Saline Banned Medical Marijuana
Saline just banned medical marijuana. The real surprise lies in the depth of the ban…
…city officials decided they wanted to follow federal law regarding marijuana, which prohibits its sale and possession.Not sure if i read it wrong or this is a typo, but if not it seems Saline is abandoning State law regarding medical marijuana altogether in favor of the more strict federal statues, without regard to the President’s directive that many of these same federal laws were not to be strictly enforced in States that allow for medical use of marijuana. It seems that Saline administrators did not get that memo.
Saline has somewhat of a reputation for being a police state, and banning it is their right i suppose, but the fact that the interpretation of such a massive legal issue is being left for individual city and township(!!!!) administrators to decide is ridiculous.County/State/Federal lawmakers need to start making some real decisions regarding medical marijuana and how the law is to be interpreted, because we all have better things to do with our time.
We all know that in a few years marijuana will be legalized nationwide anyway, if for no reason other than that we can no longer afford to imprison people for non-violent crime thanks to the war, recession, oil spill, monetary devaluation and every other reason we are broke. Until then, it looks like lawmakers will continue playing these games with the lives of otherwise ordinary citizens and livelihoods of productive members of the community.
Alana West’s AnnArbor.com article after the break Read more…
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Ypsilanti Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ordinance Reading
The Ypsilanti Township board finally approved a reading of an official dispensary ordinance, set to take place on Wednesday. The regulatory debate has gone back and fourth for months now, so I look forward to hearing what Angela King, the Assistant Township Attorney, has to present.
Unfortunately, I have not seen anything in the ordinance that strikes me as innovative or useful for anyone; the patient, the proprietor, or the city.
The point that I believe Ms. King has completely missed is that the primary function of a dispensary is to dispense. It seems the ordinance is intended to regulate a medical marijuana dispensary as a horticultural nursery, instead of a place where patients can safely and legally purchase medication.
Since there is no change associated with a dispensary’s ability compared to a home grower, there is no reason the current state guidelines should be changed. Rather than making the process safer and less prone to crime, forcing dispensaries to grow at the same site that they conduct business only gives criminals twice the incentive to commit crime and would make the day-to-day functions more dangerous.
The plan seems to be to place dispensaries in the eastern industrial district on Rawsonville.
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