Marijuana Won’t Be On The Ballot In Michigan This Fall After Supreme Court Denies Appeal September 9, 2016 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Detroit Plans to Shut Down Noncompliant Medical Dispensaries By Year’s End June 20, 2016 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Pro Marijuana Group Sues Michigan Over Rejected Ballot Initiative June 17, 2016 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Number of Signatures May Be Insufficient for Marijuana Ballot Measure in Michigan June 7, 2016 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Will 354,000 Signatures Be Enough for Legalization Petition in Michigan? June 3, 2016 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→
What’s the Magic Number? Michigan Lawmakers Debate How Much Pot Is Too Much to Drive May 5, 2016 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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"… Read More→
Poll Finds That Michigan Voters Are Ready to OK Legal Marijuana March 29, 2016 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→
More Than 80 Apply to Operate Marijuana Dispensaries in Detroit March 2, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments 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… Read More→
MIchigan Could See Up to $63 Million Annually From Medical Marijuana March 1, 2016 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments LANSING, Mich. — Sales from medical marijuana could generate up to $63 million a year in new revenue for the state under proposed regulatory reforms, according to an economist's findings published Monday. The economic impact analysis by Hillsdale College economist Dr.… Read More→
Detroit Council Passes Zoning Ordinance to Regulate Medical Marijuana Dispensaries December 18, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments After more than four hours of legal and council discussion and dozens of city resident comments, the Detroit City Council on Thursday evening approved by a vote of 6-1 a zoning ordinance that experts say could close up to half… Read More→
Michigan Medical Dispensary Bills Not Dead, but Not Moving Ahead in 2015 December 15, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments An evolving proposal to allow regulated medical marijuana dispensaries and related businesses is unlikely to move this year in the Michigan Senate despite an ongoing push from supporters. Sen. Rick Jones, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, does not have the votes to… Read More→
Pastors Are Lobbying to Close All Detroit Marijuana Dispensaries December 15, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments Some Detroit pastors are on a mission to wipe out weed dispensaries in the city. They say they have had enough of the smell, the addition crime and what it’s doing to Detroit's youth. That is why the Detroit Coalition… Read More→
Michigan Looking to Structure Medical Marijuana System Like it Handles Alcohol December 8, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments LANSING, MI — Michigan would create a tiered system for medical marijuana growers, distributors and retailers under evolving legislation up for a likely vote Tuesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, said Monday medical pot bills… Read More→
Detroit May Crack Down on Booming Medical Marijuana Businesses November 20, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Detroit City Council is expected take up a second ordinance to regulate the city's booming medical marijuana industry on Tuesday, although final approval of the measure may not come until January. The council's planning and economic development committee on… Read More→
Michigan High Court: Fired Medical Marijuana Users Can Still Get Unemployment November 6, 2015 AggregatedNews CBE Policy & Employment Law updates, HR and Staffing, Human Capital Management, News & Insights 0 Comments The Michigan Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Agency in a case involving benefits for people fired from jobs over medical marijuana use. The denial means people with medical marijuana cards who lost work… Read More→