New York: More Than 100 Protest Otsego County Medical Marijuana Raids

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GAYLORD — Maureen Suggitt travels nearly 120 miles from Sault Ste. Marie to obtain her medical marijuana and Sunday she traveled that same distance to protest a recent sting that has blocked her from purchasing her medicine.

Suggitt joined a group of more than 100 in Gaylord Sunday for a march that began around 3 p.m. to protest raids of every medical marijuana dispensary in Otsego County by numerous law enforcement agencies Thursday.

With the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act in place, Suggitt said she was confused as to why the raids were warranted.

“It's horrible,” she said, as she marched with the throng from the Pavilion on Court, to the Michigan State Police Gaylord post and to other locations around Gaylord. “All across the state, the people are saying one thing and law enforcement do another.”

Searches were completed at all eight dispensaries in Gaylord and one in Vanderbilt. A...

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