Cole: Medical marijuana 'a nightmare' for law enforcement

After failing to gain enough support at the end of last year, a pair of bills aimed at clarifying and updating Michigan's medical marijuana law are back and creeping forward in the Legislature.

House Bills 4209 and 4210 mirror proposals introduced in 2013. If they become law, the bills would legalize and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries and allow for "medibles," marijuana products that are edible and used by many who can't or prefer not to smoke the drug.

The bills were discussed Thursday morning in a state House Judiciary Committee meeting in Lansing. State House Rep. Triston Cole, R-Mancelona, is a member of the committee and said afterward the Legislature should be careful in crafting any new medical marijuana policies.

"I'm very critical of medical marijuana," Cole said. "I have concerns with how and why it's being used."

Cole, who represents a

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