The Michigan Senate vote board shows the close 19-17 margin early Friday that the 24% tax on marijuana sales passed and completed the budget deal hammered out by the Legislature. (Screenshot via Michigan Advance)

After much hand wringing and consternation from lawmakers who feared detrimental effects to Michigan’s cannabis industry, the Michigan Senate voted early Friday by a thin margin to pass a 24% wholesale tax on marijuana products sold in the state.

The measure will raise an estimated $420 million in new revenue to fund road repairs and construction in the new fiscal year, a key component of the budget deal reached by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, and Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, D-Grand Rapids.

If the vote had failed, the entire dea

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