Comments on: Licensing or Zoning for Medical Marijuana?

By: Mary Morgan

Mary Morgan — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:49:39 +0000

The planning commission meeting is tonight – Tuesday, Sept. 21. It is open to the public and includes time for public commentary. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the 2nd floor city council chambers, 100 N. Fifth Ave. The commission has a full agenda, which includes review of the Fuller Road Station project as well as the medical marijuana issue, among other items. The agenda can be viewed here: [link]

By: Waterway

Waterway — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:26:44 +0000

Is the meeting tomorrow public? 7pm is it? Those of us who are affected by this latest trouncing of the public will need to attend. We have to make it clear that we have voted, and the law is quite clear that this medicine should be available to any qualifying patient. And, do I need to remind everybody that the MMMP decides who is a qualifying patient, along with that patient’s doctor? Sorry but you can’t diagnose somebody from a 50 ft observation, even if they are playing hacky sack! That’s why somebody went to school for 8 years and determined that cannabis would be beneficial for that person. And, the simple fact of the matter is that cannabis would probably be beneficial in many ways for MOST people. Wow, there’s a concept! Maybe that’s why tens of millions of Americans have continued to obtain and use cannabis responsibly for decades with almost no consequence other than those caused by its illegal status. We need to go to that meeting, and every meeting and drill these facts into their minds until they get it. $300 an ounce? THAT’S BECAUSE OF REGULATIONS! So it’s your regulations that are causing this supposed “crime zone” I have yet to experience in my over 100 trips to dispensaries. We have to speak up. Our less-abled patients are depending on us and damn those who label us more active patients as too healthy for medicine. My patients depend on my health and my health depends on cannabis. I hope to see you all there.
Actually, I will admit there is a humility and respect level that certain patients are almost sure to breach. However when taking any random sample of the population you will undoubtedly always have an immature group, right? Cannabis may have many benefits, but making an immature person act respectful and humble may be asking a bit much.

By: sidder

sidder — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:07:03 +0000

There are a lot of high people everywhere! You might be thinking of the obnoxious.

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:50:35 +0000

Wait–are you really arguing that it’s somehow onerous for “the rest of us” (whoever that is) to “put up with”… hackysack? How dare those people? Seriously, that’s your nuisance? Better stay out of my neighborhood, there might be a foursquare game going on.

By: ziggyselbin

ziggyselbin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:59:41 +0000

Ima , the behavior I refer to is blatantly expecting the rest of us to shut uo and smile as the “suffering” reefer patient plays hackey sack and frisbee in the parking lot(have you seen the names of these “clinics?)….park their cars in neighboring businesses lots……this is a medical need?

I have nothing against anyone that wants to use marijuana as a recreational thing.I am offended when they think I et,al are so callow that we can’t see the transparency of it.

They will wreck it for those that need it and themselves when the laws are changed to something more prohibitive.

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:24:36 +0000

Where are the other crime zones? It would be good to have a list.

By: Jack F.

Jack F. — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:07:22 +0000

Glad Citizen Calberg is working so hard on this. Guess I can rest easy tonight about her crime fighting efforts.

“Earlier in the meeting the group had discussed the cost of medical marijuana – more than $300 per ounce – and Carlberg had commented that it could create a crime zone around the dispensaries.”

By: Jack F.

Jack F. — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:05:49 +0000

Mary–

Thanks for the information on the 79%.

Guessing that most of this group didn’t vote to have city officials effectively kill off implementation of the law with a thousand tiny paper cuts either. The people of Ann Arbor and Michigan have spoken and it looks like the city is begging for more tax wasting lawsuits with their ‘work group’. And Lawyer Postema’s membership in a state group wishing to small this law appears to be a conflict of interest with his city job.

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:34:13 +0000

Kudos to Mr Dairy for perfectly capturing the absurdity of this “debate.” Tangentially, who spells it “marihuana”? I haven’t seen that since those scary pamphlets in the 70s warned us that “marihuana” use was going to lead directly to tripping teenagers jumping off of skyscrapers. Squaresville, man.

By: Mary Morgan

Mary Morgan — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:11:49 +0000

Re. Ann Arbor’s vote on the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act of 2008: At Tuesday night’s working session of the planning commission, Jill Thacher of the city’s planning staff reported that 79% of voters in Ann Arbor had approved the ballot initiative.