Since various municipalities made significant changes in their marijuana policies at the close of 2012, marijuana has been at the top of the headlines. It seems each week, there is another newsworthy story covering the new laws, their application (or lack of) or even the older medical marijuana laws. All of these stories are important, particularly if you live in Detroit or any of the other cities who have changed their approach, or if you are a medical marijuana user hoping to avoid persecution for your medication. [Read more…]
Marijuana Victories Across Michigan
All marijuana initiatives in Michigan cities all are reporting at least tentative victories. While Colorado and Washington voted to legalize recreational marijuana statewide, Michigan voters are tackling prohibition one locality at a time. [Read more…]
Michigan Medical Marijuana Rules To Be Addressed by State Supreme Court
The Michigan State Supreme Court has decided to take up a case which would determine if patients and caregivers should be allowed to grow medical marijuana together—in a sort of cooperative garden. [Read more…]
How Do You Get Legal Medical Marijuana if No One Can Sell It?
Medical marijuana is legal in Michigan. But the legislation is quiet on dispensaries. As a result, several have opened to test the waters, and now four men are being prosecuted for working in them, setting up a battle that may help clarify exactly how medical marijuana patients are supposed to actually get their approved marijuana. [Read more…]
Michigan Pot Dispensaries Closing Their Doors
All it takes is one court decision to stop the medical marijuana trade in its tracks. At least that’s what Michigan is seeing this week after a ruling on Wednesday determined the Compassionate Apothecary in Mt. Pleasant was a public nuisance and needed to be closed. But this single ruling has dispensaries all over the state shutting down. [Read more…]
Judges Forbid Medical Marijuana for Probationers on Case-By-Case Basis
You don’t need a prescription to obtain medical marijuana in the state of Michigan—merely a doctor’s note. But that won’t cut it for many judges who believe medical marijuana can and should be regulated for probationers, according to the Daily Telegram. [Read more…]