PLEASANTREES

City officials were surprised to learn Pleasantrees was selling adult-use cannabis

The booze-free drink is part of a collab between Pleasantrees and Andrew Blake

The cannabis company has partnered with Helping Women Period for the debut of its new women-centered brand

By his own admission, Randall Buchman’s attempt to grow his first four cannabis plants after getting his medical marijuana card failed miserably. He’s come a...

Cannabis company Pleasantrees has released new details for their upcoming "battle of the bands"-style contest, the Potency Test, where six artists will compete for a...

More than one year after his prison release, Richard Wershe Jr., formerly known as “White Boy Rick,” is launching a cannabis brand.

Cannabis has become a multi-million dollar business in Michigan, but there is still a double standard when it comes to social equity in the industry. The Michigan company Pleasantrees is known for its cannabis products, but they’re also working to make the marijuana industry more equitable for everyone. “Social equity has basically become a term of art in the cannabis industry,” said Jerome Crawford with Pleasantrees. The Michigan company is hiring more minorities like Crawford, an attorney who now oversees legal operations and social equity for Pleasantrees. AdYou can learn more about Pleasantrees’ social equity plan on their website here.

The majority of Michigan cities, townships and villages, more than 1,300 of the 1,700-plus, have already banned recreational marijuana businesses. Hamtramck City Manager Kathy Angerer has repeatedly said the businesses were able to open because of City Council ambivalence. Marijuana businesses, however, have been at the center of public controversy statewide and require special municipal approvals before receiving licensing from the state. After Pleasantrees opened, City Council marijuana opponents called a Nov. 17 emergency meeting at which the first-reading of a marijuana ban passed. The resolution passed unanimously with support from members seeking to ban marijuana business.

Now a second rumored recreational marijuana business is knocking at the city’s door with some residents expressing opposition. Apparently, rumors of a marijuana business relocating there leaked to numerous residents, including ZBA member Nasr Hussain. Angerer said the City Council never adopted an ordinance either banning or regulating recreational marijuana business. She also said she was unsure if city council members were notified the entirely new industry was coming to town. Pleasantrees offers in-store shopping, pre-orders and curbside pickup for only recreational marijuana.