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The Flint Chapter: Opening New Friendships
When planning the inaugural Common Citizen store in Flint, we heard the people here were friendly. But with the hard times they’ve endured, we wouldn’t have been surprised by a wait-and-see attitude about this newfangled, newly legal store coming into their community.

Welcome to Common Ground by Common Citizen
Common Ground by Common Citizen is our way of recognizing and celebrating the communal values we share with our friends, our communities, and the world.

NEWS RELEASE: Cannabis lifestyle brand announces opening of new location in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Common Citizen, the lifestyle brand of Michigan’s largest vertically-integrated pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis company Michigan Pure Med, announced today that it will open its second Michigan location in Battle Creek this Friday, Oct. 11.

We’re hiring the best people in Marshall
That’s right. Because we’re opening a greenhouse facility, right here in Michigan. And we want to hire the best people in Marshall.

Five Questions to Ask for Safe Cannabis Use
People seem to have no qualms over asking questions about their food. Free-run or free-range eggs? Non-GMO veggies? Antibiotic-free chicken? Little wonder that what we’re ingesting has spilled over into the world of pills and other remedies. But for some reason, too few questions come from cannabis consumers.

NEWS RELEASE: Michigan Pure Med urges ban on all non-natural additives used in vape pen cartridges
Michigan Pure Med to immediately halt sales of all vape cartridges that use artificial, non-natural ingredients from Common Citizen stores …

Is Vaping Safe?
Using vaporizers may be the go-to gadget for many cannabis users because they’re discreet and easy to use. But vaping itself is coming under close scrutiny.

Swapping Alcohol for Cannabis: A Growing Trend?
Booze has a lot of downsides — it’s unhealthy, fattening, expensive, and the hangovers are brutal. So perhaps it’s no surprise we’re seeing more people putting down the bottle and sparking up a blunt instead.

Cannabis and yoga are a match made in heaven for this friendly 420 yoga studio in Detroit
Puff, puff…pose?
For native Detroiter and herb enthusiast Leonard Coklow, yoga + cannabis are a winning combination.

7 Battle Creek Entrepreneurs to Watch
Michigan is in the middle of a transformation. With a long-standing culture of grit, determination and entrepreneurial spirit, the motor capital is quickly becoming a hub for start-ups and small business owners. We’ve already seen some of the incredible entrepreneurs in Flint. Here, we look at some of the entrepreneurs who are shaping Battle Creek.

The Flint Chapter: Opening New Friendships
When planning the inaugural Common Citizen store in Flint, we heard the people here were friendly. But with the hard times they’ve endured, we wouldn’t have been surprised by a wait-and-see attitude about this newfangled, newly legal store coming into their community.

Welcome to Common Ground by Common Citizen
Common Ground by Common Citizen is our way of recognizing and celebrating the communal values we share with our friends, our communities, and the world.

NEWS RELEASE: Cannabis lifestyle brand announces opening of new location in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Common Citizen, the lifestyle brand of Michigan’s largest vertically-integrated pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis company Michigan Pure Med, announced today that it will open its second Michigan location in Battle Creek this Friday, Oct. 11.

We’re hiring the best people in Marshall
That’s right. Because we’re opening a greenhouse facility, right here in Michigan. And we want to hire the best people in Marshall.

Five Questions to Ask for Safe Cannabis Use
People seem to have no qualms over asking questions about their food. Free-run or free-range eggs? Non-GMO veggies? Antibiotic-free chicken? Little wonder that what we’re ingesting has spilled over into the world of pills and other remedies. But for some reason, too few questions come from cannabis consumers.

NEWS RELEASE: Michigan Pure Med urges ban on all non-natural additives used in vape pen cartridges
Michigan Pure Med to immediately halt sales of all vape cartridges that use artificial, non-natural ingredients from Common Citizen stores …

Is Vaping Safe?
Using vaporizers may be the go-to gadget for many cannabis users because they’re discreet and easy to use. But vaping itself is coming under close scrutiny.

Swapping Alcohol for Cannabis: A Growing Trend?
Booze has a lot of downsides — it’s unhealthy, fattening, expensive, and the hangovers are brutal. So perhaps it’s no surprise we’re seeing more people putting down the bottle and sparking up a blunt instead.

Cannabis and yoga are a match made in heaven for this friendly 420 yoga studio in Detroit
Puff, puff…pose?
For native Detroiter and herb enthusiast Leonard Coklow, yoga + cannabis are a winning combination.

7 Battle Creek Entrepreneurs to Watch
Michigan is in the middle of a transformation. With a long-standing culture of grit, determination and entrepreneurial spirit, the motor capital is quickly becoming a hub for start-ups and small business owners. We’ve already seen some of the incredible entrepreneurs in Flint. Here, we look at some of the entrepreneurs who are shaping Battle Creek.