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New state laws regulating medical marijuana prompted communities across Michigan to decide how they will respond to the growing industry. Kalamazoo has decided to be proactive. Patients, caregivers and stakeholders attended two public forums on proposed changes to its zoning ordinance and...

Three proposed ordinance changes would address new medical marijuana laws signed late last year. The Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act, signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in September 2016, gives Michigan cities the option to allow five types of medical marijuana facilities to be established...

Orlando city leaders on Monday will discuss a proposed ordinance that would ban any new medical marijuana dispensaries from opening in the city limits. The vote is in reaction to a new state law that requires local governments to regulate dispensaries no more harshly than pharmacies...

Kalamazoo has a choice to make. The Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act, signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in September 2016, gives Michigan cities the option to allow medical marijuana to be distributed in their jurisdictions. At a Monday work session, Kalamazoo City Attorney Clyde Robinson...

City leaders must soon decide whether to welcome, limit or ban medical marijuana facilities inside city limits, now that several cultivators have expressed interest in opening up shop here. "Are we going to have a moratorium?" Mayor Steve Mercer asked City Council members Monday night. "Are...

The lack of a school, a bank or a grocery store in Galien doesn't mean that a lot of residents are ready to embrace new development in the form of medical marijuana facilities. Over 30 people attended the April 19 Galien Township Board meeting and several expressed opposition to embracing such...

Adrian Twp. – The Adrian Township Board didn't make any decisions on medical marijuana facilities Monday, but it does appear to be leaning against them. Township Supervisor Jim Koehn introduced the idea at Monday's board meeting. He asked the board to take a stand on the issue, either for or...

During its meeting Monday afternoon, the Medical Marijuana Commission discussed how to start setting regulations for marijuana cultivation facilities. Given their deadline 120-day deadline from the day the amendment was passed, they only have 79 days left to set regulations for cultivation...

Hollister council members Monday approved a medical marijuana ordinance that will lift the city's ban on dispensaries. The ordinance lifts the city's current ban on medical marijuana facilities within city limits that went into effect six years ago. After months of deliberations, the new...

Saginaw Township, MI - On the heels of state officials regulating medical marijuana dispensaries, Saginaw Township officials have decided they do not want such facilities in the township. The township Board of Trustees on Monday, Nov. 28, passed an ordinance preventing facilities involved in...

Hanford — The Hanford City Council directed staff this week to begin crafting an ordinance that would eventually allow large-scale medical marijuana cultivation/manufacturing facilities to apply for a conditional use permit to locate in the city's heavy industrial zones. Oakland-based Purple...

East Lansing - City officials are considering ordinance changes that would allow commercial medical marijuana facilities. East Lansing City Council could consider a draft ordinance in December and set the subject for a public hearing sometime in January, Mayor Mark Meadows said. The possible...

Newly re-elected County Commissioner David Moore was sworn in for a second term Tuesday morning, and newly elected commissioners Jeff Gold and Michelle Stone took their first oaths of office. County Judge Jim McCune administered the oath for Moore. County Judge Sarah Ritterhoff Williams...

Newly re-elected County Commissioner David Moore was sworn in for a second term Tuesday morning, and newly elected commissioners Jeff Gold and Michelle Stone took their first oaths of office. County Judge Jim McCune administered the oath for Moore. County Judge Sarah Ritterhoff Williams...

Starting this summer, medical marijuana products will be required to undergo testing by certified facilities, much the way that recreational products are currently tested. Last week the Colorado House passed House Bill 16-1064, which will enable facilities to get a medical marijuana testing...

The Florence City Council approved lifting the ban on marijuana and hemp testing facilities in Florence during its meeting Tuesday. The moratorium would remain on all other marijuana establishments except for testing facilities, the ordinance said. Marijuana testing facilities would be...

As the six-month moratorium on new medical marijuana growing operations nears an end, city officials are proposing changes to Sanford's existing ordinances to regulate their location and operation. The planning board had a public hearing on the proposed changes scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 27...

Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan A. Harris announced today the names and locations of three new dispensary facilities that will be licensed by the state's Medical Marijuana Program. Currently, there are 8228 medical marijuana patients registered in Connecticut...

The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection has announced three new dispensary facilities that will be opening by the state's Medical Marijuana Program. DCP says that after a competitive process involving 19 applicants, three new medical marijuana dispensary facilities have been chosen...