Roses is expected to open at 17375 E. Eight Mile Road in December.

Photo by Brian Wells Moses

EASTPOINTE — For the city of Eastpointe, recreational marijuana has been a long time coming.

In 2021, the City Council passed an ordinance allowing medical marijuana facilities to open in Eastpointe. In 2022, a committee was formed to review and approve three licenses, which went to Holistic Health Wayne, 21145 Gratiot Ave.; Moses Roses, 17375 E. Eight Mile Road; and Common Citizen, 24545 Gratiot Ave.

Even though they were granted medical licenses, none of the businesses opened.

Moses Roses was one of the three establishments granted a medical marijuana license in 2021. But according to Chris Aiello, corporate attorney for Moses Roses, by the time they would have been able to open, the indust

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