DETROIT (AP) – Detroit could become a leader in the push to make medical marijuana dispensaries legal in Michigan.
City Council member James Tate wants the city to lobby Lansing for a bill to legalize dispensaries, with an estimated 50 to 180 in Detroit alone. Tate told the Detroit Free Press (http://on.freep.com/1BaJA9XÂ ) that the city should draw up its own rules to eliminate "bad actors" and encourage ethical shops.
An early draft of proposed city regulations would require dispensaries to obtain a city-issued business license. Other recommendations include a restriction that dispensaries could not be less than 1,000 feet from each other, nor within 2,000 feet of a school, library, museum, child care center or city recreation center.
