Michigan Republicans cash in on the cannabis industry

Lee DeVito


The GOP turns over a new leaf

Some Republicans are scrambling to get in on the ground floor of Michigan's budding marijuana industry just a few years after resisting it.

Lured by the promise of big profits, Republicans are becoming lobbyists, consultants, attorneys, and entrepreneurs in a new, emerging market that is expected to soon rake in more than $1 billion in annual sales.

"Marijuana is the new auto industry. You'd be crazy not to get involved," says Michelle Donovan, a conservative and attorney specializing in cannabis laws at Detroit-based Butzel Long.

Republicans' support for marijuana didn't happen overnight. But times have changed: There's money to be made now.

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