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City funds University of Michigan study of cannabis social-equity program amid tax concerns

Detroit City Council · March 3, 2026
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Council approved a Homegrown-funded research contract with the University of Michigan to evaluate Detroit's cannabis social-equity programming, while members pressed staff about the newly enacted local cannabis tax and the potential effect on social-equity licensees.

Detroit City Council on March 3 approved contracts to study the city’s cannabis social-equity work and to support legal representation for residents at risk of losing housing.

The University of Michigan contract—funded through the Homegrown program and totaling about $170,343—will run roughly a year and include a policy analysis, qualitative interviews with social-equity stakeholders and a stakeholder forum to craft recommendations. Council members asked how study findings will capture demographics of licensees and whether the scope will address…

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