New Baltimore Passes Medical Marijuana Ordinance
A majority of New Baltimore City Council approved medical marijuana dispensaries in the industrial district.
Following months of debates, New Baltimore City Council approved a medical marijuana ordinance Monday night. The council majority approved the proposed ordinance allowing dispensaries in the city's industrial district, an area not far behind the U.S. Post Office off 23 Mile, Councilman Karl Rutledge said. Under the ordinance, medical marijuana establishments cannot be within 1,200 feet of primary or secondary schools in the city, he said. "I am glad that we have taken the first step," Rutledge, who also has served on the planning commission, said after the motion passed. "Now we have guidelines in place. It's very difficult to tell a business owner who you can and can't sell your property to." The ordinance is aimed at setting clear, …
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Jamie
4:51 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
If someone is going to to attempt to assert something, especially something so damning of an otherwise succesful program, they should be prepared to substantiate it. The truth is, while many are ready to believe that the program is abused, there is no evidence to support it. It is simply said and believed without actually being true. A person leaves a pharmacy with enough poison to kill … more ›