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Chicago Company Helps Produce Film on Marijuana Arrest

One man's fight for justice is chronicled in a film about marijuana criminalization.

03/26/2022 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices

Chicago Company Helps Produce Film on Marijuana Arrest

Clip: 3/26/2022 | 3m 22sVideo has Closed Captions

One man's fight for justice is chronicled in a film about marijuana criminalization.

A Chicago-based cannabis company is working to expose harsh sentences for recreational marijuana use as it becomes legal in several states. Cresco helped produce a short film on the sentencing of Michael Thompson, a Michigan man who was given 42 to 60 years in prison for a marijuana-related arrest.

03/26/2022 | Rating NR

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