Three medical marijuana caregivers are ready to open a shop for their patients now that the Ferndale City Council has approved their plan. Adam Applebaum, CEO of Meridian Wellness, told city council members he and two other caregivers will service up to five patients each, as allowed under the state's medical marijuana law. Patients would be serviced by appointment and the facility would host educational seminars and other meetings, Applebaum said. "It is very hard for a patient to get matched with a caregiver," he said Monday, adding that some patients are hesitant to have caregivers come to their homes. "This way we can facilitate a neutral ground with security." [continues 385 words]
Pot decriminalization advocates turned in petitions Tuesday to get the issue on the November ballot in Huntington Woods and Pleasant Ridge. "This is an issue about freedom and liberty," said Andrew Cissell, a candidate running in the Aug. 5 primary as a Democrat to be state representative for the 27th District. "We have done this in every city in the district." Cissell and volunteers last year got the decriminalization proposal on the ballot Ferndale, where it passed overwhelmingly. So far this year Cissell has also successfully submitted petitions to get the proposal on ballots in Oak Park, Hazel Park and Berkley. [continues 377 words]
A Madison Heights businessman is building a facility in Canada to grow government-controlled medical marijuana that he hopes to turn into a $5 billion a year business that could spread to the U.S. Bill Chaaban, CEO of Creative Edge Nutrition Inc. headquartered in Madison Heights, is working with that company's Canadian subsidiary, CEN Biotech, to build a marijuana growing facility near Windsor in Lakeshore, Ont. The company has gotten permission from the national Health Canada department to build its industrial growing facility. Once it is complete and Health Canada inspects it, Chaaban expects he will get permission to grow and sell marijuana for import and export with the roughly 30 countries worldwide that allow for medical or legal marijuana use. [continues 675 words]
