Lapeer County Sheriff:

QUESTIONABLE PATIENT-CAREGIVER RELATIONSHIPS LED TO LAPEER COUNTY
RAID ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY

DRYDEN, Michigan -- Lapeer County Sheriff Ron Kalanquin said a search
warrant that was executed Tuesday on a Dryden medical marijuana
dispensary was based off of three accounts of medical marijuana
patients who did not have medical marijuana caregivers.

The patients all went to the dispensary to receive their medical
marijuana.

State law does not clarify how patients can receive their medical
marijuana, but does limit the number of clients a medical marijuana
caregiver has to five.

According to the search warrant, a police officer witnessed about 100
vehicles coming to and from the business in a typical eight-hour day.

The sheriff's department took 49 marijuana plants, $3,500 and scales
from the the Compassionate Care Center of Michigan.

Kalanquin said the Dryden medical marijuana caregivers will be given
their property if they are exonerated.

He said interpreting and following the 2-year-old medical marijuana
law is an "evolving process," and the department had received a number
of tips about the dispensary.

"We are just fact finders," he said. "We are just looking for the
truth."

Kalanquin said the department does not have a stance on the medical
marijuana law.

He said no one was arrested during the search, and charges have not
been brought against anyone related to the dispensary.