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City Commissioner Debates Marijuana Laws
Chuck Semchena and others talk about a controversial topic.
Attorney and legal analyst Charlie Langton was the host of a televised discussion on the topic of medical marijuana at the CMNtv studio in Troy earlier this week.
The discussion featured a panel of six people, including Royal Oak City Commissioner Chuck Semchena. Additional panelists were Cooley Law School professor Gerald Fisher; defense attorney Michael Komorn; criminal defense attorney Niel Rockind; the editor of Medical Marijuana Magazine, Ric Thompson; and Oakland County Commissioner and former Farmington Hills Police Chief Bill Dwyer.
Semchena said he believes 95 percent of people holding medical marijuana registration cards are using the drug for recreational use, not medical purposes.
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You can watch the one-hour heated debate on YouTube (see video above).
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