Michigan Attorney General Goes After Medical Marijuana Law

Michigan's attorney general has been busily trying to dismantle the state's medical marijuana law ever since it was passed by voters. Attorney General Bill Schuette announced legislative proposals on Wednesday targeting patients he claims are "exploiting" the law.

Schuette is not a fan of the law, passed by an overwhelming 63 percent of Michigan voters in 2008. In the sort of political gymnastics also favored by Republican attorneys general in other states (examples: Rob McKenna of Washington state and Tom Horne of Arizona), Schuette claims to be a "states' rights conservative" -- unless the "state's right" we're talking about is a medical marijuana law.

In that case, the rules are different, and in Schuette's mind, it's open season on medical marijuana patients, because, in a brief he filed back in June in support of the City of Livonia -- which is trying to ban medical marijuana use and sales -- the attorney general claims the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act is preempted by federal law.

Oddly, Michigan law somehow trumps federal law with Schuette if it's affirmative action we're talking about.



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Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette hates medical marijuana,
and he thinks you're faking to get it.