Detroit Residents Turn Out to Call For Crackdown on Marijuana Dispensaries October 30, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments Concerned Detroiters spoke out against medical marijuana shops at a public hearing Thursday night and pleaded with city officials to implement new regulations to stifle the industry's growth. "There's some way we have to control it because this is like an… Read More→
Detroit City Council Passes New Rules For Marijuana Dispensaries October 14, 2015 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments The Detroit City Council Tuesday approved a set of licensing regulations for the city's booming medical marijuana industry. A separate set of zoning rules about where the pot shops can operate in the city is still being discussed. Councilman James Tate said… Read More→
Michigan Attorney General on Marijuana Legalization: Let the Voters Decide October 9, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments LANSING, MI — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, who led the campaign against a successful medical marijuana ballot proposal in 2008, thinks voters should decide whether to legalize recreational use. "I personally don't think we need to put more drugs… Read More→
Medical Dispensaries, Taxes and Edibles Approved by Michigan House October 8, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments LANSING, MI — The Michigan House on Wednesday signed off on sweeping plans to create a highly-regulated medical marijuana industry and allow patients to purchase the drug at storefront dispensaries, which would be taxed. "These are regulated, inspected facilities where… Read More→
Believe It or Not, Detroit Now Home to Nearly 150 Marijuana Dispensaries October 7, 2015 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments A new report pegs the number of marijuana dispensaries in Detroit at 148, a figure exceeding previous estimates of how many weed shops are in the city. Prior to the report's release, Detroit public officials could not say how many dispensaries there are, partly… Read More→
Michigan House Again Pushes to Legalize Dispensaries, Edibles for Medical Patients September 23, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Lansing — The House Judiciary Committee touched off a new effort to legalize dispensaries and edible forms of cannabis for medical marijuana patients Tuesday, sending three new bills to the House floor for consideration. The bills, containing tighter rules than… Read More→
Drive-Thru Medical Marijuana Shops Fuel Concerns in Detroit September 14, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments DETROIT — With some medical-marijuana stores in Detroit now offering drive-through purchasing, the city's marketplace for medical pot has spiraled out of control and needs to be regulated, Mayor Mike Duggan said. Dozens of dispensaries line 8 Mile and other… Read More→
Michigan Rejects Use of Medical Marijuana to Treat Autism August 28, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s top state regulator on Thursday rejected a state panel’s advice to allow medical marijuana as a treatment for autism. The decision followed three years of efforts by parents of autistic children, their lawyers and supporters to… Read More→
Seed-to-Sale Tracking System Proposed for Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Dispensaries August 19, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Retail, Science and Technology 0 Comments LANSING, MI — Medical marijuana sold through licensed dispensaries would be tracked from "seed to sale" under new legislation in the Michigan House. House Bill 4827, sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Klint Kesto, R-Commerce Township, would require the state to… Read More→
Michigan Voters May Get Legal Marijuana Petition on 2016 Ballot June 12, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments LANSING – Two measures to legalize marijuana could appear on the November 2016 state ballot after the Board of State Canvassers approved petition wording Thursday. At least one and possibly two more measures to legalize marijuana for recreational use could… Read More→
Medical Marijuana Back on the Legislative Agenda in Michigan May 1, 2015 John Hollon Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Medical marijuana is back on agendas in Lansing. The Michigan House Judiciary Committee began new hearings this week for two medical-marijuana bills. Both passed the House overwhelmingly last year, then hit roadblocks in the lame-duck session of the state Senate last fall,… Read More→
Is Marijuana the Answer to Michigan’s State Budget Problem? April 20, 2015 John Hollon Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments DETROIT — Michigan's state budget is so tight it squeaks — while roads crumble, schools drown in debt and local officials demand a return of state aid. Across the country, federal needs pile up, as well, from airport runway repairs… Read More→
Are Michigan Lawmakers Dragging Their Feet on Medical Marijuana? April 13, 2015 John Hollon Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Watching police and policymakers contend with shifting public attitudes toward marijuana would be downright comical if the lives and liberty of so many people weren't hanging in the balance. The velocity of that shift has been breathtaking. As recently as… Read More→
Michigan Looking at Competing Marijuana Legalization Measures on 2016 Ballotagg February 19, 2015 Rob Meagher Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments LANSING, MI -- Two separate -- and potentially competing -- groups are laying the groundwork for 2016 ballot proposals that would seek to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana in Michigan. Jeffrey Hank, an attorney who spearheaded a still-pending legalization effort… Read More→
Michigan Lawmakers Reviving Bills to Legalize Medical Marijuana Products February 16, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments LANSING — Four state lawmakers are reviving bills to legalize an array of medical marijuana products and dispensaries where they'd be sold after last year's effort was shot down by last-minute criticism from law enforcement and health groups. Republican Rep. Mike… Read More→