The former operator of a Michigan marijuana store is banned for life from the state’s industry after a host of alleged violations, including selling unregistered cannabis to an underage buyer.
Youssef “Joseph” Barakat, a co-owner of Tree House Club in Big Rapids and Bay City, is the first individual to be “involuntarily” excluded from participating in Michigan’s regulated cannabis industry by the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA), Crain’s Detroit Business reported.
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The CRA lists 10 other individuals who previously were “voluntarily” excluded from participating in Michigan’s marijuana industry as the result of settlement agreements.
Not on that list are Hanna and Jaklin Shina, who agreed in March to a lifetime exclusion from the Michigan industry and to surrender the license of their marijuana processing
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