Michigan Medical Marijuana News
Feb 19, 2012
Livonia Observer, 18 Feb 2012 - State Rep. John Walsh said Wednesday the House Judiciary Committee will begin a series of hearings Thursday, Feb. 23, on a four-bill package to clarify the 2008 law addressing medical marijuana. "The intent of the voters was not to allow the back-door legalization of marijuana when this issue was on the ballot, and our intent is to close loopholes in the law," said Walsh, R-Livonia, chair of the committee.
Feb 18, 2012
Lansing State Journal, 16 Feb 2012 - Michigan's Attonery General Bill Schuette, the main opponent of medical marijuana dispensaries, has made closing dispensaries one of his main concerns. Because of this move, commercial vacancy went from 16 percent to 26 percent in mid-Michigan during a Michigan recession. Sixty-three percent of the voting public, whom he's trying to save from themselves by edict (no vote), a dogma-Spanish Inquisition thing, voted for medical marijuana. The AG sent staff across the state to advise authorities about how to crack down in their communities; how thoughtful. He's threatened law enforcement to buckle down on dispensaries because some prosecutors have taken a hands-off approach, not a priority, too costly.
Feb 18, 2012
The Daily Tribune, 17 Feb 2012 - Imprisoned last year following a drug raid at his Royal Oak house, Hash Bash organizer and medical marijuana proponent Adam Brook has a growing base of supporters trying to make his time behind bars more comfortable. Brook, 43, is four months into a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of possessing a firearm while committing a felony.
Feb 17, 2012
Leader & Kalkaskian, 15 Feb 2012 - Budget issues were a main topic of discussion during the Kalkaska Village Council regular meeting Monday. Regarding a millage proposal for the Kalkaska Village Police Department, Village Council President Jeff Sieting warned that, if the Police Committee's proposal for the November ballot were not to pass, the situation would be "bleak."
Feb 17, 2012
The Oakland Press, 15 Feb 2012 - The Village of Oxford council unanimously voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in the village. "The council's vote and decision was that it's not necessary to have these dispensaries operating in Oxford," said Thomas Benner, council president for the Village of Oxford.
Feb 15, 2012
The Macomb Daily, 13 Feb 2012 - A Chesterfield Township medical marijuana dispensary performed a legal end-around state Attorney General Bill Schuette on Monday by converting a civil complaint to criminal and avoiding the facility's shutdown. Judge John Foster agreed with an attorney for Big Daddy's Hydroponics and Compassion Center that Schuette improperly attempted to have the judge find the facility in civil contempt and potentially shut it down and/or jail the owners.
Feb 15, 2012
The Voice, 14 Feb 2012 - A Chesterfield Township medical marijuana dispensary performed a legal end-around state Attorney General Bill Schuette on Monday by converting a civil complaint to criminal and avoiding the facility's shutdown. Judge John Foster agreed with an attorney for Big Daddy's Hydroponics and Compassion Center that Schuette improperly attempted to have the judge find the facility in civil contempt and potentially shut it down and/or jail the owners.
Feb 13, 2012
The North Wind, 09 Feb 2012 - Legalizing marijuana in Michigan would help the state economy and citizens. A group of Michigan citizens hope to accomplish this by gathering enough signatures to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the 2012 voting ballot. When a product that consumers want in large quantities is made illegal, the product will be sold in black markets regardless of legality. Whether or not the product is harmful, the product will go untaxed by the government, resulting in the loss of potential tax revenue. Marijuana is no different.
Feb 11, 2012
Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb 2012 - Detroiters could vote as soon as August to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, following a Michigan Court of Appeals ruling Friday that found the city's election commission acted improperly when it blocked the vote in 2010. A 2-1 majority of the appeals court panel said the Detroit Election Commission did not have the authority to thwart the proposal by Coalition for a Safer Detroit, which had collected sufficient petition signatures to force a vote. The commission's decision was backed by Wayne County Circuit Court.
Feb 11, 2012
Traverse City Record-Eagle, 11 Feb 2012 - Court: Should Have Been Considered by Detroit Voters in '10 DETROIT (AP) - A state appeals court said Friday that Detroit officials and a judge in 2010 illegally blocked voters from considering whether to ease penalties for marijuana possession, a ruling that could pave the way for the measure getting on the ballot this year.
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