12/12/12 - The Tyrone Township Planning Commission discussed medical marijuana and dispensaries at its regular meeting last night. The discussion was scheduled months ago during a joint session with the township board in hopes that action at the state level would have clarified the issues surrounding Michiganâs medical marijuana act. However, it was decided during the meeting that there was no action to take on the issue because state-level government has not put forward any firm decisions regarding the enforcement of the act. Commission Chair Mark Meisel tells WHMI the questions of medical marijuana and commercial dispensaries are not addressed at all by township ordinance at this time. He says both the attorney general and state appeals courts have ruled that dispensaries are not authorized under the medical marijuana act and, unless that changes, the township will have no reason to regulate them. Meisel adds that the township plans to observe the issue as it develops but does not intend to over-regulate anything. (TD)
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