Ryan Richmond, founder of the Marijuana Patients Organization, has written a memoir about his experiences during the early years of Michigan’s medical marijuana industry. Capone of Cannabis: How Legalization Gave Way to Raids, Corruption, the CIA and the IRS tells the story of what it was like operating when medical marijuana was legal under state law but the rules surrounding dispensaries, caregivers, taxes, police enforcement, and federal law were still being figured out.
The book covers Richmond’s experiences with dispensaries, police raids, court cases, federal investigations, the IRS, and eventually federal prison. It also looks back at the patients, business owners, attorneys, activists, and others who helped shape Michigan’s marijuana industry during a period when almost everything was changing.
You can learn more about the book, read excerpts, and follow the story at CaponeofCannabis.com.
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