Traverse City Govt News Release
No Acceptance of Adult-Use Marijuana Applications for Retail and Microbusiness
by Katelyn Zeits
Friday, November 13, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Subject: Adult-Use Marijuana Applications for Retail and Microbusiness
From: Benjamin Marentette, City Clerk, tcclerk@traversecitymi.gov, 231-922-4480
Issued: November 10, 2020
Due to the lawsuits filed by Leoni Wellness and Sucurecann, Circuit Court Judge Thomas Power has ordered the City Clerk Benjamin Marentette to not accept applications for adult-use marijuana retail and microbusiness establishments.
Therefore, the city will being announcing at a later date the status of when it may be accepting applications for adult-use marijuana retail and microbusiness establishments.
At the November 10th Special City Commission Meeting, it was a consensus of the City Commission to have the City Attorney propose recommendations for revisions to the scoring matrix which will be brought back to the City Commission at a later date.
Leoni Wellness LLC’s owner argued the city’s limit of four recreational retailers violates state law, according to a complaint filed in 13th Circuit Court in August. The company is one of 13 medical marijuana sellers to be licensed in a 2019 lottery.
Why Keep Your Patient Card?
Recreational retail licenses are becoming progressively more important for medical retailers who will strive to compete in the decrease in medical marijuana cardholders.
Patients don’t need that card any more to buy cannabis.
What does the medical marijuana patient card do for you? – It offers more protection from legal issues (for now). A patient is allowed to have THC in your blood because of the small payment to the state. If you get pulled over this a line of defense. Law enforcement also must prove impairment.
Attorney recommends keeping medical marijuana card and protections.
The caregivers and patient system will be lobbied out because the cities stand to make more revenue from the sale and legal enforcement. Once again the world’s largest CCE and their enforcers stand at both ends of the bridge collecting tolls on the way in and the way out..
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