Medical marijuana was approved by Michigan voters in 2008 and recreational use won the nod at the polls this past November. Detroit residents now enjoy the services of dozens of marijuana home-delivery businesses.
Of course, these businesses are technically unlicensed and illegal, writes J.D. Tuccille. Michigan’s government has struggled with a huge backlog of applications for marijuana business licenses, and regulators drag their feet on creating the rules they plan to inflict on recreational sales. So entrepreneurs and their customers moved ahead without waiting for permission from lazy, obstructionist bureaucrats.
The black market is how you get things done when government gets in the way, writes Tuccille. Things will improve only if Michigan politicians and regulators learn from experience elsewhere.
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