[img_assist|nid=29677|title=|desc=What once was a smoke shop is now slated to be the Greenleaf Compassion Center located at 395 Bloomfield Avenue n Montclair. The store is seen prior to its renovation. After a series of bureaucratic and political delays, one out of the six medical marijuana dispensaries is slowly gaining some traction.
Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon wants to stop local governments from attempting to circumvent a state law that permits medical marijuana facilities from sprouting in their towns.
Defense attorneys hailed Wednesday's decision by an Oakland County judge to dismiss drug conspiracy charges against seven people arrested during a controversial 2010 raid on a Ferndale medical marijuana dispensary.
A U.S. District Court judge Wednesday dismissed Arizona’s lawsuit seeking to clarify whether its voter-approved medical-marijuana law trumps federal drug laws.