Meridian Township resident and business owner Marc Santucci explains why a cannabis ban is a heavy handed and short-sighted move for the community.

“There will be cannabis in our community regardless of how we vote on Prop. 1 — that’s just the fact of the matter. The question at hand is: What kind of cannabis would we rather have in our communities — licensed and regulated or untested and illegal?”

Read his column in the Lansing State Journal here.