ANN ARBOR, MI (MPRN)-- The state of Michigan may soon allow dozens of closed medical marijuana dispensaries without a license to reopen.
The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) announced late Tuesday that it will ask the state Medical Marihuana Licensing Board (MMLB) to adopt a resolution to allow dozens of dispensaries to reopen.
More than half the state's medical marijuana dispensaries were forced to close earlier this month because of licensing issues.
Robin Schneider is the executive director of the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association. She says the closures have created a medical marijuana shortage in Michigan.
“With almost no access to medicine right now, we need solutions to be put in place immediately that allow patients to access their medical marijuana.”
The solution would be temporary. Regulators will give dispensaries and growers until the end of March to get the needed licenses to operate.