gun-violence-michigan\">solutions to gun violence in Michigan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-michigan-population-cities-and-spaces\">Michigan\u2019s population crisis,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/center-michigan\/join-bridge-lunch-break-discussion-youth-mental-health-michigan\">youth mental health in Michigan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridges-lunch-break-discussion-michigans-industrial-legacy\">the legacy of the automotive industry on the state\u2019s environment and economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/events\/watch-bridge-lunch-break-on-the-ultimate-michigan-winter-bucket-list\/\"><strong>Watch Bridge Lunch Break on the ultimate Michigan winter bucket list<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/business-watch\/michigan-border-towns-say-enough-to-weed-shops\/\"><strong>Michigan border towns say \u2018enough\u2019 to weed shops<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/sweeping-plan-would-cap-michigan-marijuana-businesses-freeze-new-applications\/\"><strong>Sweeping plan would cap Michigan marijuana shops, freeze new applications<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/BLB_Oct24\">Become a Bridge Club member<\/a> to be notified of future events from our nonprofit newsroom and receive member-exclusive benefits such as free Bridge event tickets, copies of our bimonthly Bridge Culture Club selections and more. 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