Michigan Legalizes Recreational Cannabis!

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TeeJay1952 said:
I have gone from a hiding felon to a trend setter.
Good Times, Good Times.
Doesn't change a lot around here. Just not having the sheriff's posse poised outside my door. :rockon::myday:
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Does it immediately go into effect, or do they need to draft the regulations first?

Edit: should have read the article previously posted:

“Those provisions are set to take effect within 10 days of the vote being certified, which should be soon, meaning that cannabis is expected to become legal in the state this month.”
 
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Crohnie said:
Why are the cannabis laws so harsh in Japan?
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Well, the U.S. was kinda in charge, because we had just beaten them in the War, so:
1. Altruistic desire to protect the Japanese people from the evils of drugs.
2. Petrochemical lobbyists' desire to wreck the Japanese hemp industry and replace it with sweet, sweet Nylon.
3. Because the fiber industry was so important to the military, it was a desire to reduce the power of the militarists who had brought war to Asia.

Whichever the actual reason, the U.S. then initiated a sustained propaganda campaign to make it the devil weed.


https://apjjf.org/2014/12/49/Jon-Mitchell/4231.html
 
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Some Michaganites just say no to the train.

https://mjbizdaily.com/some-michigan-localities-already-saying-no-to-recreational-marijuana/

Some Michigan communities are already prohibiting adult-use marijuana businesses, a little more than a week after voters in the state approved legalization of recreational cannabis.

According to various newspaper reports, Niles City in southwestern Michigan and Pinckney village in the southeastern part of the state have decided to opt out, at least for now. St. Joseph in southwestern Michigan is expected to do the same.

Meanwhile, the Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday that officials at colleges across the state say marijuana won’t be allowed on campuses. That’s because they don’t want to jeopardize federal funding since marijuana is still illegal federally.

Michigan’s new recreational marijuana law takes effect next month. Municipalities could decide to opt-in later but, if the state’s MMJ industry is an indication, many jurisdictions will choose to prohibit rec MJ at least initially.

MLive.com, citing state figures, reported that 108 communities in Michigan have opted out of the state’s medical marijuana program.

Still, despite early holdouts, Marijuana Business Daily projects that Michigan’s rec MJ market will reach $1.4 billion-$1.7 billion in annual sales within several years.​
 
Adobewan

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OldNewbie said:
Some Michaganites just say no to the train.

https://mjbizdaily.com/some-michigan-localities-already-saying-no-to-recreational-marijuana/

Some Michigan communities are already prohibiting adult-use marijuana businesses, a little more than a week after voters in the state approved legalization of recreational cannabis.

According to various newspaper reports, Niles City in southwestern Michigan and Pinckney village in the southeastern part of the state have decided to opt out, at least for now. St. Joseph in southwestern Michigan is expected to do the same.

Meanwhile, the Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday that officials at colleges across the state say marijuana won’t be allowed on campuses. That’s because they don’t want to jeopardize federal funding since marijuana is still illegal federally.

Michigan’s new recreational marijuana law takes effect next month. Municipalities could decide to opt-in later but, if the state’s MMJ industry is an indication, many jurisdictions will choose to prohibit rec MJ at least initially.

MLive.com, citing state figures, reported that 108 communities in Michigan have opted out of the state’s medical marijuana program.

Still, despite early holdouts, Marijuana Business Daily projects that Michigan’s rec MJ market will reach $1.4 billion-$1.7 billion in annual sales within several years.​
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But will those who opt out still benefit from all that revenue?
 
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Adobewan said:
But will those who opt out still benefit from all that revenue?
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Some of it. General state revenue from the sales tax at state level will be divided according to general budgeting principals. The general excise tax on cannabis, in casual write-ups (I did not see it in the statute.), seems meant to apply to some specific services. 35% to road repair, 35% to schools, 15% to counties, and 15% to cities and townships that choose to allow recreational marijuana businesses.

However, they will not get any local sales tax portion or any local cannabis tax add-on portion (Like the 15%).

Just because a person does not pay gas taxes does not mean he can't ride his bicycle on the street.
 
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A community can opt out of retail, but you would still be able to grow your 12 plants and use marijuana at your place of residence.

It looks like all those places that opted out was for medical mj. The article is speculating that the same cities would/will opp out of recreational too.
 
