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Nessel suggests new career for pot board member: Puppy killing

Posted at 1:37 PM, Mar 22, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-22 13:44:29-04

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has some career advice for a member of the state Medical Marijuana Licensing Board, which is being phased out:

“Don Bailey is going to have to get a new job now. I know, like those animal control facilities, they always need people to euthanize puppies and stuff. There has got to be some work for him.”

Nessel spoke at a dinner at the Lansing Center last night thrown by the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association attended by over 400 marijuana industry insiders. They’ve been critical of Bailey, a former Michigan State Police officer, for his conservative stance on regulations.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer abolished the board on March 1 with an executive order that instead created the Marijuana Regulatory Agency.

Bailey, labeled Nessel’s comments a “low blow” in an interview today but said he wasn’t offended.

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