According to the audit, CRA did not complete disciplinary actions for “555 formal violations with violations, which, by September 30, 2022 had been open on average 529 days.”
The Center Square by Scott McClallen
The audit rated Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency as having one “material condition”, the most severe rating.
The CRA is responsible for administering the cannabis programs of the state, including licensing, inspections, investigations and enforcement in relation to growing, testing, processing and selling cannabis.
The Office of the Auditor General reported that the CRA took “an average of 196 days, and up to 757 to complete disciplinary actions for 123 formal complaint involving licensee violation.”
The audit revealed that CRA did not complete disciplinary actions for “555 formal violations with complaints which, by September 30, 2022 had been open on average 529 days.”
According to the audit, CRA must “improve their processes to ensure that licensees are promptly disciplined for violations identified.” The audit said CRA needs to “improve its processes to ensure timely disciplinary action against licensees for identified violations.”
The CRA reported that as of September 2022 there were 1,353 licensed medical marijuana facilities and 1,781 licensed adult-use marijuana facilities. There were also 195,776 registered patients, and 21,698 caregivers.
Released: August 24, 2023Performance audit: Cannabis Regulatory Agency Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Link: https://t.co/i1InFHJ6wH#MIAUDGEN #AUDIT #Independent #Objective #Transparent pic.twitter.com/HbIpLyjzKAMI AUDGEN August 24 2023
The CRA spent $23.2 millions and collected $40.6 in fiscal year 2022. As of late 2022, the agency had 139 employees.
The audit revealed that the Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and/or CRA did not obtain signed security agreements from 50 percent and 88 per cent of the users they reviewed for their IT systems. Both or either of the agencies did not disable access to 19% and 3% of accounts for users who had not used them in 60 days.
The audit revealed that CRA investigated 91 percent (of the complaints) in a timely manner. It also found the agency had placed hold on products it deemed unfit for use, conducted investigations, and made sure licensees destroyed or remediated products that failed to meet the banned pesticide testing standards.
The Office of Internal Audit Services of the State Budget Office is required to review the plan within 30 days of receiving it and accept or reject the plan.
Michigan will collect about $271m in tax revenue from legal adult-use marijuana between 2019 and 2022. This is according to a Marijuana Policy Project report that examined tax revenue in all states with adult use cannabis since 2014.
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