Michigan Medical Cannabis News
A former Republican House speaker in Michigan officially pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to accepting bribes totaling more than $110,000 while head of the state’s medical marijuana licensing board.
Jeff Radway, the chair and CEO of Michigan marijuana retailer and cultivator Skymint, stepped down only weeks after the financially strapped company was placed under receivership.
In a first since states began legalizing marijuana, cannabis industry employment declined in 2022, a report shows.
A former Republican Michigan House speaker accepted more than $100,000 in bribes from would-be cannabis business operators in exchange for help in obtaining licenses, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
A Michigan judge ordered marijuana retailer 3Fifteen Cannabis to relinquish control of several stores to competitor Skymint after ruling 3Fifteen violated the court’s receivership order.
The second majority-Black-owned adult-use cannabis store in Detroit has opened in a week.
The first Black-owned marijuana retailer with a social equity retail license opened Saturday in Detroit, four years after the Michigan city approved recreational cannabis sales.
