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Residents urge moratorium on new marijuana retailers as council hears health and youth concerns
Summary
Dozens of residents and public-health advocates at the Saginaw City Council meeting urged the council to study the concentration of marijuana retailers, present GIS evidence and consider a moratorium or cap; councilmembers said they would review materials and ask staff to report back.
Dozens of residents and health advocates urged Saginaw City Council on Monday to study limits on marijuana retailers and consider a temporary moratorium, citing youth exposure, neighborhood concentration and public-health harms.
Speakers presented a GIS map and local counts showing dozens of retail outlets in parts of the city and asked the council to follow Detroit’s model of a numerical cap. Joyce Seals, coordinator for the Health Equity Council (grant-funded by the Michigan Public Health Institute) said the city’s youth “see these stores all over the town” and that public schools have recorded rising discipline incidents tied to controlled substances since legalization. Community pastors, prevention consultants and neighborhood organizers…
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