Pubdate: Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Source: Flint Journal (MI)
Copyright: 2012 Flint Journal
Contact: http://www.mlive.com/mailforms/fljournal/letters/
Website: http://www.mlive.com/flint/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/836
Author: Roberto Acosta

BURTON COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVE NEW SIX-MONTH MORATORIUM ON MEDICAL 
MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES

BURTON, Michigan -- By a 4-to-3 vote, City Council members have 
approved a new six-month moratorium on medical marijuana distribution 
facilities, including dispensaries, while it awaits the outcome of an 
Isabella County case.

Council members Ellen Ellenburg, Vaughn Smith, Dennis O'Keefe and Tom 
Martinbianco approved the measure, while Danny Wells, Duane Haskins 
and Steve Heffner voted against the move to bar new distribution facilities.

The Isabella County case involved a Mt. Pleasant dispensary found to 
be a public nuisance based on the state's health code.

Burton currently has four medical marijuana dispensaries that will 
continue to operate despite the approval of the new moratorium.
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