From the counter
What we tell people who ask.
Most of what's on this page started as a question someone asked at the Standish or Au Gres counter. How much THC is in 2.5 milligrams. What helps with sleep without making you groggy in the morning. Whether the gummies wear off in time to drive home. Our budtenders answer questions like these all day. Josh and Chase started writing the answers down so customers could read them before walking in.
Recent posts
Across the counter · Sunrise Coast Relief
What 2.5mg actually feels like.
A research-cited guide to low-dose THC for adults considering cannabis for sleep, pain, or as a substitute for a glass of wine in the evening. The questions our budtenders get most.
Also at the counter
Across the counter
Flower, vape, edible, or pre-roll? How to pick.
Almost the whole menu is one of five things. What each one feels like, how fast it works and how long it lasts, why edibles hit harder, and how much to start with your first time. Cited.
Across the counter
First time in a dispensary? Here is the whole thing.
Be 21 or older, bring a valid government photo ID, bring cash or debit. What happens at the door, what you can buy, why credit cards don't work, and how to take it home. A calm first-timer's guide from Standish and Au Gres.
Gateway to the North
Where can you actually use cannabis Up North?
The honest local guide to where you can and cannot use cannabis on Michigan's Sunrise Coast: cottages, rentals, campgrounds, state park beaches, and boats, with the actual laws cited. Current as of July 2026.
Across the counter
Why our budtenders don't shop by THC percentage.
The number is the first thing most people look at and the one our budtenders trust the least. What the peer-reviewed research says about potency, label accuracy, the indica/sativa myth, and how to actually read a Michigan label. Cited.
Sunrise Coast
Highway 23 is open in Au Gres.
A new dispensary on US-23 on the Sunrise Coast, about twenty minutes south of Tawas. Grand opening weekend July 3 to 6: free food, giveaways, and a $300 raffle.
Gateway to the North
A dispensary near Tawas City, in Au Gres.
Our Au Gres store is on US-23, about twenty minutes south of Tawas City and East Tawas on the Sunrise Coast. How to find it, and what to expect.
Family-Grown
What we grow on the family farm.
The Michigan-grown flower on every Highway Dispos shelf comes from one family farm in Standish, growing since 2008. A look at the grow, indoor and out, from Green Mitten Pharms.
Sunrise Coast Almanac
Memorial Day weekend on the Sunrise Coast.
What's open, what's running, and where to stop between Detroit and the cottage. Friday May 22 through Monday May 25. From a family-owned cannabis store that's been here since 2008.
Across the counter · Drug interactions
Cannabis and your prescriptions.
What the peer-reviewed CYP450 research says about cannabis and prescription drug interactions. The five medication categories most affected (warfarin, antiseizure, SSRIs, statins, immunosuppressants), and the five-minute pharmacist conversation worth having. Not medical advice.
Across the counter · Sleep and pain
Weed for sleep and pain.
What polysomnogram studies show, what AHRQ's chronic-pain systematic review found, what the data on heavy use shows for measured sleep quality, and what customers describe across the counter. Not medical advice.
Gateway to the North
Why we picked Exit 190.
The geography of where the cottage trip starts to feel like the cottage trip. Why Josh and Chase put the Standish store at I-75 Exit 190 and what it means for everyone driving up to the lake.
Across the counter · Low-dose education
Is low-dose THC bad for you?
An honest answer from a Michigan cannabis retailer who is not a doctor. What the FDA and CDC say, what the peer-reviewed cardiovascular research suggests, and the specific cases where the answer is "talk to your physician first."
Across the counter
Tincture vs gummy vs topical.
Three formats, three different jobs. A practical comparison from the Sunrise Coast Relief shelf, with research cited where it matters.