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Criminals with badges make me sick... fucking pussies hiding behind their vests and robots, then acting like their job still carries some level of gallantry. Pfft.
The War on Medical Marijuana in MI Super Thread, NEWS,BUST,LAWS <<<<Updated Often>>>>
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Cops playing with their toys. They had no evidence its just harassment!
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SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Fucking Glad to here this Puke REP is getting off his FUCKING ASS and taking Notice to all the Caregivers and Patients and all the Media Local Papers that Ran this ASSHOLES info into the ground to the point that He has to have a hearing now and IT WILL BE SENT TO THE FLOOR and it will pass, But will the Come Back Squid sign it Who Knows...:rolleyes:
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Flint landlord: There are bigger problems than pot in apartments
GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- Henry Tennenbaum said there are more important things to legislate than marijuana use or growing on rental property. Tennenbaum is a Flint landlord and board member of the Genesee Landlords Association.
A bill that passed the state Senate Tuesday, March 4, would prohibit medical marijuana users from smoking or growing their drug in rental properties.
"Out of all the things that people do in houses that upset landlords, marijuana is pretty far down the list, you know what I mean," Tennenbaum said. "High on the list would be a meth lab."
Even cigarette smoke is more destructive than marijuana use, he added.
For example, even a heavy pot smoker isn't going to generate nearly as much smoke as someone smoking a pack of cigarette's per day, he said.
Tennenbaum said he hasn't heard any stories of landlords having problems with medical marijuana users or growers.
"It's one of those things I wouldn't rush to legislate," Tennenbaum said.
Local medical marijuana users and caregivers say it's an unnecessary push by lawmakers to try to crack down on pot growing and use in rental properties.
"To not be able to smoke on your private property, that's very overreaching," said Jamie Fricke, a medical marijuana user and caregiver in Lapeer County.
Fricke said landlords should be able to have a say in certain activities at their property, but it should be taken up between the tenant and landlord.
"I was a landlord at one time," Fricke said. "I can understand the concern of property damage and certain things."
The bill heads to the state House now for consideration. Another troubling factor, Fricke said, is that edible and other forms of medical pot consumption aren't legal yet, which makes the latest legislation particularly intrusive as patients have no other means of medicating other than smoking.
"I think it's really overreaching," she said. "Landlords typically can't regulate whether you drink on site or what pharmaceuticals you use on site."
Chelsea Shaker, a Flint medical marijuana advocate and editor of Michigan Medical Marijuana Report, said she hopes the measure doesn't go through.
"They're really kind of digging in," Shaker said.
She added that it's understandable that landlords would want to protect their property from damage or nuisance tenants. The landlord's policy, she said, should be spelled out in the lease agreement.
"We do understand that (landlords) have a right to their property," she said.
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/03/flint_area_marijuana_advocates.html
GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- Henry Tennenbaum said there are more important things to legislate than marijuana use or growing on rental property. Tennenbaum is a Flint landlord and board member of the Genesee Landlords Association.
A bill that passed the state Senate Tuesday, March 4, would prohibit medical marijuana users from smoking or growing their drug in rental properties.
"Out of all the things that people do in houses that upset landlords, marijuana is pretty far down the list, you know what I mean," Tennenbaum said. "High on the list would be a meth lab."
Even cigarette smoke is more destructive than marijuana use, he added.
For example, even a heavy pot smoker isn't going to generate nearly as much smoke as someone smoking a pack of cigarette's per day, he said.
Tennenbaum said he hasn't heard any stories of landlords having problems with medical marijuana users or growers.
"It's one of those things I wouldn't rush to legislate," Tennenbaum said.
Local medical marijuana users and caregivers say it's an unnecessary push by lawmakers to try to crack down on pot growing and use in rental properties.
"To not be able to smoke on your private property, that's very overreaching," said Jamie Fricke, a medical marijuana user and caregiver in Lapeer County.
Fricke said landlords should be able to have a say in certain activities at their property, but it should be taken up between the tenant and landlord.
"I was a landlord at one time," Fricke said. "I can understand the concern of property damage and certain things."
The bill heads to the state House now for consideration. Another troubling factor, Fricke said, is that edible and other forms of medical pot consumption aren't legal yet, which makes the latest legislation particularly intrusive as patients have no other means of medicating other than smoking.
"I think it's really overreaching," she said. "Landlords typically can't regulate whether you drink on site or what pharmaceuticals you use on site."
