Detroit News, 09 Oct 2010 – Hundreds of chanting protesters turned up outside a Waterford district court building to chant against legal proceedings against 10 of 16 people who were arrested on Aug. 25 in a series of raids on marijuana users claiming protection under the state’s medical marijuana law. The local courts will have to sort out the validity of the charges against the defendants, but state lawmakers should heed the words of Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Peter O’Connell, who upheld charges against two Madison Heights marijuana defendants in an earlier case. Nevertheless, in the course of his ruling, O’Connell called the medical marijuana law confusing and badly drafted and called for clarification of the law on medical marijuana use, noting that the law conflicts with sections of the state Public Health Code. People have a right to have their rights and responsibilities clearly spelled out, and confusion still abounds in this area of the law. – — MAP posted-by: Richard Lake
US MI: Sl Village Amends Home Occupation Ordinance
Grand Haven Tribune, 30 Sep 2010 – SPRING LAKE – Village Planning Commissioners Tuesday unanimously recommended that Village Council amend home occupation ordinance regulations to include registered primary caregivers. The recommendation falls in line with the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act, which voters approved in November of 2008.
US MI: Editorial: Medical Marijuana Law In Need Of Cure
The Daily Telegram, 26 Sep 2010 – When Michigan voters overwhelmingly made medical marijuana legal in 2008, they certainly intended well. Terminally ill patients would have official access to the natural palliative, voters thought. Chronic pain sufferers and their growers would no longer live in fear of arrest and imprisonment, supporters promised. Reality hasn’t cooperated.
US MI: Convention to Begin
Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep 2010 – The Michigan Municipal League will hold its annual convention at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, today through Friday. The convention will tackle subjects ranging from Michigan’s medical marijuana law to green initiatives to cultural economic development and transit. Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally will open the convention. – — MAP posted-by: Richard Lake
