The former head of a Michigan medical marijuana licensing board has agreed to plead guilty to accepting $110,000 in bribes when he led the panel over a two-year period, authorities said Thursday. Rick Johnson acknowledged in a signed court filing that he acted "corruptly" when he accepted cash and other benefits to help businesses get licenses. READ MORE: https://news.yahoo.com/ex-head-michigan-marijuana-board-144834349.html

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis has delighted its fans, alarmed some health experts and has increasingly disappointed farmers who have been undercut by illegal imports, sending a promise of a new bonanza crop up in smoke. READ MORE: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/thailands-promised-cannabis-bonanza-disappoints-010639073.html