ANN ARBOR – Thomas Lavigne, the managing partner of Cannabis Counsel, one of the oldest Cannabis-focused law firms in the country, says the Michigan technology industry needs to innovate in the cannabis and hemp sectors to produce products that serve public needs.
For instance, he says in Hemp, the non psychoactive part of the marijuana plant, can be used for more than 20,000 products from building materials to hemp-fabrics that can be used by Detroit auto makers like European auto makers are already doing. Hemp is used for composite materials on the exterior and liners on the interior in some European-made vehicles.
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