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Some of the medical marijuana cards given out to qualified Michigan Department of Community Health for the medical marijuana program. / ERIC SEALS/Detroit Free Press Filed Under Opinion Editorials •Medical Marijuana What do you think? Should people who are licensed to use medical marijuana be banned from gun ownership? Yes No I’m not sure VoteView Results Share This Ads by Pulse 360 AdChoices Regardless of what you think of guns or the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, a new federal order barring users from possessing firearms is illogical and ridiculous, essentially treating law-abiding patients as though they were convicted drug dealers. What are they smoking at the U.S. Department of Justice? To [ ... ]

34 By CAROL HOPKINS and KEVIN DOBY Of The Oakland Press Click to enlarge News that an Oakland County Narcotics Enforcement Team raided a Commerce Township medical marijuana facility Wednesday has defense attorney Neil Rockind boiling mad. “Law enforcement does the damndest things and they keep doing it,” said Rockind. “I’m beyond outraged,” said Rockind, whose client owns the facility on Welch Road. “I’m sick of the way police are treating caregivers and patients and I’m tired of how police are stepping on the law.” Rockind did not name his client. The raid, which started after 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, was at a co-op grow operation, according to Major Robert [ ... ]

Terry Payne, 35, of Sterling Heights inspects some of his marijuana plants on March 19, 2010. Payne is a state-approved medical-marijuana patient and caregiver — approved to supply marijuana to others. / WILLIAM ARCHIE/Detroit Free Press A A BY JOE SWICKARD DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Filed Under Local News Michigan Medical Marijuana Related Links Pot grower supply businesses to get a boost from court decision Editorial: Focus on fixing pot law, not shutting dispensaries Michigan medical marijuana sellers close up shop after ruling Michigan appeals court says medical marijuana can’t be sold at dispensaries Appeals Court ruling Ads by Pulse 360 Get Listed Here In a second major medical marijuana decision this month, the Michigan [ ... ]

A A BY MEGHA SATYANARAYANA AND CECIL ANGEL DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS Filed Under Local News Michigan Medical Marijuana Ann Arbor Taylor Related Links Brian Dickerson: Don’t hold your breath for a medical marijuana law that makes sense Could court ruling be the end of medicinal pot shops in Michigan? Ads by Pulse 360 Get Listed Here The day after the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that medical marijuana dispensaries can be considered a public nuisance and could be shut down, two facilities in Ann Arbor have been raided and facilities all over the state have closed, including the Mt. Pleasant dispensary at the center of the turmoil. Compassionate Apothecary co-owner Matthew Taylor said [ ... ]

medical marijuana sellers close up shop after ruling Aug 26, 2011 | Comments Ann Arbor residents Jaymz Edmonds, left, and TJ Rice protest outside the OM of Medicine marijuana dispensary Thursday in Ann Arbor after a police raid of the nearby A2 Go Green dispensary. / MELANIE MAXWELL/Associated Press A A BY CECIL ANGEL, MEGHA SATYANARAYANA, JOHN WISELY, DAWSON BELL AND BILL LAITNER DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS Filed Under Local News Michigan Medical Marijuana Bill Schuette Mackinac Island What’s next • The owners of a Mt. Pleasant dispensary say they will appeal a ruling effectively putting all marijuana retail dispensaries out of business. • Attorney General Bill Schuette will appeal to county prosecutors [ ... ]

Michigan May Change Medical Marijuana Law New legislation to be introduced in the fall 08/11/2011 | Mark Huffman | ConsumerAffairs.com State officials in Michigan who believe the state’s medical marijuana law is being abused have revealed their strategy for revising the statute. Miichigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, members of state and local law enforcement, prosecutors, representatives of the medical community and some members of the legislature have proposed a legislative package, including new laws to ensure safety on the roads and hold accountable criminals who abuse the state medical marijuana certification process. Michigan is one of several states that has a law allowing marijuana [ ... ]

Tagged with: Medical Marijuana Medical Marijuana Laws Montana The state on Tuesday appealed to the Montana Supreme Court a judge’s ruling that blocked tough new restrictions on medical marijuana in Montana, and will argue there’s no constitutional right to sell the drug for a profit. The state Justice Department will ask the high court to overturn portions of Helena District Judge James Reynolds’ June 30 decision, which stopped enforcement of several provisions of a new law passed by the 2011 Legislature to crack down on Montana’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry. The Legislature passed the law in reaction [ ... ]

Tagged with: Medical Marijuana Bills Medical Marijuana Laws Medical Marijuana Patients Michigan Michigan’s medical marijuana law has been abused, exploited and hijacked by pot profiteers, said state Attorney General Bill Schuette in pushing a package of bills that will close loopholes in the law that was intended to provide pot to people with terminal, debilitating and chronic diseases. “The law has been hijacked by drug dealers who want to make money, line their pockets and make a huge profit,” Schuette said at a news conference this morning where he was flanked by lawmakers, [ ... ]

Fans of the classic Nova Scotia television show “Trailer Park Boys” likely remember the episode in which “the boys” hijacked Rita MacNeil’s tour bus and forced MacNeil and her entourage into helping them harvest an outdoor marijuana grow-operation as they broke out in a spontaneous rendition of “Working Man.” Well, it’s coming on harvest time again for an agricultural commodity that’s definitely not promoted by the provincial agricultural department’s “Select Nova Scotia” campaign. And that means police in Nova Scotia will be again using a helicopter to scour the province’s forests and fields in search of the one-to two-metre tall deep-green plants [ ... ]

Tagged with: Chicago Marijuana Law Enforcement Police In a potential shift in attitude, Chicago police may begin issuing citations to people caught with small amounts of marijuana instead of booking them and locking them up, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said Saturday. The superintendent’s remarks came after Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle highlighted last week how people arrested for possessing small quantities of drugs often clog up the system, only to have their cases later dismissed by judges. McCarthy said he talked about the issue with Mayor Rahm Emanuel as far back as May. He insisted police [ ... ]