Although marijuana is now legal for recreational use across the state of Michigan, there isn’t anywhere for adult cannabis consumers to purchase it. It seems a handful of entrepreneurs have identified a loophole in the law that will allow them to capitalize on legal cannabis long before the state gets its act together. It’s a master plan that borrows a chapter from the District of Columbia – where marijuana is legal, but there is no retail market is available – in which cannabis operations simply “gift” marijuana to customers who purchase food or other non-pot-related merchandise. “There is a gifting clause within the law, so we give the cannabis to customers,” Anthony told the Detroit Free Press. For example: Can Michigan medical marijuana patients give cannabis away to people without a medical marijuana card?

Source: Forbes December 15, 2018 19:41 UTC