HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2010.08.19 - 10016REPORT (MISC. #10178) August 19, 2010
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE — Christine Long, Chairperson
RE: MR #10178 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HB 6038
AND KB 6226
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having considered the above titled resolution on
August 9, 2010, recommends that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the
foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Jacobsen absent.
Miscellaneous Resolution #10178
BY: Commissioner Tim Greimel, District #11, and Commissioner Gary McGillivray, District #24 ,
RE: Board of Commissioners — Resolution in Support of HB 6038 and HB 6226 shelkeit0.4
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners qo
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, synthetic cannabinoids and products containing synthetic cannabinoids are
currently legal under Michigan law; and
WHEREAS, synthetic cannabinoids are designed to mimic the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC), the main psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant and in products derived
from the cannabis plant; and
WHEREAS, synthetic cannabinoids and products containing synthetic cannabinoids, such as
those marketed under the names K2, Spice, Blonde, Summit, Standad, Citron, Genie, Zohai,
and Fire and Ice, are often more potent than THC; and
WHEREAS, it is increasingly common for individuals to ingest and/or smoke synthetic
cannabinoids and products containing synthetic cannabinoids for recreational purposes; and
WHEREAS, the ingestion and/or smoking of synthetic cannabinoids and products containing
synthetic cannabinoids may be more dangerous than the ingestion and/or smoking of THC,
which is generally illicit in the United States; and
WHEREAS, the ingestion and/or smoking of synthetic cannabinoids and products containing
synthetic cannabinoids have been reported to cause paralysis and loss of pain sensation in rats;
and
WHEREAS, the ingestion and/or smoking of synthetic cannabinoids and products containing
synthetic cannabinoids have been reported to cause elevated heart rates, increased anxiety,
elevated blood pressure, vomiting, hallucinations, and even seizures in human beings; and
WHEREAS, the health dangers associated with the ingestion and/or smoking of synthetic
cannabinoids and products containing synthetic cannabinoids have prompted the banning
and/or strict regulation of some or all synthetic cannabinoids in the following jurisdictions:
Kansas, Missouri, Austria, Belarus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Poland,
Romania, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Association of Chiefs of Police has cited the health dangers
associated with the ingestion and/or smoking of synthetic cannabinoids and products containing
synthetic cannabinoids and has called for them to be regulated as controlled substances; and
WHEREAS, the sale and possession of synthetic cannabinoids and products containing
synthetic cannabinoids present a serious health and safety danger to Michigan's residents; and
WHEREAS, state Representative Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge) introduced HB 6038 in the
Michigan House of Representatives and state Representative Lisa Brown (D-West Bloomfield)
introduced HB 6226 in the Michigan House of Representatives; and
WHEREAS, HB 6038 would add a number of synthetic cannabinoids to Michigan's list of
Schedule 1 drugs, resulting in the manufacturing, delivering, or possessing with intent to deliver
such synthetic cannabinoids becoming a criminal offense, punishable by imprisonment for not
more than 7 years and/or a fine of not more than $10,000; and
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WHEREAS, HB 6226 would make the possession of such synthetic cannabinoids a criminal
offense, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year and/or a fine of not more than
$2,000, and would make using such synthetic cannabinoids a criminal offense, punishable by
imprisonment for not more than 90 days and/or a fine of not more than $100; and
WHEREAS, HB 6038 was approved by the Michigan House of Representatives on a roll call
vote of 105-1 and HB 6226 was approved by the Michigan House of Representatives on a roll
call vote of 104-1;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby supports HB 6038 and HB 6226, encourages the Michigan Senate to pass them, and
encourages Governor Jennifer Granholm to sign them into law.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests that
the Oakland County Clerk send copies of this resolution to all members of the Michigan
Legislature and to Governor Jennifer Granholm.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #10178 July 7, 2010
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
I IIREBY THE FORM RESOLUTUI
Resolution #10178 August 19, 2010
Moved by Gosselin supported by Nash the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda be
adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Coleman, Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin Greimel, Hatchett, Jackson,
Jacobsen, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Potts, Runestad, Schwartz, Scott, Taub, Woodward,
Bullard, Burns, Capella. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda
were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on August 19, 2010,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac,
Michigan this 19th day of August, 2010.
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Ruth Johnson, County Clerk