Ramblings
Meet the No Pot Shops Army (Video)
In Capone of Cannabis, you’ll meet the men who helped lead the fight against Michigan’s voter-approved medical marijuana law. Bill Schuette pushed the political…
Prologue: My Editor Wisely Asked Me to Remove
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…
Medical Marijuana Meets Housing Discrimination
A passage from Chapter 12 in the book Dear Grievance Committee: I am writing to report the unethical conduct of Laura D. Schlecte. Mrs.…
From Raids to 280E: The Quiet Seizure of Cannabis Businesses
Detroit Metro Times just ran a feature on my new memoir, Capone of Cannabis — a story about Michigan’s early cannabis “legalization” years that…
Our Dispensary Shoots a Commercial
A commercial real estate client of mine — a film production company — shot a series of videos for us in 2011–2012. We put…
Two Supreme Courts in Eight Years
What “getting to the Supreme Court” really means, how rare it is to be heard, and why so many petitions disappear without a word.…
RYAN RICHMOND v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Petition for Writ of Certiorari QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether 26 U.S.C. § 280E —which denies ordinary and necessary business deductions to enterprises trafficking in Schedule…
The Al Capone Comparison
The following is not part of the book. You’ll learn when—and by whom—I was given the title Capone of Cannabis in the pages of…
Clinical Relief’s Open Letter to the Public
Op Ed that I had published in the Oakland Press just after the raid. (August 28, 2010) Clinical Relief’s Open Letter to the Public…
Capone of Cannabis: Book Chapters
Title Page Copyright Dedication For my children—so one day you’ll understand why prison took me 420 miles from you and your mom, and how…
The Opposition: No Pot Shops
Before two-thirds of Michigan voters said yes to medical cannabis, there was a group of men—with badges and a pipeline of revenue to protect—who…