Lansing medical marijuana cases drag on as law evolves

Marijuana plants sit on display at a Lansing store last spring. The state’s evolving medical marijuana law has left some prosecutioss lingering for years.(Photo: Dave Wasinger/Lansing State Journal)

LANSING – One law and the case against three men have been in limbo for years as the justice system tries to determine what’s legal and what’s not when it comes to medical marijuana.

The case against the men — Zebediah Dewey, Daniel Corbin and Michael Lewis Jr. — is an example of how the poorly drafted medical marijuana law that didn’t set up a clear legal mechanism for patients to buy the drug is still evolving in Michigan’s courts.

After the 2008 law took affect, dispensaries like the Hydroworld locations in Lansing, where the three men worked, began to spring up until they were declared illegal.

They now operate in a legal gray area until a law enforcement agency chooses to...

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