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MI: Flint Township Avoids Medical Marijuana Business Ban

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 5, 2010 Dispensaries, News

After stripping an ordinance of its powers to crack down on medical marijuana businesses, the Flint Township board voted down the ordinance at their regular meeting Monday night anyway, reports Blake Thorne of the Flint Journal.

The township’s planning commission had passed an amendment to the township’s zoning rules which required all “uses or businesses seeking approval or permits from the township must comply with federal, state and local law.”

Since marijuana is illegal for any purpose, including medical uses, under federal law, the ordinance would have effectively banned medical marijuana businesses from the township. Because of federal law, any business which sells, distributes or allows medical marijuana would have been in violation of the township ordinance.

R.I. Seeks More Pot Dispensary Applications After Nixing All

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 5, 2010 Dispensaries, News

Graphic: Turn To 10

The Rhode Island Health Department is now once again taking applications from those interested in opening medical marijuana dispensaries in the state, and officials said they are hoping to avoid problems they faced with the first round of proposals — which were all turned down.

The new round of dispensary applications (the form can be downloaded here) will be open until noon on November 12, and those interested can submit their plans to operate compassion centers that sell marijuana to patients in the state-run program, reports W. Zachary Malinowski of The Providence Journal.

“Our goal has been, and continues to be, assuring the safest and most effective compassion center for patients and the public,” said Dr. David R. Gifford, Health Department director. “We want to keep this process moving.”

Oregon Lawyers Assoc. Endorses Marijuana Dispensaries

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 5, 2010 Dispensaries, Legislation

Graphic: Oregon Measure 74

The Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association announced on Monday that it is endorsing a measure on the November ballot that would create state-regulated dispensaries for medical marijuana in the state.

If approved by voters, Measure 74 would authorize nonprofit organizations to set up state-regulated dispensaries to sell pot to authorized medical marijuana patients, who now must grow their own, pay someone to grow it for them, or obtain it on the black market.

Rally Kicks Off Campaign Against Ban On Marijuana Dispensaries

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 1, 2010 Dispensaries, News

Graphic: Colorado Springs Independent

Lost jobs and property tax revenues, more commercial real estate vacancies and foreclosures, and difficulties for patients will result if voters on November 2 approve a ban on medical marijuana-related businesses in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, according to speakers at an opposition kick-off campaign on Thursday.

“We’re encouraging you to vote ‘No’ if you believe in patient rights and the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship, want to save jobs and protect the local economy, and want to keep businesses tightly regulated and out of our neighborhoods,” said Michael Elliott, campaign manager for Citizens for Safer Communities, reports Debbie Kelley at The Colorado Springs Gazette.

Oregon Democratic Party Endorses Marijuana Dispensaries

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 30, 2010 Dispensaries, News

Democratic Party of Oregon

The campaign for Measure 74, which would legalize medical marijuana dispensaries in the state, announced Wednesday that they have received support for their cause from the Democratic Party of Oregon.

Co-author and chief petitioner Anthony Johnson said the endorsement will help his campaign by getting the word about to voters that the measure is on the ballot and that it “further legitimizes medical marijuana as medicine,” reports Sarah Ross of The Oregon Politico.

Of course, the usual suspects, chiefly including law enforcement, were quick to criticize the ballot measure. Bruce McCain, an attorney who is also a retired captain from the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, claimed the measure could be “political cover” for legislation that would further decriminalize marijuana.

“I’m just trying to give an objective analysis of what 74 is going to do, and 74 is simply the next step to Prop 19,” claimed McCain, citing the California voter initiative that could legalize and regulate adult recreational marijuana use in that state if it passes in November.

Advocates Say Oregon Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Needed

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 30, 2010 Dispensaries, Medical

Photo: Christopher Onstott/Portland Tribune

A West Linn, Oregon marijuana grower, who asked to remain anonymous, tends the crop he grows for a number of cardholding patients. The grower said he plans to open several medical marijuana dispensaries and farms statewide if Ballot Measure 74 passes in November.

