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Tagged: local laws

Medical marijuana
10:07 pm
Mon December 6, 2010

Despite potential legal case, recall effort, city approves medical marijuana ban

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Wyoming medical marijuana
Credit Lindsey Smith / Michigan Radio
People for and against the ban pleaded their case to city council Monday
John Ter Beek
Credit Lindsey Smith / Michigan Radio
Attorney and medical marijuana patient John Ter Beek informs council he's planning a recall campaign
Wyoming medical marijuana, Jack Poll
Credit Lindsey Smith / Michigan Radio
Mayor Jack Poll (second to right) and Wyoming City Council listen to residents.
Wyoming medical marijuana
Credit Lindsey Smith / Michigan Radio
City council member Rich Pastoor (at right) says "But if I have to be recalled because I vote on preserving safety in our community, the City of Wyoming, the city I love...then so be it."
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A Grand Rapid’s suburb is the latest city to adopt a ban on medical marijuana. Wyoming City Council voted unanimously in favor of local laws that reflect federal rules governing marijuana over the state’s new laws allowing medicinal use.

Mayor Jack Poll, who is also a pharmacist, says they would like to see medical marijuana dispensed as any other drug for the safety of the patient and the city’s neighborhoods.

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