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Firm’s Cannabis Law practice debuts vlog


Miller Johnson has debuted a new video log introducing the firm’s Cannabis Law practice (https://youtu.be/khmUU99LoUU). This vlog series is the latest effort furthering Miller Johnson’s success in informing and educating businesses in the cannabis industry.

Shoran Reid Williams and Joslin Monahan, co-chairs of Miller Johnson’s Cannabis Law practice, introduce the group’s services in the premiere of the vlog. Upcoming episodes will cover topics of interest in the financial, operational, and employment aspects of the cannabis sector. They’ll also provide updates and opinions on recent progress and legislative activity. Miller Johnson serves as counsel to businesses investing, growing, distributing, operating retail, and transporting cannabis, industrial hemp, and CBD.  

“We believe our practice has unparalleled domain expertise and extensive legal resources dedicated to helping our clients in the Michigan marijuana marketplace,” said Reid Williams. “There are three key tenets of our practice: impeccable client service; advocating for social equity and justice; and, promoting diversity in the cannabis industry and its legal representation.”

“This is a women-led practice serving as the blue print for Midwest big law cannabis practices who, in addition to being serious about social equity issues in the space, thrive on the fast-paced entrepreneurial spirit of the industry,” said Monahan. “Be sure to tune in periodically to watch the journey.”

 

Whitmer orders urgent response to lead crisis
 

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday ordered a “whole-of-government” response to elevated levels of lead in Benton Harbor’s water and vowed to accelerate the replacement of the southwestern Michigan community’s lead pipes.

Her directive that state agencies ensure residents have safe tap water came about a week after her administration, amid criticism of state and local officials’ handling of the response, urged people to use only bottled water for cooking and drinking. The Democratic governor on Thursday also committed to replace lead pipes in 18 months, accelerating what had been a five-year timeline announced more than a month ago.

“This whole-of-government response will proceed with the urgency and haste this threat demands,” she wrote in the order, which mandates that residents receive free or low-cost lead-related services, including health care.
Benton Harbor, a predominantly Black and mostly low-income community of 9,700, is in Berrien County, 100 miles (160 kilometers) from Chicago.

For three years, measurements have detected lead levels well above 15 parts per billion, the federal threshold for taking action. Following the Flint water crisis, Michigan put in place the nation’s strongest lead-in-water regulations. But advocacy groups recently urged the Biden administration to help — alleging that city and state actions, including corrosion-control measures, had been poorly implemented and ineffective.

Lead can disrupt children’s brain development, causing learning and behavior problems. Adults also can suffer nervous system and kidney damage.

Top state officials, including Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II and health director Elizabeth Hertel, were in Benton Harbor Thursday to announce the response plan, alongside Mayor Marcus Muhammad and Black church leaders.



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