I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
In what is sure to be the first of many confusing interactions between police and patients who use marijuana for medicinal purposes under a soon-to-be-enacted law, Madison Heights police on Monday seized 21 cannabis plants from a homeowner who said that he thought they were legal under the state’s medical marijuana law, which goes into effect April 4.
The Free Press reports that 59-year-old Robert Redden’s Madison Heights home was raided by police, who seized the plants, along with money and a list of contacts. Medical marijuana patient advocates believe it is the first significant test to the fledgling law’s limits.
“We don’t know what the rules are. This is a new situation for all of us,” Madison Heights Police Chief Kevin Sagan is quoted as saying.
As Michigan Messenger reported last week, law enforcement agencies throughout the state have similar concerns about how to approach the law.
Under the law, a registered patient can possess up to 12 marijuana plants and up to 2.5 ounces of usable marijuana.
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