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Much of the money allocated to law enforcement in 2015 from the Michigan Medical Marihuana Fund went unused, a governmental report shows, and those funds that were spent were used for questionable purposes.
Legislation passed in 2013 (HB 5313) and signed into law in 2014 by Governor Snyder allowed money from the state’s Medical Marihuana Fund (the Fund) to be used by local units of law enforcement “for the operation and oversight of the Michigan medical marihuana program… operation and oversight grants are for education, communication and enforcement of the Michigan medical marihuana act…”
The Fund is created by the fees paid to the state when patients and caregivers register to enroll in the medical marijuana program. The Fund has been building since the Act first came into effect in 2009; the legislature’s granting these dollars to police agencies was not supported by Michigan’s patient population.
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