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Michigan Attorney General Issues Opinion on Medical Marihuana

The Michigan Attorney General, Bill Schuette, recently issued an opinion (available at http://www.ag.state.mi.us/opinion/datafiles/2010s/op10340.htm) concerning three issues posed by the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA): (1) Whether the Michigan Smoking Ban applied to Marihuana; (2) Assuming that the Smoking Ban does not apply to Marihuana, does the MMMA’s prohibition on public smoking apply to food service [...]

Update on the Asian Carp Dispute

On December 23, we posted an article about the Lake Michigan Asian carp dispute.  In December, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox asked the United States Supreme Court to close all waterways from Illinois leading to Lake Michigan, to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes. Last week, the Supreme Court refused to immediately close [...]

The Asian Carp Dispute

In recent weeks, there has been significant media coverage of the Asian carp issue in Chicago-area waterways.  Many governments and groups are concerned that unless some drastic action is taken, the Asian carp – voracious feeders that are also known to jump out of the water at boaters – will soon enter Lake Michigan and [...]