Detroit Pot Licensing Scheme 'Likely Unconstitutional'

By Diana Novak Jones (June 17, 2021, 6:03 PM EDT) -- Detroit was barred from processing applications for its marijuana dispensaries after a federal judge on Thursday called the city's preference for so-called Detroit legacy applicants "unfair, irrational and likely unconstitutional."

U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman granted would-be dispensary owner Crystal Lowe's motion for a preliminary injunction against the ordinance, agreeing with her that the legacy program's focus on how long an applicant has lived in the city likely impedes intrastate travel and interstate commerce. He also criticized the city's argument that the rule is necessary to undo the harms inflicted by the war on drugs.

"At a minimum, the Ordinance must...

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