The city is being sued by a cancer patient who claims the zoning restrictions on medical marijuana that went into effect Thursday violate the Michigan Constitution and state law.
Adam Leslie Brook of Royal Oak filed a lawsuit Thursday afternoon in Oakland County Circuit Court against the city, city clerk, building official and mayor.
Brook had threatened to sue on Jan. 24 when the City Commission voted 4-3 for a zoning ordinance that allows qualifying patients to use medical marijuana but bans all commercial and residential growing operations.
Federal officials haven't ruled out taking legal action if California voters approve a ballot initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana use in the state, President Barack Obama's drug czar said Wednesday.
In a phone interview with The Associated Press, Director of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske said Justice Department officials are "looking at all their options" for responding to the measure, which would conflict with federal laws classifying marijuana as an illegal drug.
Among them, he said, is following the recommendation nine of the nation's former Drug Enforcement Agency chiefs made last month in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder: having Obama sue to overturn Proposition 19 as an affront to federal authority. Read more »
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The city is being sued by a cancer patient who claims the zoning restrictions on medical marijuana that went into effect Thursday violate the Michigan Constitution and state law.
by The Associated Press
