Zoned out? Marijuana dispensaries worry about legal future

Joe Brennan faces a lot of the same worries as all businesspeople — sourcing inventory, regulatory headaches, competitors popping up like weeds.

But those weeds give Brennan a whole new set of worries. His business? Mindright, a medical marijuana dispensary in Detroit.

Brennan said he has tried to do everything legitimately. But he is in an industry that is known for angering neighbors, accused of promoting drug abuse and inviting heavy scrutiny as dispensaries proliferate in the city.

Before opening earlier this year, he obtained a city license for a retail-medical sales business, bought insurance, hired a security guard and made sure his marijuana products were tested for purity. "We want to be completely professional," he said.

Now the U.S. Marines veteran fears his dispensary, across from the Grosse Pointe border, might be shuttered because of a proposed Detroit zoning ordinance that would impose specific regulations on the city's more than 150 medical...

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