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Vapor_Eyes

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TeeJay1952 said:
Republican Chairman suggests. A 75% vote required to make those changes stick. This is America. There is no 75% on anything. Ain't going to happen. It is worth noting these Corporate Lap Dogs trying to do their masters bidding.
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Complacency is the friend of tyranny, and vigilance the friend of freedom! Keep up the good fight my friend!

It’s officially legal as of today. I’ve been a medical user for way too many years so it doesn’t change much for me but I’ve seen the whole perception of cannabis use change already, people have been pretty open and receptive about legalization!

:2c: :peace: :leaf:
 
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Vapor_Eyes said:
Complacency is the friend of tyranny, and vigilance the friend of freedom! Keep up the good fight my friend!

It’s officially legal as of today. I’ve been a medical user for way too many years so it doesn’t change much for me but I’ve seen the whole perception of cannabis use change already, people have been pretty open and receptive about legalization!

:2c: :peace: :leaf:
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It's been legal here for almost a year, medically since 09. What recently happened is legal recreational dispensaries opened.

Anyone 21 and up can legally grow 12 plants. Well actually 12 per household.

Medical caregivers can grow up to 72 plants depending on how many patients. 12 per patient, and caregivers can have 5 patients plus themselves.

And we can carry 2.5 ounces and have 10 ounces at home.

A majority of municipalities have not approved recreational dispensaries though. But I'm not hearing of shortages lately. Lol

Our biggest threat is actually coming from dispensaries. They want home grows shut down. And the word is recreational grams went for $28-$68 dollars in the handful of recreational dispensaries! Fuck em!
 
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Medical marijuana dispensary owner is convicted. Still criminal federally. Mandatory minimum was 5 years, he gets 15+ years.

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-ra...n-federal-law-has-not-changed-judge-says.html

The conviction:
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-ra...dispensaries-sentenced-to-federal-prison.html

it does seem he might very well have been violating Michigan law also.
As a previously convicted drug felon, Trevino was not allowed to serve as a caregiver, but only qualified to be a patient under state law. This allowed him under state law — but not federal law — to cultivate up to 12 marijuana plants and possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana for his own use.

“Instead, Trevino cultivated thousands of marijuana plants and sold hundreds of kilograms of marijuana, generating sales of at least $2.9 million," U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan said in a statement. “Trevino’s storefronts and grow locations were searched by (state) law enforcement at least 16 times between 2010 and 2016. Despite having ample notice that what he was doing was illegal, Trevino always resumed his operations shortly after each search.”​

While it certainly seems he might have a defense to state law challenges, his federal defense of:
“I don’t understand where the federal rules are that you have to follow," Trevino said. "If they are just enforcing state law, then why didn’t they just have the state do it then. Everything that happened in state court didn’t matter though, per jury instructions, because this was done in federal court.”
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Didn't fly. When you read the articles, it seems this guy was pushing things as far as possible.
 
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Headline pretty much says it:
Michigan Orders Cannabis Recall Over Licked Joints
... The order affects nearly 50 different pre-roll products by brand and cannabis strain. The retail outlets and provisioning centers that carried the pre-rolls under the recall order include 3843 Euclid LLC and The Shop Nature Relief Clinic in Bay City; Breeze USA in Hazel Park; Caregivers of Detroit; Core Canna in Traverse City; Exclusive Provisioning Centers in Ann Arbor; Green Square Holdings in Lansing; Greencare Provisioning Center and Herbology in River Rouge; Liv Wellness in Ferndale; Maivda Investments in Quincy; Meds Cafe in Lowell; The Fire Station LLC in Negaunee; and The Pier Provisioning Center in Lapeer, Michigan.
 
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SShhh...I'm not here. Too conservative for the room. But, this was too good not to share.
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Pot For Shots: Marijuana Dispensary Giving Free Weed To People Who Get COVID Vaccine
 
Robert-in-YEG

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This should happen everywhere.

When legalization happened here, the people were lined up the night before, just waiting to be first.

At first, legal weed was way more expensive, and off lesser quality, than the grey market weed being sold online and in local 'dispensaries'. That has changed. Both legal and grey market, there is a lot of choice '$99 ounces' in both the legal and grey market. The quality is generally better with the grey market stuff, but that gap is closing.

Robert-in-YEG
 
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