Does Supreme Court Decision on Medical Marijuana Affect Farmington Hills Moratorium?
The 4-1 opinion outlawing medical marijuana dispensaries affects one potential land use currently on hold, city attorney Steve Joppich says.
Will a recent Michigan Supreme Court decision banning medical marijuana dispensaries keep the City of Farmington Hills from "kicking the can - or cannabis - down the road" (in council member Richard Lerner's words) again? According to a report published in Friday's The Oakland Press, justices in a 4-1 decision ruled that "owners of so-called dispensaries 'are not entitled to operate a business that facilitates patient-to-patient sales of marijuana'." City attorney Steve Joppich said the high court ruling only affects one potential land use affected by a moratorium that officials extended in December, through June 13, 2013. A proposed medical marijuana ordinance was first introduced in 2010. Joppich said officials are keeping an eye on …
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9:27 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The local government leaders, according to Ter Beek v The City of Wyoming, can not get between the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act and participating patients and caregivers- particularly in their own homes. This was decided well before this recent Supreme Court decision. more ›