Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Community comes out to battle against marijuana shops near homes in Harper Woods

MMP News AuthorFebruary 28, 2024

HARPER WOODS, Mich. – How and where marijuana businesses can fit into the city of Harper Woods has been an ongoing struggle. Last year, the city council was considering doing away with a 1,500-foot buffer between pot shops, which neighbors viewed as allowing a free-for-all for cannabis businesses to move into the ... Read More

10 classmates at Harper Woods middle school consume marijuana gummies; 1 student hospitalized

MMP News AuthorFebruary 22, 2024

HARPER WOODS, Mich. – An investigation is underway after 10 middle school students allegedly took marijuana gummies at school. Harper Woods Director of Public Safety Jason Hammerle said it happened Thursday (Feb. 22) at Discovery Creative Pathways, a K-8 charter school. The students involved were between the ages of 12 and ... Read More

Theives use truck as battering ram to break into Detroit marijuana dispensary

MMP News AuthorNovember 13, 2023

DETROIT – Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying people wanted in an armed robbery and burglary of a Detroit marijuana dispensary. The incident happened at about 6 a.m. on Saturday, Nov 11. According to authorities, two armed people left a black Cadillac SUV on Mack Avenue and ... Read More

4 Metro Detroit cities vote ‘no’ to marijuana dispensaries

MMP News AuthorNovember 8, 2023

Pot proposals fail in Metro Detroit Voters in Birmingham, Grosse Pointe Park, Rochester, and Keego Harbor voted no on proposals that would have allowed marijuana dispensaries. The issue was also on the ballot in St. Clair County’s Yale. The proposal failed there, too. (FOX 2) – Voters in the four ... Read More

Voters deciding on marijuana dispensaries in several Metro Detroit cities

MMP News AuthorNovember 7, 2023

Marijuana dispensaries on the ballot in some Metro Detroit cities Voters in several Metro Detroit communities, including Birmingham, Keego Harbor, and Rochester, will vote to decide whether marijuana dispensaries should be allowed in the cities. BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (FOX 2) – When Metro Detroiters head to the polls Tuesday, some will ... Read More

City council approves recreational marijuana shops in Taylor

MMP News AuthorMay 2, 2023

TAYLOR, Mich. – After months of no action, the City of Taylor is one step closer to opening recreational marijuana shops. Taylor City Council passed two marijuana ordinances Tuesday (May 2) night after voters approved the measure last fall. The primary ordinance focused on zoning, allowing anywhere from three to five recreational ... Read More