Chelsea Shaker, a Flint medical marijuana advocate and editor of Michigan Medical Marijuana Report, said she hopes the measure doesn't go through.
"They're really kind of digging in," Shaker said.
She added that it's understandable that landlords would want to protect their property from damage or nuisance tenants. The landlord's policy, she said, should be spelled out in the lease agreement.
"We do understand that (landlords) have a right to their property," she said.
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/03/flint_area_marijuana_advocates.html
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Anti-Medical Marijuana Bill Hurts Michigan Families
LANSING- When Nancy Grace appeared on CNN and asked the millions of viewers worldwide, “What about the babies?” she was asking about the effect of marijuana use on our nation’s youth. She certainly could have been asking about the effect of a potentially devastating bill proposed in the Michigan legislature that would allow landlords to refuse to rent to families whose children depend on a cannabis therapy to abate their illness.
The bill, SB 783, would allow property owners to create leases forbidding the smoking or growing of marijuana on rental or lease property, essentially creating an opportunity to ban those persons who have been medically certified and state-sanctioned to use the treatment method. Michigan has 125,000 registered medical marijuana patients, including dozens of sick children.
The rules governing pediatric marijuana use were straightforward when the law was passed in 2008 but court decisions and Attorney General Opinions have changed the rules. In Michigan at this time, parents of pediatric marijuana patients- those children who have been certified to use cannabis as pills, liquids, creams, ointments and other non-smoked forms of the medication- find themselves in a Catch 22.
THE CHILDREN
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (the Act) requires that all medications used by the ill child must be created or obtained by a single parent or legal guardian, called a caregiver. The Act did not create a system of dispensaries (although there are more than 100 operating in Michigan today), and a court decision from 2012 determined that patients cannot trade, exchange or sell marijuana to each other- or to anybody. A more recent court decision has narrowed the forms of marijuana that can be legally used by patients of any age.
To remain legally compliant a caregiving parent cannot acquire their child’s medicine from a distribution center or another patient/caregiver; they must grow all the medicine their child uses and then create the limited variety of foodstuffs allowable under the law in their own home. The parent’s only alternative: purchase marijuana with unknown properties on the black market at high risk and high prices.
Parents of ill children are often financially strapped for cash as medical treatments and physician appointments consume their income. “Many of these families are single-income households out of necessity,” said Jamie Lowell, Chairman of the Michigan chapter of the national organization Americans for Safe Access. “One parent has a full-time job taking care of the child’s medical needs. These are the people that would be most severely disadvantaged by the new rule,” he told TCC.
Jim Powers of the Michigan-based organization Pediatric Cannabis Therapy has been a vocal supporter of common sense medical marijuana laws. The group brings together parents of ill children for networking, support and lobbying efforts. A Macomb County resident, Powers’ young son has severe medical issues that he’s successfully held in check through the use of medicinal marijuana, as recommended by two physicians and sanctioned by the State. “My son’s illness has been in remission for 229 days,” Powers told TCC.
“As parents of children with life threatening illnesses, many of us have been financially devastated as a result of the medical care our children necessitate,” Powers said. “Many of us have lost our homes to foreclosure as a result and are forced to rent. SB783 will potentially remove the only legal avenue that our parents are able to obtain their child’s medication. Without the presence of a distribution system, such as the one provided for in HB4271, these families may see the only legal method of providing medication for their child prohibited by their landlord.”
THE POOR
Although families with ill children are particularly vulnerable, many of the Michigan voters enrolled in the MMA are financially struggling and rely on discounted enrollment costs to remain in the program. After all, Michigan has been the state hardest hit by the recent economic downturn in America. The working poor of the state are often one financial speedbump away from disaster; it is the opportunity to use medicine that costs less than traditional pharmaceuticals that drove many to try marijuana for the treatment of their illness or injury.
“These potential changes to rental agreements could remove long-term tenants with no history of problems from their living situations- even if they haven’t done anything wrong, ever,” said Steve Greene, radio show personality, caregiver and medical marijuana advocate from Oakland County.
SB 783 offers a more invasive adjustment of the MMA, one that could affect nearly every certified and card-holding medical marijuana patient in Michigan. For adult patients, the majority of whom smoke or vaporize their cannabis in the traditional method of use, their own home would no longer be their sanctuary.
