KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Kalamazoo is closer to allowing medical marijuana to be grown, sold and taxed within its city limits.
Today, the city put on a public forum for people who are interested in the city’s plans to legalize medical marijuana.
“This public meeting, this is basically a precursor to taking the draft language before the elected officials,” said Peter Eldridge, Kalamazoo’s zoning administrator.
In 2012, Kalamazoo voters approved an amendment to the city charter allowing medical marijuana dispensaries. The Michigan Supreme Court ruled them illegal shortly after that. Then the state legislature made them legal again last fall.
Fast forward to today, a variety of proposed municipal ordinances are being drafted that would allow seven medical marijuana dispensaries, known as “provision centers,” to open in Kalamazoo.
Some who attended the forum were interested in opening medical marijuana dispensaries, while others were a bit more cautious.
“So the maps we’ve laid out show the available acreage for the different facility types,” Eldridge said.
But some people wonder about where those dispensaries may be located.