(MI) AG rules landowners can prohibit medical marijuana

[Bozita]

Source: AP

Last Updated: September 16. 2011 9:47PM
AG rules landowners can prohibit medical marijuana
Associated Press


Lansing — Michigan's attorney general has issued an opinion saying the owner of an apartment building, hotel or similar facility can prohibit the use or growing of medical marijuana anywhere in the building.

The opinion issued this week by Republican Bill Schuette says the voter-approved medical marijuana law from 2008 would not prevent an apartment or hotel owner from banning the drug.

Schuette said the 2008 law prohibits patients from smoking the drug in public areas of restaurants, motels, apartment buildings and other public places.

He says the state's medical marijuana law needs clarification. Medical marijuana advocates say he's trying to make it more difficult to get and grow the drug.


Read more: http://detnews.com/article/20110916/METRO/109160429/AG-rules-landowners-can-prohibit-medical-marijuana#ixzz1YAvE6kaD

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Gotta wonder what that Teabagger would say about a lawn sign like that.

[LiberalFighter]

1. I would think that a landowner would have the right to prohibit growing

but using??

Wouldn't that mean a landowner could prohibit the use of prescription drugs too?

[cstanleytech]

3. I suppose but I assume it would all depend on the lease and what it says like how

some hoas can ban you from flying a flag if its against their rules and you agreed to those rules when you purchased your home or how some people cant smoke in their homes if the rules of their building say you cant smoke and they agreed to that when they signed the lease.

[boppers]

8. I'm not allowed to smoke in my (rented) house.

Doesn't matter if I have a tobacco prescription.

[left on green only]

2. To my way of thinking, a landowner shouldn't have the right to prohibit either use or cultivation

by the person he rents to, and doing so would constitute the prosecutable offense of discrimination.

[harmonicon]

4. well, that might be nice, but it's not the case.

All the time I see advertisements for places that state "no smoking".

[left on green only]

6. I believe you may have made an off topic post

My understanding of the subject of this thread is a discussion of an impending topic in USA society which is the legality of the cultivation and use of medical marijuana in private dwellings that have been rented. I was merely stating that in my way of thinking, this activity should be ruled in a court of law as being legal.

The subject of your message would seem to indicate that your perception of "the case" is that it has already been determined to be illegal simply because you "all the time" see advertisements that state "no smoking". Applying your logic would then seem to indicate that whatever you frequently read in printed advertisements must be fact in the legal sense. I would hope that simply because you are a member of DU that your sense of logic would transcend such a Pavlovian response.

[harmonicon]

10. not off topic at all

Landlords can make up loads of rules about what can and can't be done in their properties. If you sign the lease agreeing to those rules, that's that. You're the one who brought this up, so I don't see how it's off topic.

[left on green only]

11. Once again, it would appear that the topic of this thread is concerned with the as yet

undetermined legality of the consumption and/or cultivation of medical marijuana on private rented property. I am sorry that I need to inform you again that I did not bring it up. I am merely a contributor to the thread who stated a personal opinion that I believe it will ultimately be determined to be legal, under the law.

Please try hard to understand that the topic of the thread has nothing whatsoever to do with a landlords propensity to "make up loads of rules" concerning permissible activities on their properties. It does have everything to do with what may happen once those "made up loads of rules" which pertain to the cultivation and/or use of medical marijuana have been challenged in a court of law. That is the reason why your comments on the board have so far all been off topic.

Most people are able to grasp the concept of the topic being discussed here quite well.

I am trying not to allow my rhetoric to spill over into saying anything personal, but the subject of the thread does seem to be a bit beyond the depth of your intellect.

[harmonicon]

12. I'm pretty high right now, so I won't respond at length.

I don't need to repeat myself to you a third time. That's all, I think.

[annabanana]

5. So can a landlord ONLY rent to growers, if he wants?

Seems fair to me...

[saras]

7. "use" and "smoking are two different things.

While you could probably make a case for "no smoking, no matter what's in the pipe", smokeless methods (or for that matter someone who prefers to eat the stuff) are another matter entirely.

[boppers]

9. I once visited a friend who lived in dry apartments.

No alcohol allowed in apartments, no alcohol use allowed in apartments. If you wanted to use, you had to go off-site.

As you might have guessed, it was a rehab house, and the point of the policy was to discourage abuse.