TRAVERSE CITY — Allocating cannabis tax money is a separate matter from distributing opioid settlement funds because of different restrictions on use, according to state and local officials.
That’s why county leaders have developed a separate process to “rationalize” the award of cannabis funds going forward. It’s an outgrowth of a special workgroup that met three times earlier this year.
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