LANSING, MI -- Michigan’s first recreational marijuana stores are slated to open to the public Dec. 1, the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

Edibles, like infused gummy candy; harvested marijuana, known as flower; THC extracts and oils; vaping products, pre-rolled joints and more may be purchased by anyone over the age of 21. No longer will dispensaries be open exclusively to medical marijuana-registered patients and caregivers.

The map shows the locations of yet-to-be approved marijuana shops, based on those that have submitted requests for licenses, made it past the first step in the process and that have confirmed their store locations with MLive:

(Any businesses that has applied and would like to be added to this map of licensed or likely to be licensed shops may email reporter Gus Burns, fburns@mlive.com)

Link to map

Other than one retail license issued on Nov. 19 to Exclusive Brands, 3820 Varsity Dr. in Ann Arbor, the location of future marijuana retail shops isn’t entirely clear.

Marijuana Regulatory Agency Director Andrew Brisbo said he expects nearly a dozen to be eligible for recreational sales by Jan. 1. Of Michigan’s 1,773 cities, townships or villages, 80% of them, 1,393, have announced they don’t want them in their communities, at least yet.

“I’ve been somewhat surprised with municipal participation,” Brisbo said. "I think we always assumed there would be a lot of municipal opt-outs, based on the way the ballot initiative is written, but I think it’s been somewhat surprising that even municipalities that allow for medicinal use haven’t necessarily been allowing for the adult use side of things.

“I think we’re starting to see municipalities get through those conversations and start to move ahead.”

Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs reports obtained by MLive list 38 businesses that, as of Nov. 16, had applied for retail recreational marijuana licenses and received “pre-qualifications,” the first step in the two-step licensing process.

Marijuana Regulatory Agency spokesman David Harns said, as of Wednesday, 31 of the pre-qualified retailers had submitted the next application in the

“I think we’re going to continue to see licenses issued on an ongoing basis,” Brisbo said. “As you saw on the medical side, once we get things going, our agency moves very quickly, so I think we’ll see lots of a licenses issued in the short-term here.”

The majority of the retail applicants are located in southeast Michigan, including at least eight in Detroit, where the City Council on Nov. 5 imposed a temporary ban on recreational business. The earliest those businesses could open would be upon expiration of the ban on Jan. 31.

The Marijuana Regulatory Agency began accepting recreational license applications on Nov. 1.

As of Nov. 20, the agency reported that it had received 83 applications as follow.

The 2018 voter-passed law requires most recreational licenses, including grow facilities with 1,000 or more plants, testing facilities, processors and secure transporters, be issued only to businesses that already possess medical marijuana program licenses. That prerequisite expires Dec. 6, 2021 and does not apply to applicants seeking licenses for event planning, grow operations of 100 plants or less or for micro-businesses, which are self-contained businesses that allow the holder to grow, process and sell up to 150 plants derived products.

State budget planners project Michigan’s recreational marijuana industry will generate nearly $1.5 billion per year, beginning in the second half of 2021.

-- Gus Burns is the marijuana beat reporter for MLive. Contact him with questions, tips or comments at fburns@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter, @GusBurns. Read more from MLive about medical and recreational marijuana.

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