POT PATIENTS PLAN PROTEST AT HEARINGS IN WATERFORD

Medical marijuana patients said they plan to rally outside Waterford
District Court at noon today to protest arrests of patients and raids
of medical marijuana establishments in Oakland County.

The rally is to occur as defendants in two raids file in for 1:30
p.m. hearings, organizer Rick Thompson said Wednesday.

Thompson handed out cards Monday at Royal Oak City Hall, inviting
people protesting the city's marijuana policies to get a free lunch,
T-shirt and bus ride to the rally from his Oak Park office of the
Michigan Medical Marijuana Magazine.

Former Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca, now a Royal Oak
attorney, said Wednesday that his firm would represent four of the defendants.

Gorcyca echoed a previous statement by Oakland County Sheriff Michael
Bouchard that the August raids by county deputies in Waterford and
Ferndale could lead to a decision by the Michigan Supreme Court on
whether medical marijuana shops, or dispensaries, are legal in Michigan.