Muskegon To Get Officer 'investigating And Educating' Marijuana Businesses

[knucklehead bob]

MUSKEGON, MI – An officer of the law in Muskegon could soon be spending most of his time "investigating and educating" medical marijuana providers and marijuana-related businesses.

 

The Muskegon County Board of Commissioners Courts and Public Safety committee recently voted to accept a $61,249 Medical Marijuana Operation and Oversight grant from the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, called LARA.

 

http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2016/04/muskegon_to_get_officer_invest.html#incart_2box_news_muskegon

 

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Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson said that while caregivers are allowed to give marijuana to patients with medical marijuana cards, dispensaries are not legal. The officer could check on "grow shops" catering toward people growing their own marijuana, or other marijuana-related businesses, he said – mostly to ensure no marijuana is sold under the table.

 

The money provides some direction into a gray area that law enforcement and prosecutors in Michigan have been trying to navigate for nearly a decade, Hilson said.

 

"We've been figuring it out for eight years," Hilson said. "Finally, we've got some money to dedicate to an officer."

 

 

Who is going to train these special officers? And what will they be trained to do?

 

How can LARA fund county wide officers when no state wide training or standards exist?

 

Seems like a classic case of putting the cart before the horse.

 

I bet you a nickel they are using our own money from our registration fee's against us.

 

Why?

 

Why do they think this is necessary? Who is pushing for or even asking about county wide participation in a law enforcement perspective to help regulate medical grade cannabis?

 

When will they realize it is an innocuous substance?

[t-pain]

The officer could check on "grow shops"

they are going to see a lot of boring garden equipment heh.

 

isnt it interesting they are spending lara MMP money looking at gardening stores instead of investigating rapes, murders, burglaries, etc?

[t-pain]

How can LARA fund county wide officers when no state wide training or standards exist?

because the idiot legislature gave them $3million out of it.

[Restorium2]

they are going to see a lot of boring garden equipment heh.

 

isnt it interesting they are spending lara MMP money looking at gardening stores instead of investigating rapes, murders, burglaries, etc?

They are going to take down license plate numbers at the grow stores, go to the address and do a trash pull, all on our dime.

[Restorium2]

they are going to see a lot of boring garden equipment heh.

 

isnt it interesting they are spending lara MMP money looking at gardening stores instead of investigating rapes, murders, burglaries, etc?

They figure they might run into some of those types when they serve the bad warrants they got from the trash pulls.