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Local governments get a cut of marijuana tax revenue, but what are they spending it on?
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â Next March, Grand Rapids will be included for the first time in the stateâs distribution of marijuana tax revenue.
This month, the state divvied up $10 million between 38 cities, 38 counties, 21 townships and seven villages that participate in medical and recreational sales, each one of them receiving $28,000 per store in their municipality.
Grand Rapids wasnât included in that since the cityâs first recreational sales didnât come until after the start of fiscal year 2021. But when the next round is divided up next March, Grand Rapids will receive roughly $330,000.
Michigan’s marijuana industry leaves people of color behind
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LANSING, Mich. – The first year of state-licensed recreational marijuana sales in Michigan saw $511 million of sales in recreational and $474 million in medical sales, generating over $100 million in tax revenue, but the state also found that the commercial marijuana industry drastically failed to attract minority business owners.
The Marijuana Regulatory Agency collected data in December that showed 79% of people interested in ownership of licensed marijuana facilities were white. Black people accounted for 3.8% while 1.5% were Hispanic or Latino.
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Michigan appeals court OKs medical marijuana for those on probation Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press
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Michigan judges may no longer ban the use of medical marijuana by an offender on probation who is a state-registered medical marijuana user, according to the Michigan Court of Appeals.
The court’s 3-0 decision last week was in a published opinion establishing a precedent that judges must now use in subsequent cases statewide. The ruling means that judges and probation officers can’t overrule the protections granted to medical marijuana users by Michigan voters in 2008, when residents approved the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act with 63% voting yes.