A Michigan border town popular with Chicagoans is trying to curb its booming cannabis market, but dispensaries are fighting back in court.

A Michigan border town popular with Chicagoans is trying to curb its booming cannabis market, but dispensaries are fighting back in court.

The fight highlights how the city of New Buffalo has become one of the Midwest’s hottest cannabis markets, fueled by customers from Illinois and Indiana’s ban, and how local officials are now trying to stem the stampede they helped create.

A small community near the Indiana border earlier this year began organizing a repulsion against legal cannabis stores.

The township board reversed course and decided to revoke special land-use permits for weed shops that violate state regulations, prompting a volley of lawsuits that shut down local opposition.

Now a judge has allowed the township to regain its power, but the fight is not over.

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Last month, the City Council targeted several weed shops in the community — Mint Cannabis, The Refinery Dispensary New Buffalo, The Plug New Buffalo, Trap Stars Outlet and Bloomery Cannabis — with a hearing scheduled for March 24 to make a final decision on revoking their permits.

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