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ALPENA — Alpena Township opted out of Proposal 1, after it passed in Michigan in 2018, and hasn’t allowed the sale of recreational marijuana within its boundaries.

That could all change, as the township is beginning to explore the financial benefits of allowing the legal sale of the drug.

Township Supervisor Nathan Skibbe said a township planning commission workshop, held on Monday, is a first step.

He said it is one step of several in a process that may, or may not, allow marijuana businesses in the township.

“We want to see what it would look like and what would we have to do to accomplish it,” Skibbe said. “Right now we are just starting the discussion, but this is a discussion many municipalities are having.”

Denise Cline, Northeast Michigan Council of Governments…

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