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Michigan Towns and Cities Have Three Months Left to Ban Recreational Marijuana

Municipalities have to decide whether or not they want to allow recreational marijuana businesses in their communities by October.

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MLive.com
June 25, 2019

Officials are ready to start the recreational marijuana market in Michigan, as they’ll be issuing a set of rules for business operations by the end of June.

For local governments, that means it's crunch time.

Municipalities have to decide whether or not they want to allow recreational marijuana businesses in their communities by October, when state officials said they plan to start accepting license applications.

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