ACLU JOINS IN MAN'S LAWSUIT AGAINST WYOMING'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA RULE

WYOMING -- The ACLU will represent Wyoming attorney John Ter Beek in
his lawsuit against the city saying its ordnance violates state law
regarding medical marijuana.

Ter Beek alleges the City Council decision violates state law and the
will of state voters who approved medical marijuana at the polls in 2008.

City Council members initiated the ban saying marijuana can be
distributed safely by pharmacists, not by licensed marijuana
caregivers as Michigan law allows.

"It's disappointing that elected officials in the City of Wyoming are
so quick to ignore the will of the people who overwhelmingly voted
for compassionate care for patients like John whose pain is eased by
the use of medical marijuana," said Michael Nelson, ACLU of Michigan
cooperating attorney in a press release. "Our goal is to uphold the
rights of patients and caregivers who have done nothing wrong, but
are treated like criminals by local officials."

The ACLU has sued Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Livonia for
approving laws that ban medical marijuana, arguing that their
ordinances "cannot flout state law."

TerBeek filed the lawsuit in Kent County Circuit Court.