By Bob Hendricks In the past decade, Michigan has made real progress in beginning to roll back state law marijuana prohibition. In 2008, the voters approved the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA), which created limited rights for patients and caregivers to produce, transfer and use marijuana for medical purposes free from the risk of prosecution. […]
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Michigan Dispensary Regulations and Edibles Bills to Reach Governor
A set of bills to legalize edible forms of medical marijuana and regulate the sale of medical marijuana through dispensaries are on their way to Gov. Rick Snyder after a final approval by the Michigan House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bills work in concert to address the effects of court rulings that have left […]
Marijuana Won’t Be On The Ballot In Michigan This Fall After Supreme Court Denies Appeal
The Michigan Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Wednesday to attorneys for the MI Legalize group, making it all but certain that November ballots in Michigan won’t include a marijuana question. The state Supreme Court refused to accept the emergency appeal by Lansing lawyer Jeff Hank, in effect affirming rulings by lower courts that blocked the […]
Detroit Plans to Shut Down Noncompliant Medical Dispensaries By Year’s End
Detroit Corporate Counsel Melvin “Butch” Hollowell said he expects to complete in December the process of shutting down the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries that do not comply with the zoning ordinance. “I do believe we’ll get through the entire process by the end of the year,” he said. Of the city’s 211 dispensaries that were […]
Pro Marijuana Group Sues Michigan Over Rejected Ballot Initiative
A Michigan group seeking to put a marijuana legalization question on the November ballot is taking its fight to court. MI Legalize on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the state in the Michigan Court of Claims, challenging a law and policy that effectively invalidated its petition signatures collected outside of a customary 180-day window. Attorneys […]
Number of Signatures May Be Insufficient for Marijuana Ballot Measure in Michigan
A group seeking to legalize marijuana in Michigan submitted an “insufficient” number of valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot after collecting outside of a traditional 180-day window, state elections officials said Tuesday. In a staff report, the Bureau of Elections recommended the Board of State Canvassers reject the MI Legalize petition at its […]
Will 354,000 Signatures Be Enough for Legalization Petition in Michigan?
Leaders of a statewide group who want recreational marijuana legalized in Michigan turned in 354,000 signatures Wednesday on petitions aimed at putting a question before voters on November ballots. As with nearly every step in the controversial, year-long effort of fund-raising and petition passing, the next stage in the battle to be on the ballot is fraught with […]
What’s the Magic Number? Michigan Lawmakers Debate How Much Pot Is Too Much to Drive
How much marijuana makes someone too impaired to drive a vehicle? The answer isn’t easy to find, but it’s one more than 100 lawmakers are set on finding. The Michigan House are seeking a study to find the “magic number” of how much marijuana in a driver’s blood means the person is impaired, a decision […]
Poll Finds That Michigan Voters Are Ready to OK Legal Marijuana
A new survey of state residents likely to vote this fall found that a clear 53% majority of Michiganders would just say yes to legalizing and taxing marijuana. The survey’s result was no surprise to groups hoping to gather 253,000 signatures in Michigan to get a marijuana measure on November ballots. “Support for legalizing marijuana […]
More Than 80 Apply to Operate Marijuana Dispensaries in Detroit
Companies like Dank House, Motown Meds and Your Grass Station were among 82 businesses that applied to operate medical marijuana shops in Detroit on Tuesday, when the city’s new marijuana regulations went into effect. Of the first 79 businesses that applied for zoning approval, 23 were from Detroit, 11 were from Howell, six were from Bloomfield Hills […]
