You will learn more about Desheila Howlett in the pages ofCapone of Cannabis. These words below are court documentsrelated to her lawsuit against the City of Warren. You’ll find some very interesting facts here — but even more in the book. At the end of March 2015, Howlett began working as a Detective in the…

There was a time when the robbery was physical. A door. A badge. A warrant (sometimes). A few hard stares and a couple of guys with guns moving through your business like they were walking through a convenience store aisle—except everything they touched was yours, and you didn’t get a receipt. They didn’t just seize…

From MLive article Jun. 25, 2010 While dozens of Michigan cities have enacted bans on medical marijuana dispensaries, Mayor Craig Covey believes they can foster economic growth in Ferndale while providing sick citizens much-needed relief. The Ferndale City Council last month passed a 90-day moratorium on medical marijuana businesses as members work to craft new…

I wasn’t locked up for selling weed. Not the way people imagine it, anyway — not the cinematic version with armored vehicles and agents. I got locked up through a quieter method the government perfected once cannabis became too popular to crush outright: taxes. Specifically, IRS Code § 280E — a relic from the 1980s,…

What you’re about to read is more than a memoir. It’s a chronicle of the scars I carry: from betrayal, from backroom deals, from decades of a broken system. You’ll meet the people who helped me. The ones who hurt me. The cops who shook my hand, then raided my home. The prosecutors who used…