GIBRALTAR: City Council approves ordinance blocking medical marijuana growth, distribution - thenewsherald.com

GIBRALTAR: City Council approves ordinance blocking medical marijuana growth, distribution - thenewsherald.com: "City Council recently approved an ordinance blocking medical marijuana growth and distribution operations in the city.

The ordinance makes it illegal for a person or business to engage in activities that violate state or federal law in the city. It was requested by Police Chief Raymond Canterbury.

While marijuana growth and usage is legal for medicinal purposes in Michigan, it remains illegal under federal law. This has led to a murky area of legality that some council members hoped to avoid. Others had reservations about the entire issue.

Councilman Scott Ross, who supported the measure, said 63 percent of Michigan voters supported legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes in 2008.

He said other cities that have adopted ordinances similar to Gibraltar’s have seen them struck down in court."

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