Confusion delays vote on Portage medical marijuana

PORTAGE, MI - Confusion between the Portage City Council delayed a vote on 2 long-anticipated medical marijuana ordinances. Tuesday, the City Council was scheduled to vote on amendments to ordinances to allow 5 types of medical marijuana facilities to operate. Randall says the discussion has moved beyond the point of hearing anecdotal testimony on both sides of the medical marijuana debate. Shaffer says this was because of concern which a faith organization can move else to a previously established medical marijuana facility & cause the facility to lose its permit. In 2011, the city adopted an ordinance which allows primary caregivers to grow & distribute medical marijuana on behalf of registered patients.

Arkansas names five companies picked to grow medical marijuana

— Arkansas took the premier step Tuesday toward launching its medical marijuana programme, as state regulators named the 5 businesses they intend to license to grow the drug. The state Medical Marijuana Commission reported the highest applications for cultivation facilities, that going to grow & provide hashishfor dispensaries to sell under a 2016 voter-confirmed measure. The state has confirmed further than four,hundred applications for patients to Utilize medical marijuana, & going to issue registry cards about a 30 days before the drug is Guessed to be obtainable legally. The licenses were reported the same day dozens of medical marijuana supporters appeared at the state Capitol to urge lawmakers to make changes to the medical marijuana programme else year. The suggestions involve adding qualifying medical conditions, ending a four percent tax on medical marijuana sales & allowing students confirmed to Utilize medical marijuana to have access to non-smokeable forms of hashishon school grounds.

Carle Place group to host forum on medical marijuana

As it stated in A civic association going to host a meeting Wednesday in Carle Place to discuss a latest medical marijuana clinic which is planned for the ambit. Representatives from Pallia-Tech, a Massachusetts-based medical marijuana Inc., going to be on hand to field any questions from residents. This is the Inc.'s second meeting by the Carle Place Civic Association. This clinic would join North Hempstead Town's other clinic in Lake Success. The meeting is at seven:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at Carle Place High School, 168 Cherry Lane.

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