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Today is 4/20, a day that holds a special significance for marijuana activists¹ and consumers alike.

Stateside decided² to mark the date by talking to Michigan Radio's capitol bureau chief Rick Pluta about the latest developments in the process to license³ medical marijuana dispensaries.

On why the Michigan Medical Marijuana Licensing⁴ Board hasn't issued a license in the 16 months since lawmakers approved regulating and taxing the medical marijuana industry

"The hold up is that they've been setting this up for so long that they've just now started executing the standards that the Legislature adopted. And the issue here is that some people say that the board and the state medical marijuana regulating agency are being a little too laid back on this ...

There are 470-something applications pending⁵, and yesterday, the marijuana licensing board issued just nine preliminary licenses⁶. Which means they haven't even gotten around to issuing a finalized⁷ license to a single medical marijuana business with the deadline to get all of them done less than two months away."

On the application process

"Applications started coming in December of last year. The deadline was mid-February to get that in. And if you didn't, and you're an existing medical marijuana facility, then you got a cease-and-desist order from the state saying that you're no longer eligible⁸ to operate and the fact that if you continue to operate, then that might affect your future ability to get a medical marijuana license."

On why it's taken nearly 10 years to regulate the industry

"Well, the medical marijuana law as it was adopted by voters was actually very confusing. And it just took that long for local governments to sort out what they wanted to do, going to the Legislature, having the Legislature muster⁹ up the will to try and deal with this. And remember, because this was a voter-adopted initiative, that it actually takes super majorities in the Legislature to change it. So, a lot of this was just the time that it took to develop a willingness to exercise the political will to get this done."

On whether it's paranoid to think the government is using the Michigan Medical Marijuana Licensing Board to slow down or stop medical marijuana dispensaries all together

"Part of the problem here is that there is in fact a June 15th deadline for the board to issue finalized licenses to applicants¹⁰ who have followed the rules. Now … the agency seems to have tacitly acknowledged that it's not likely to hit that target with all of the ... applications that are still outstanding. And so, what they've said is while operating after June 15th, if you haven't been issued a final license, might affect your business, that the agency is not going to issue any cease-and-desist orders, and it's not going to refer anything to the state police for some kind of legal action."

1 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

4 licensing   

v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A large part of state regulation consists of occupational licensing. 大部分州的管理涉及行业的特许批准。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• That licensing procedures for projects would move faster. 这样的工程批准程序一定会加快。 来自辞典例句

5 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

6 licenses   

n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句

7 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

9 muster   

v.集合，收集，鼓起，激起；n.集合，检阅，集合人员，点名册

参考例句：

• Go and muster all the men you can find.去集合所有你能找到的人。
• I had to muster my courage up to ask him that question.我必须鼓起勇气向他问那个问题。

10 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。