Archived articles from The Marijuana Patients Organization (marijuanapatients.org), an advocacy site that was widely popular in the United States from 2010- 2017.
Lansing Dispensary Ordinance Puts Patients at Danger
The city of Lansing has set ordinances of who, what, and where regarding medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, and said loudly absolutely no medical marijuana on Michigan Avenue. This recent action was in response to the lobby efforts of two Lansing neighborhood associations to eliminate the dispensaries along Michigan Avenue. Both are 501(c) organizations that are tax exempt and also unable to participate in the political process, i.e. lobby for policy change, given their tax status. Who is more guilty, the neighborhood association or a city council that restricted business to the even more dangerous part of Lansing, putting patients at risk and limiting safe access.
Our Attorney General, Bill Schuette, the person who is charged with protecting the rights of medical marijuana patients, has done the exact opposite. His opposition to the law was known prior to the passage of the act in 2008 and was the proverbial soap box that Schuette used to get elected as our Attorney General. Bill Schuette has one clear agenda, to reverse this act and kill the law. He has touted this at cocktail parties and truly believes the death of the act will catapault him into the governors office or some other important role.