The 2008 MMA prohibits use of medical marijuana ‘in any public place.’ SB 783 would further define that phrase to prohibit any smoking of marijuana on private property where others could see, even if that place is inside their home but visible from outside.
“This bill creates two sets of different rules,” said Greene. “Property owners would have greater rights than most renters, even if their illness and needs are the same. Rural patients- those that have property large enough to be totally screened by trees or fencing from onlookers- would have a decided advantage over their city-dwelling friends, whose smaller lots provide few opportunities for completely concealed smoking.”
The potential new policy would keep patients hidden behind thick curtains or drive them into their basements to use their medicine, which is exactly where those patients were prior to the 2008 passage of the Medical Marihuana Act. A Senate analysis of the bill admits that there would be a number of otherwise law-abiding patients slapped with misdemeanor charges every year, if this bill becomes law.
“We need to move forward, not backward,” Lowell said, “and this legislation is a giant step backwards.”
http://www.theweedblog.com/anti-medical-marijuana-bill-hurts-michigan-families/
Source: TheCompassionChronicles.Com
LANSING- When Nancy Grace appeared on CNN and asked the millions of viewers worldwide, “What about the babies?” she was asking about the effect of marijuana use on our nation’s youth. She certainly could have been asking about the effect of a potentially devastating bill proposed in the Michigan legislature that would allow landlords to refuse to rent to families whose children depend on a cannabis therapy to abate their illness.
The bill, SB 783, would allow property owners to create leases forbidding the smoking or growing of marijuana on rental or lease property, essentially creating an opportunity to ban those persons who have been medically certified and state-sanctioned to use the treatment method. Michigan has 125,000 registered medical marijuana patients, including dozens of sick children.
The rules governing pediatric marijuana use were straightforward when the law was passed in 2008 but court decisions and Attorney General Opinions have changed the rules. In Michigan at this time, parents of pediatric marijuana patients- those children who have been certified to use cannabis as pills, liquids, creams, ointments and other non-smoked forms of the medication- find themselves in a Catch 22.
THE CHILDREN
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (the Act) requires that all medications used by the ill child must be created or obtained by a single parent or legal guardian, called a caregiver. The Act did not create a system of dispensaries (although there are more than 100 operating in Michigan today), and a court decision from 2012 determined that patients cannot trade, exchange or sell marijuana to each other- or to anybody. A more recent court decision has narrowed the forms of marijuana that can be legally used by patients of any age.
To remain legally compliant a caregiving parent cannot acquire their child’s medicine from a distribution center or another patient/caregiver; they must grow all the medicine their child uses and then create the limited variety of foodstuffs allowable under the law in their own home. The parent’s only alternative: purchase marijuana with unknown properties on the black market at high risk and high prices.
Parents of ill children are often financially strapped for cash as medical treatments and physician appointments consume their income. “Many of these families are single-income households out of necessity,” said Jamie Lowell, Chairman of the Michigan chapter of the national organization Americans for Safe Access. “One parent has a full-time job taking care of the child’s medical needs. These are the people that would be most severely disadvantaged by the new rule,” he told TCC.
Jim Powers of the Michigan-based organization Pediatric Cannabis Therapy has been a vocal supporter of common sense medical marijuana laws. The group brings together parents of ill children for networking, support and lobbying efforts. A Macomb County resident, Powers’ young son has severe medical issues that he’s successfully held in check through the use of medicinal marijuana, as recommended by two physicians and sanctioned by the State. “My son’s illness has been in remission for 229 days,” Powers told TCC.
“As parents of children with life threatening illnesses, many of us have been financially devastated as a result of the medical care our children necessitate,” Powers said. “Many of us have lost our homes to foreclosure as a result and are forced to rent. SB783 will potentially remove the only legal avenue that our parents are able to obtain their child’s medication. Without the presence of a distribution system, such as the one provided for in HB4271, these families may see the only legal method of providing medication for their child prohibited by their landlord.”
THE POOR
Although families with ill children are particularly vulnerable, many of the Michigan voters enrolled in the MMA are financially struggling and rely on discounted enrollment costs to remain in the program. After all, Michigan has been the state hardest hit by the recent economic downturn in America. The working poor of the state are often one financial speedbump away from disaster; it is the opportunity to use medicine that costs less than traditional pharmaceuticals that drove many to try marijuana for the treatment of their illness or injury.
“These potential changes to rental agreements could remove long-term tenants with no history of problems from their living situations- even if they haven’t done anything wrong, ever,” said Steve Greene, radio show personality, caregiver and medical marijuana advocate from Oakland County.
