PORTAGE, MI - Portage's only medical marijuana dispensary will be allowed to stay in business and the city intends to pursue an ordinance on local control of medical marijuana facilities.
Both actions came at a special meeting of the Portage City Council Tuesday night when the council voted 5-2 on an emergency ordinance to allow the Lake Effect medical marijuana provision center to remain open for six months while it pursues a state license.
The council also voted 6-1 for a resolution stating its intent to examine an ordinance that would regulate medical marijuana facilities such as growing operations or dispensaries. The first look at a potential local ordinance will be at a committee of the whole meeting 5:30 p.m. Dec. 19.
The emergency ordinance comes about because the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs recently issued a bulletin that said in places where patients have developed relationships with caregiver facilities, municipalities can allow medical marijuana dispensaries to remain open past Dec. 15.
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