{"id":364,"date":"2015-12-07T15:50:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T15:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2017-07-24T06:27:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T13:27:22","slug":"michigans-marijuana-reform-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/michigans-marijuana-reform-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan’s Marijuana Reform Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Michigan has allowed marijuana by prescription for medicinal purposes for nearly eight years, Michigan law still lists weed as a Schedule 1 controlled substance (see NORML for details on existing restrictions and possession penalty details<\/a>). This year, a package of bills proposed to expand previous state approved legislature and further regulate the state\u2019s marijuana supply chain is attracting a lot of attention.<\/p>\n

In many ways Michigan\u2019s marijuana reform current legislative efforts seem to be preparing residents and law enforcement for further decriminalization and the inevitable legalization of recreational marijuana use.<\/p>\n

Michigan’s Marijuana Reform<\/h2>\n

It seems that, in Michigan, \u201c\u2026even conservative Republicans recognize that marijuana is on the threshold of becoming a legitimate and lucrative industry,\u201d<\/a> according to\u00a0Jeff Hank, an East Lansing attorney intimately involved with marijuana initiatives his organization is working to put in front of Michigan voters in November 2016.<\/p>\n

Cultivation and marijuana retail are very, very hot topics. But many marijuana patient advocates<\/a> are angry that the proposed and long overdue \u201cfixes\u201d will seemingly overregulate the supply process in a way that impedes marijuana access.<\/p>\n

“Now it\u2019s just a matter of how, and who\u2019s going to control the process,\u201d Hank said recently.<\/p>\n

For more on the topic, we also\u00a0recommend reading:<\/p>\n