Tag: Michigan

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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.03)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.03)

03:24am Mitt Romney (mis)speaks out on medical marijuana, the LA dispensary ban is repealed, and the feds keep on grinding away at medical marijuana providers with...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
Marijuana Ordinance Adopted by Kalamazoo City Commission

Marijuana Ordinance Adopted by Kalamazoo City Commission

People caught possessing marijuana in Kalamazoo will receive an appearance ticket instead of being arrested, under an ordinance adopted Monday by the Kalamazoo City Commission.
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October 1, 2012
10/01/2012
Federal Sentencing of Legally Compliant Medical Marijuana Providers Highlights Harmful Obama Policy

Federal Sentencing of Legally Compliant Medical Marijuana Providers Highlights Harmful Obama Policy

Five medical marijuana patients and caregivers will be sentenced in federal court next week, highlighting the human cost of the federal government’s intolerance for state medical marijuana...
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September 27, 2012
09/27/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.09.26)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.09.26)

03:27am The DEA strikes again in Los Angeles, and the feds are moving to eliminate dispensaries in downtown LA. But the push-back against the crackdown continues....
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September 20, 2012
09/20/2012
Irv Rosenfeld: A Pioneer Speaks Out

Irv Rosenfeld: A Pioneer Speaks Out

It was during his freshman year of college in 1971 that Irv Rosenfeld gave in to peer pressure and tried marijuana. It didn’t get him high —...
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
Grand Rapids, MI Police Chief Opposes Relaxing Pot Law

Grand Rapids, MI Police Chief Opposes Relaxing Pot Law

The police chief in Michigan’s second-largest city opposes a ballot question that would make marijuana possession a civil infraction in Grand Rapids, not a misdemeanor crime. He said...
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September 12, 2012
09/12/2012
Michigan: Four Cities To Decide On Marijuana Depenalization Ordinances

Michigan: Four Cities To Decide On Marijuana Depenalization Ordinances

Voters in four Michigan cities will decide this November on municipal ordinances seeking to legalize or depenalize local marijuana offenses. City officials in Flint, Michigan most recently approved...
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September 6, 2012
09/06/2012
Wyoming, Michigan Will Appeal Medical Marijuana Ruling To Michigan Supreme Court

Wyoming, Michigan Will Appeal Medical Marijuana Ruling To Michigan Supreme Court

So much for the “City of Vision and Progress“, Wyoming, Michigan will appeal a decision that voided the city’s ordinance regulating the use of marijuana. Mayor Jack Poll...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.22)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.22)

05:46pm The feds strike again in California, this time in Orange County, and meanwhile, the battle over the LA dispensary ban heats up. There’s plenty more...
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August 22, 2012
08/22/2012
Michigan: Grand Rapids Voters Will Decide on $25 Fine-Only Offense for Pot Possession

Michigan: Grand Rapids Voters Will Decide on $25 Fine-Only Offense for Pot Possession

Voters in Grand Rapids, Michigan will decide this November on a municipal measure to depenalize marijuana possession offenses to a non-criminal, fine-only offense. The City Commissioner’s office has approved...
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August 17, 2012
08/17/2012
Michigan Medical Marijuana Board Could Be Ready This Fall

Michigan Medical Marijuana Board Could Be Ready This Fall

The state agency responsible for the Michigan medical marijuana program says it is now in the final stages of assembling a review panel with the power to...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Ballot Language Approved for Marijuana Proposal in Grand Rapids

Ballot Language Approved for Marijuana Proposal in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids City Commission approved ballot language for a marijuana proposal that voters will consider in November. A Grand Rapids city charter amendment would make possession and...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.01)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.01)

06:32pm, (Issue #745) What!? No DEA raids? Not this week, but the federal crackdown on dispensaries continues, and cities and localities in medical marijuana states continue...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
Flint (MI), Springfield (MO) Marijuana Petitions Turned In

Flint (MI), Springfield (MO) Marijuana Petitions Turned In

04:43pm Voters in two Midwest cities may have the opportunity to vote on marijuana law reforms this November. Advocates of a Flint, Michigan initiative that would...
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July 5, 2012
07/05/2012
Medical Marijuana Update

Medical Marijuana Update

07:38pm California continues to have conniptions over medical marijuana, a scientific review finds marijuana’s Schedule I status “untenable,” and much, much more: National On Monday, the Open...
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