A failing cannabis dispensary in Detroit has remade itself into what it calls the first cannabis “casino” in the US.
The Reef opened as a medical marijuana dispensary in 2014 and attracted 500 customers a day. That’s before losing almost all of them four years later when recreational marijuana was legalized in nearby Michigan cities, such as Hazel Park and Ferndale. Though Michigan voters approved recreational cannabis in 2018, it was held up in Detroit by years of court battles.
Everyone drove to these other places instead,” The Reef spokesperson Tim Campbell told Casino.org. “So we were hanging by a thread. It was either close our doors or come up with a great idea.”
The Reef opened as a medical marijuana dispensary in 2014 and attracted 500 customers a day. That’s before losing almost all of them four years later when recreational marijuana was legalized in nearby Michigan cities, such as Hazel Park and Ferndale. Though Michigan voters approved recreational cannabis in 2018, it was held up in Detroit by years of court battles.
Everyone drove to these other places instead,” The Reef spokesperson Tim Campbell told Casino.org. “So we were hanging by a thread. It was either close our doors or come up with a great idea.”