Michigan is gearing up for recreational marijuana to be sold in the state.
It was announced this week that the state’s Bureau of Marijuana Regulation expects to have draft rules ready by June for the commercial production and sale of the drug recreationally.
The emergency administrative rules being issue may not happen until later in the year when the department can begin accepting applications for the recreational industry, said bureau Director Andrew Brisbo.
It was this past November that voters in Michigan had approved a recreational marijuana law.
The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has until Dec. 6, 2019, to develop administrative rules and begin taking applications.
“We can be prepared to do that. Whether we will or not depends on a lot of different factors,” Brisbo told reporters.
“The end goal is ensure the regulated market succeeds because the success of the regulated market is what will cause the degradation of the black market,” Brisbo has said to lawmakers.
At the end of next month, the Bureau of Marijuana Regulation will be replaced by the Marijuana Regulatory Agency.
