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posted on August 6, 2012 by
US MI: Communities Can’t Halt Growth Of Medical Marijuana
The News-Herald, 06 Aug 2012 – LANSING – Michigan communities cannot stop the cultivation or use of medicinal marijuana, the state Court of Appeals ruled last week. The three-judge panel unanimously found that an ordinance in the west Michigan city of Wyoming was at odds with state law regarding the production and use of marijuana. The Wyoming ordinance was bolstered by its claim that the federal prohibition of the drug was enough to justify it.
posted on August 5, 2012 by
US MI: Court Slaps Down Local Ordinances
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News, 02 Aug 2012 – Marijuana cultivation cannot be regulated by local municipalities Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. – Wednesday’s ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals overturning local ordinances prohibiting the cultivation of medical marijuana should have little impact on Sault Ste. Marie residents, according to City Manager Spencer Nebel.
posted on August 5, 2012 by
US MI: Appeals Court: Michigan Cities, Townships Can’t Ban Growing
Detroit Free Press, 02 Aug 2012 – LANSING – Michigan cities and townships cannot bar the cultivation and use of medical marijuana, a state appellate court has decided in a case involving an ordinance adopted by the city of Wyoming and challenged by a patient there. In an opinion released this morning, a unanimous three-judge panel of the court said the local ordinance was clearly pre-empted by the medical marijuana state law, and that local governments could not use the federal prohibition on marijuana as an excuse to ban it.
