News (Media Awareness Project) - US MI: Medical Marijuana Ordinance in the Works for Macomb |
| Title: | US MI: Medical Marijuana Ordinance in the Works for Macomb |
| Published On: | 2010-09-12 |
| Source: | Voice, The (New Baltimore, MI) |
| Fetched On: | 2010-09-14 03:00:31 |
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ORDINANCE IN THE WORKS FOR MACOMB TOWNSHIP
A medical marijuana ordinance is being drafted by Macomb Township's
legal counsel and could come before the township board for a vote
prior to December, according to township officials.
Macomb Township Supervisor Mark Grabow has received over a dozen
calls regarding medical marijuana for about six weeks. Grabow said
several other local communities, such as Clinton Township, are
preparing similar ordinances to clarify and specify areas not quite
spelled out in the state law.
"The state law is very broad, very open," Grabow said.
On August 25, Grabow brought the medical marijuana issue before the
Macomb Township Board of Trustees. He requested that the board
authorize the township's legal counsel, Lawrence Dloski and his
associates, to draft an ordinance to address the issue due to the
number of requests he had received regarding medical marijuana.
"This is something that has become quite aggressive throughout the
area," Grabow said on August 25. "I know that the southeast area of
Michigan has really been inundated with it."
On August 25, Dloski said that many of the requests have been
regarding dispensers.
"Dispensers are not permitted under the statues, unlike California
where they are permitted," Dloski said.
On Aug. 25, Macomb Township Clerk Michael Koehs said that the issue
must also be addressed from a zoning perspective.
"I believe that before this takes on any other form it also needs to
be addressed from a zoning perspective," Koehs said.
Christine Anderson, an attorney in Dloski's law office who is working
on the research and drafting of the ordinance, said it was still in
progress as of last week, but that the goal was to have a draft
prepared for a planning commission meeting soon.
"A lot of information is packed into the law, such as the difference
between growing it for personal use and for suppliers," Grabow said.
"There are a lot of different pieces in that. We have had a lot of
inquiries at this point and we need to get this clarified and
streamlined so we can answer them with the correct response."
A medical marijuana ordinance is being drafted by Macomb Township's
legal counsel and could come before the township board for a vote
prior to December, according to township officials.
Macomb Township Supervisor Mark Grabow has received over a dozen
calls regarding medical marijuana for about six weeks. Grabow said
several other local communities, such as Clinton Township, are
preparing similar ordinances to clarify and specify areas not quite
spelled out in the state law.
"The state law is very broad, very open," Grabow said.
On August 25, Grabow brought the medical marijuana issue before the
Macomb Township Board of Trustees. He requested that the board
authorize the township's legal counsel, Lawrence Dloski and his
associates, to draft an ordinance to address the issue due to the
number of requests he had received regarding medical marijuana.
"This is something that has become quite aggressive throughout the
area," Grabow said on August 25. "I know that the southeast area of
Michigan has really been inundated with it."
On August 25, Dloski said that many of the requests have been
regarding dispensers.
"Dispensers are not permitted under the statues, unlike California
where they are permitted," Dloski said.
On Aug. 25, Macomb Township Clerk Michael Koehs said that the issue
must also be addressed from a zoning perspective.
"I believe that before this takes on any other form it also needs to
be addressed from a zoning perspective," Koehs said.
Christine Anderson, an attorney in Dloski's law office who is working
on the research and drafting of the ordinance, said it was still in
progress as of last week, but that the goal was to have a draft
prepared for a planning commission meeting soon.
"A lot of information is packed into the law, such as the difference
between growing it for personal use and for suppliers," Grabow said.
"There are a lot of different pieces in that. We have had a lot of
inquiries at this point and we need to get this clarified and
streamlined so we can answer them with the correct response."
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