Just because recreational pot is legal in Michigan doesn't mean home or workplace delivery is as simple as ordering a pizza.
"It's not like ordering a pizza from Domino's."
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Yet over 40 marijuana delivery services reportedly have rolled into Southeast Michigan, according to Breana Noble of The Detroit News:
"The state of Michigan has not yet approved any licensed medical marijuana provisioning centers for home delivery, but that's not stopping nearly four dozen cannabis businesses in Metro Detroit from cashing in.
Royal Oak-based Grow Cannabis Marketing has identified 44 medical marijuana delivery businesses currently operating in the region. They don't have state licenses, but many market themselves on online cannabis directories such as Weedmaps and Leafly.
The paper talks with Phil Russo of Mr. Nice Guy's Caregivers, a two-year-old Sterling Heights business that delivers to most of Macomb County without a state license.
"We want to help move this industry and move it out of the shadow," Russo said. "You have to build trust and bridge that gap. It's not like ordering a pizza from Domino's. You know what your pizza is going to taste like. You go on Weedmaps and see pictures of marijuana, but you don't know what you're going to get."
Noble also quotes Gerry Rekowski, owner of Natural ReLeaf, another unlicensed Macomb delivery operation, and adds this context:
In November, the Medical Marihuana Licensing Board approved an administrative rule to allow state-licensed provisioning centers to receive approval from the state for home-delivery services. The rule allows those who receive approval from the Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Department to have one driver who can deliver up to 2½ ounces to 10 patients homes at a time, [communications manager David] Harns said. The driver's vehicle must have a GPS tracker. The department has received no requests for such delivery services yet, Harns said.
The department declined to comment on other delivery operations.
