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Medical marijuana dispensaries, taxes and edibles approved by Michigan House

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 10/08/2015 - 08:33

Michigan would tax and regulate medical marijuana in a tiered licensing system similar to alcohol and gambling under legislation passed Wednesday by the House, where advocates said action is necessary due to confusion surrounding the legality of dispensary businesses and non-smokable forms of the drug.

The main bill, approved 95-11 and sent to the Senate, would require a state operating license to grow, process, sell, transport and test marijuana used for medical purposes. "Provisioning centers" that sell the drug to patients or their caregivers would pay a 3 percent tax on their gross retail income, in addition to the 6 percent state sales tax.

Another bill OK'd 96-10 would clarify that allowable marijuana includes non-smokable forms such as oils, food items and pills.

Michigan voters legalized medical pot in 2008, but interpreting the law that lets nearly 175,000 qualifying patients grow their own marijuana plants or obtain the drug from...

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