Clare County Review, 20 Aug 2012 – Family leaves State, Warrant issued Billie Jo Hogan, 36, scheduled to be a on a reduced misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana, failed to appear in court Monday. She and her family have fled the State.

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Press and Guide, 16 Aug 2012 – To the Editor: A Dearborn-based group of concerned parents and "citizen soldiers" played a small and humble role in the recent successful initiative to ban the sales "K2" (synthetic marijuana) in the state of Michigan. This was a good thing for our youth. In support of this initiative, two separate protests/boycotts were held at retail establishments in the city of Dearborn – ownership at both of these facilities promised to no longer sell these dangerous products. Economic boycotts, or even the threat of such, are very powerful tools in the arsenal of democracy.

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Spinal Column Newsweekly, 15 Aug 2012 – The Milford Village Council voted Monday, Aug. 6 to approve an extension of the village’s moratorium on medical marijuana facilities, now spanning until Jan. 7, 2013. The council also directed that a draft ordinance regarding medical marijuana be written for its consideration.

The Voice, 15 Aug 2012 – A recent court decision regarding medical marijuana has rendered Macomb Township’s ordinance on the matter unenforceable. To counter this until the township can redraft its medical marijuana ordinance, the Macomb Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Aug. 8 to institute a 120-day moratorium on the use and possession of medical marijuana.

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Metro Times, 08 Aug 2012 – Court Case Puts Marijuana Prohibition on the Stand This might be the big one for medical marijuana and marijuana legalization advocates. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., has agreed to hear Americans for Safe Access vs. Drug Enforcement Administration, which challenges the federal classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug.

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