US MI: Questionable Patient-Caregiver Relationships Led to Lapeer County Raid on Medical Marijuana Dispensary

9/2/2010

Lapeer County Sheriff:

QUESTIONABLE PATIENT-CAREGIVER RELATIONSHIPS LED TO LAPEER COUNTY RAID ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY

DRYDEN, Michigan -- Lapeer County Sheriff Ron Kalanquin said a search warrant that was executed Tuesday on a Dryden medical marijuana dispensary was based off of three accounts of medical marijuana patients who did not have medical marijuana caregivers.

The patients all went to the dispensary to receive their medical marijuana.

State law does not clarify how patients can receive their medical marijuana, but does limit the number of clients a medical marijuana caregiver has to five.

According to the search warrant, a police officer witnessed about 100 vehicles coming to and from the business in a typical eight-hour day.

The sheriff's department took 49 marijuana plants, $3,500 and scales from the the Compassionate Care Center of Michigan.

Kalanquin said the Dryden medical marijuana caregivers will be given their property if they are exonerated.

He said interpreting and following the 2-year-old medical marijuana law is an "evolving process," and the department had received a number of tips about the dispensary.

"We are just fact finders," he said. "We are just looking for the truth."

Kalanquin said the department does not have a stance on the medical marijuana law.

He said no one was arrested during the search, and charges have not been brought against anyone related to the dispensary.

Back To News Listing