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
Gateway to the North
The closest dispensary to Tawas City.
The nearest recreational cannabis to Tawas City and East Tawas is our Au Gres store, on US-23 about twenty minutes south 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.