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Court: Michigan medical pot law isn't retroactive

Submitted by dguard on
In a blow to seriously ill people who were forced to utilize the black market due to federal drug prohibition, the Michigan appeals court ruled that medical marijuana patients arrested and charged for possessing their medicine prior to Michigan's medical marijuana law taking effect have no protection under the law.

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