{"id":333,"date":"2017-05-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/how-not-to-obtain-a-commercial-medical-marijuana-permit-in-michigan\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:38:02","slug":"how-not-to-obtain-a-commercial-medical-marijuana-permit-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/how-not-to-obtain-a-commercial-medical-marijuana-permit-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"How Not to Obtain a Commercial Medical Marijuana Permit in Michigan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year Michigan passed sweeping legislation ushering in the age of commercial medical marijuana.\u00a0 There are five different kinds of commercial licenses available, including those needed to commercially grow, transport and sell marijuana.\u00a0 The administrative rules have yet to be written, so it\u2019s not clear exactly how many licenses will be available.\u00a0 However, entrepreneurs hoping to cash on the \u201cgold rush\u201d are already starting to lay the groundwork for their future business enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>Once such entrepreneur was a restaurant owner who allegedly attempted to bribe Garden City workers into guaranteeing him a commercial marijuana license. Apparently, he gave an envelope filled with $15,000.00 in cash to a Garden City official.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t know at the time that he was actually handing the money over to an FBI agent.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to whatever federal crimes this person may have broken, he also violated state law.\u00a0 According to Michigan\u2019s Penal Code, section 750.117, it is unlawful to give things of value to public officials, the intent or purpose of which is to influence the act, vote, opinion, decision or judgment of such public officer.\u00a0 This would include a medical marijuana permit.\u00a0 A violation of this law is a felony.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/how-not-to-obtain-a-commercial-medical-marijuana-permit-in-michigan\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading How Not to Obtain a Commercial Medical Marijuana Permit in Michigan!\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year Michigan passed sweeping legislation ushering in the age of commercial medical marijuana.\u00a0 There are five different kinds of commercial licenses available, including those needed to commercially grow, transport and sell marijuana.\u00a0 The administrative rules have yet to be written, so it\u2019s not clear exactly how many licenses will be available.\u00a0 However, entrepreneurs hoping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marijuana-laws"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Not to Obtain a Commercial Medical Marijuana Permit in Michigan!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Attorney 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