Marijuana Policy Analyst
On Friday April 1st 2016, Wayne County Circuit
Court Judge Daphnie Means Curtis signed a Temporary Restraining Order requested
by Citizens for Sensible Cannabis Reform (CSCR), halting the implementation of Ordinances
to Zone and Licenses Medical Marijuana Care Centers in the City of Detroit until
April 13th at 8:30am. The granting
of this order means that both ordinances are suspended and cannot be enforced
on ANY facility within the City of Detroit. Building Safety (BSEED), Detroit Police and
Fire Departments are prohibited from taking any adverse action based on any ordinance
violation. While City officials have
been very courteous, MMCC Owners are directed to record any badge number of any
City Official that stops by during this time period to enforce this ordinance.
At issue is the development of an ordinance without the true
input of the owners of Medical Marijuana Caregiver Centers. MMCC businesses on Woodward Avenue are doing
better than the Palmer Park Golf Course and the empty Perfecting Church on
Woodward and Seven Mile combined. If citizens can go to a Walgreens and, CVS
drive through to get their medicine, then equal opportunity shall be afforded
to MMCC businesses also. The State of Colorado has made over 1 billion dollars
revenue from the Marijuana industry with half of the population of Michigan.
This is a large amount of money that cannot be ignored,
especially for a City that needs all the help we can get. Therefore CSCR feels
that the citizens should decide this issue at the ballot box on August 2nd,
2016.
This will allow all stakeholders
to develop a sensible ordinance that will be acceptable to all and, contribute
to the quality of life in a truly democratic process.
There are more child molesters and perverts in Schools and Churches than in Marijuana Caregiver Centers.
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