A court has ruled the state cannot enforce a shortened deadline for medical marijuana businesses to get their state licenses.
This means all medical marijuana provisioning centers which were in danger of being told to shut down on Thursday, can stay up and running.
The state had moved up a December 15th licensing deadline to October 31st.
Jeff Hank of MI Legalize says this is an example of checks and balances at its best.
“The judicial branch saved safe patient access and the continued payment by cannabis taxpayers for the state of Michigan which benefits the entire state,” he said.
In Lansing, all medical marijuana provisioning centers were going to be shut down because none have yet received city approval.
Local approval is needed before the state goes ahead.
Will Thatcher was at Greenwave Provisioning Center in Lansing before the doors opened Tuesday morning to stock up in case of a shutdown.
“Medical marijuana has helped my lower back. It has helped me to do better at my job and it doesn’t affect my performance whatsoever,” said Thatcher.
Any upcoming closure deadlines will be debated during a November hearing.
