Many medical marijuana business across the state of Michigan were not having a good day on Thursday when they were ordered to stop operating by state officials and the state police.
Forty medical marijuana shops were ordered to stop operating today and many more are expected to get orders to do the same.
Hundreds of more shops are expected to get cease and desist letters in the upcoming days.
Michigan’s state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs is shutting down medical marijuana facilities that are operating illegally and haven’t submitted applications to the state for a license.
David Harns, spokesman for the department commented, “Any business that didn’t apply for a license by Feb. 15 isn’t in compliance with the emergency rules that were set up. We did 40 today all throughout the state and there will be hundreds more.”
The cease and desist letter reads that the emergency rules “permits an applicant for a state operating license to temporarily operate a proposed marijuana facility under certain conditions. In order to comply with this rule, a temporarily operating facility must have applied for a state operating license by February 15. … A person that does not comply with this rule shall cease and desist operation of a proposed marijuana facility.”
