Man Serves 60 years Bid for Selling 3lbs of Weed, Cannabis is Now Legal In His State and He Still Locked Up NDSmith | May 10, 2019 67-year-old Michael Thompson is serving 40-60 year bid for selling 3lbs of weed to the manager of a car muffler shop in Flint, Michigan, back in 1994. Now weed is legal in his state.