Attorney David Gorcyca featured in Free Press article

Flood Lanctot Connor Stablein Attorney David Gorcyca was quoted in an article appearing in the Detroit Free Press regarding the recent raids and arrests made in connection to Michigan’s medical marijuana program.

Pot patients plan protest at hearings in Waterford

BY BILL LAITNER
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

Medical marijuana patients said they plan to rally outside Waterford District Court at noon today to protest arrests of patients and raids of medical marijuana establishments in Oakland County.

The rally is to occur as defendants in two raids file in for 1:30 p.m. hearings, organizer Rick Thompson said Wednesday.

Thompson handed out cards Monday at Royal Oak City Hall, inviting people protesting the city’s marijuana policies to get a free lunch, T-shirt and bus ride to the rally from his Oak Park office of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Magazine.

Former Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca, now a Royal Oak attorney, said Wednesday that his firm would represent four of the defendants.

Gorcyca echoed a previous statement by Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard that the August raids by county deputies in Waterford and Ferndale could lead to a decision by the Michigan Supreme Court on whether medical marijuana shops, or dispensaries, are legal in Michigan.