Almost everyone who has offered an opinion on Oregon’s medical marijuana program — whether they support or oppose it — agrees that, one way or the other, the program needs fixing.

Activist John Sajo, a co-author of Ballot Measure 74, which would legalize medical marijuana dispensaries in the state, said the measure would go a long way towards doing that, reports Peter Korn of the Portland Tribune.

Medical marijuana advocates, including Sajo, executive director of pro-cannabis organization Voter Power, contend that as many as half of the state’s almost 40,000 cardholding patients have trouble consistently getting the medicine they are entitled to for pain relief.

That’s because the initial ballot measure that legalized medical marijuana in Oregon — passed by voters in 1998 — gave patients the right to grow their own, or designate a grower for them. But in a bit of impractical thinking, the original ballot measure said that growers could not be paid for the cannabis they supply to cardholders.

Marijuana Dispensary Operator Convicted Of Possession, Sales

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 29, 2010 Dispensaries, News

Photo: K.C. Alfred/Sign On San Diego

Jovan Jackson, manager of a now-defunct medical marijuana dispensary in Kearny Mesa, was accused of illegally selling cannabis.

San Diego medical marijuana dispensary operator Jovan Jackson was convicted by a jury Tuesday on all three counts of possession and sales of cannabis with which he was charged. However, the conviction came after San Diego Superior Court Judge Howard H. Shore refused to allow Jackson a medical marijuana defense at trial.

The trial began last week, with the jury taking less than 24 hours to reach a verdict. Jackson is likely to appeal the conviction and his inability to use a medical defense.

Medical marijuana patients’ rights group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) had previously submitted a brief in Jackson’s case supporting his right to a medical defense and is considering assisting with an appeal.

San Diego Jury Deliberating In Medical Marijuana Case

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 28, 2010 Dispensaries, Medical, News

Photo: ASA San Diego

The jury is deliberating in the second trial of San Diego medical marijuana provider Jovan Jackson.

A Superior Court jury has heard the evidence in the trial of Jovan Jackson, accused of illegally selling marijuana at a now-defunct medical cannabis dispensary in Kearny Mesa, California, and is expected to begin its first full day of deliberations Tuesday.

Jackson, 32, faces charges of possession and sale of marijuana at Answerdam Collective Care on Convoy Court. If convicted, he could be sentenced to more than six years in prison, reports Dana Littlefield at Sign On San Diego.

Jackson owned Answerdam, described as a “marijuana store,” according to Deputy Attorney Chris Lindberg. The prosecutor claimed that Jackson misused California’s medical marijuana law, which he said was intended to help the sick and suffering, to “line his own pockets.”

15 Firms File Papers To Sell Medical Marijuana In Arizona

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 27, 2010 Dispensaries, Medical

Graphic: Reality Catcher

The rush is on. It isn’t even legal yet, unless and until the voters approve in November. But more than a dozen companies are setting up shop in Arizona in hopes of getting into the business of selling medical marijuana.

The initiative, if passed, will allow 120 dispensaries across the state, reports Howard Fischer of the Arizona Daily Star. Each one will be permitted to grow an unlimited amount of marijuana onsite and at one additional location, but cannot cultivate it within 500 feet of a school.

The Arizona law requires that medical marijuana dispensaries be set up as nonprofit corporations. But that isn’t deterring prospective dealers who hope to get one of those 120 licenses.

Mich. City Approves Home-Based Medical Marijuana Operations

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 24, 2010 Dispensaries, Growing

Photo: WZZM

The Grand Haven City Council passed an ordinance this week allowing home-based medical marijuana caregivers to operate in the Michigan city.

The decision follows an initial moratorium issued back in February, reports Steve Patterson at WZZM. Registered caregivers now have the right to grow and distribute marijuana from their homes.

Caregivers who grow marijuana must work from home as licensed home businesses, according to the ordinance. They may not open storefront dispensaries like those in California and Colorado.

Also, caregivers can only operate from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m., with never more than two patients in the same home. The home businesses must be at least 1,000 feet away from the nearest school.

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