The Banzen Editorial Team
Who writes the guides on this site, who checks them, and the rules every page has to pass before it's published.
55 S. Michigan Ave
Coldwater, MI 49036
Sunday – Saturday: 9am – 9pm
Happy Hour: 4pm – 4:30pm
Who We Are
The Banzen Editorial Team is the crew that writes and checks the guides in our Learn section: the marketing team that runs this site, working with the budtenders on our floor at 55 S. Michigan Ave.
Banzen Editorial Team
Writers, researchers, and reviewers
The marketing team behind banzencoldwater.com, with the budtenders who answer these questions at the counter every day. They draft each guide, gather the sources, run the menu check, and give every page a second read before it goes up.
How a Guide Gets Made
Every guide follows the same trail from question to publish. Here's the route.
It starts at the counter
We write about the questions our budtenders hear most, not the topics that are easiest to rank for. If nobody in Coldwater is asking it, it doesn't get a guide.
We go to the primary source
Michigan rules come from the Cannabis Regulatory Agency and the Michigan Administrative Code. How products are made comes from the brands that make them, licensed labs, and university extension programs. Every guide lists its sources at the bottom.
We check it against our shelf
Every product, brand, THC number, and price in a guide is verified on our live menu the week it's written. Prices carry an "as of" month because they move; the menu is always current.
The team signs off
Before a guide is published, a second set of eyes on the team reads it for accuracy and for anything that overstates what we know. Nothing goes up on one person's say-so.
We come back to it
Each guide is re-checked at least twice a year and sooner when the rules or the menu change. The "Updated" date in the byline is the last time that happened.
Our Standards
These are the rules a page has to pass. If a guide ever breaks one, we want to hear about it.
No medical claims
We explain what a product is, how it's made, how it's labeled, and how to pace yourself. We don't say what it will do for your body, and when research is early, we say that plainly.
Michigan first
Purchase limits, serving caps, testing rules, and label requirements are stated as Michigan sets them, with the CRA or the Administrative Code cited. We don't borrow another state's numbers.
Real products, dated prices
If a guide names a product, it was on our shelf when the guide was written. If it names a price, it says which month that price was true.
Plain English
A guide should read like a good budtender talking, not a lab report. When we use a term like decarboxylation or full-spectrum, we define it the first time.
Corrections are public
When we fix something that mattered, the "Updated" date changes and the correction is noted at the bottom of the guide.
Sources We Rely On
The short list that shows up in the Sources section of most guides:
Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA)
Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA): Rules, technical bulletins, testing and labeling requirements
Michigan Administrative Code, R 420
Michigan Administrative Code, R 420: Purchase limits, product standards, label rules
Certificates of Analysis from CRA-licensed labs, through the QR code on the package or the brand's published results
Brand product pages and spec sheets for how a specific product is made
University extension and state agriculture publications for plant chemistry
Spotted a Mistake?
Tell us. Call (517) 781-5132, email hello@banzencoldwater.com, or mention it at the counter, and name the guide and the line. We'd rather fix it today than have it sit wrong.
Visit Banzen in Coldwater, MI
BANZEN Dispensary
55 S. Michigan Ave
Coldwater, MI 49036
Sunday – Saturday: 9am – 9pm
Happy Hour: 4pm – 4:30pm
The people on this page are the people behind the counter. Come in with the question the guide didn't answer; that's the guide we write next.
Editorial Team FAQ
The Banzen Editorial Team: the marketing team behind this site, working with the budtenders on our floor. The team gives every guide a second read before it's published, and the byline at the top of each guide shows when it was last checked.
No. We name a product because it's on our shelf and illustrates the point, and we quote prices from our own menu. Nothing in the Learn section is sponsored.
Because that's a medical claim, and we're a dispensary, not a clinic. We'll tell you what something is, how it's made, how strong it tests, and how to start low; what it does for you is a conversation for your doctor.
Check the "Updated" date in the byline. We recheck every guide at least twice a year, and any price includes the month it was true.