SB 783 offers a more invasive adjustment of the MMA, one that could affect nearly every certified and card-holding medical marijuana patient in Michigan. For adult patients, the majority of whom smoke or vaporize their cannabis in the traditional method of use, their own home would no longer be their sanctuary.
The 2008 MMA prohibits use of medical marijuana ‘in any public place.’ SB 783 would further define that phrase to prohibit any smoking of marijuana on private property where others could see, even if that place is inside their home but visible from outside.
“This bill creates two sets of different rules,” said Greene. “Property owners would have greater rights than most renters, even if their illness and needs are the same. Rural patients- those that have property large enough to be totally screened by trees or fencing from onlookers- would have a decided advantage over their city-dwelling friends, whose smaller lots provide few opportunities for completely concealed smoking.”
The potential new policy would keep patients hidden behind thick curtains or drive them into their basements to use their medicine, which is exactly where those patients were prior to the 2008 passage of the Medical Marihuana Act. A Senate analysis of the bill admits that there would be a number of otherwise law-abiding patients slapped with misdemeanor charges every year, if this bill becomes law.
“We need to move forward, not backward,” Lowell said, “and this legislation is a giant step backwards.”
http://www.theweedblog.com/anti-medical-marijuana-bill-hurts-michigan-families/
Source: TheCompassionChronicles.Com
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Michigan Medical Marijuana Review Recommends Adding PTSD
Finding by panel of physicians, professors, and medical marijuana advocates would make Michigan the eighth state to provide relief for those suffering from the effects of traumatic events
LANSING, MI – Residents in Michigan suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may soon be allowed to treat their symptoms with medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it.
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Review Panel appointed by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has decided to recommend that the department add PTSD to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana. It is now up to Steve Arwood, Director of the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, to accept or reject the recommendation.
“There is mounting evidence demonstrating the benefits of medical marijuana for individuals suffering from PTSD,” said Chris Lindsey, legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project. “The panel should be commended for recommending that veterans and those who have experienced traumatic events, such as domestic abuse, be allowed to use medical marijuana to alleviate their PTSD and live healthy and productive lives. They deserve our compassion and support.
“Seven other states already allow the use of medical marijuana in the treatment of PTSD. We hope Michigan will be next,” Lindsey said. “The Marijuana Policy Project joins patient advocates in Michigan in urging the director to adopt this recommendation quickly to provide relief for this devastating condition.”
Research and anecdotal evidence have shown that medical marijuana can alleviate common symptoms of PTSD, such as anxiety and traumatic memories. The federal government has blocked efforts to conduct clinical trials to further explore the potential benefits of medical marijuana in the treatment of the condition. There are approximately 7.7 million American adults suffering from PTSD, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Twenty states and Washington, D.C. allow patients with qualifying conditions to use medical marijuana with recommendations from their physicians. Of these, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Oregon allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana to patients suffering from PTSD.
Additionally, when retail stores opened in Colorado on January 1 and began selling marijuana to adults, the first customer was Sean Azzariti, an Iraq war veteran with PTSD, who was previously unable to legally access marijuana because his condition was not covered by Colorado’s medical marijuana law.
Finding by panel of physicians, professors, and medical marijuana advocates would make Michigan the eighth state to provide relief for those suffering from the effects of traumatic events
LANSING, MI – Residents in Michigan suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may soon be allowed to treat their symptoms with medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it.
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Review Panel appointed by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has decided to recommend that the department add PTSD to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana. It is now up to Steve Arwood, Director of the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, to accept or reject the recommendation.
“There is mounting evidence demonstrating the benefits of medical marijuana for individuals suffering from PTSD,” said Chris Lindsey, legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project. “The panel should be commended for recommending that veterans and those who have experienced traumatic events, such as domestic abuse, be allowed to use medical marijuana to alleviate their PTSD and live healthy and productive lives. They deserve our compassion and support.
“Seven other states already allow the use of medical marijuana in the treatment of PTSD. We hope Michigan will be next,” Lindsey said. “The Marijuana Policy Project joins patient advocates in Michigan in urging the director to adopt this recommendation quickly to provide relief for this devastating condition.”
Research and anecdotal evidence have shown that medical marijuana can alleviate common symptoms of PTSD, such as anxiety and traumatic memories. The federal government has blocked efforts to conduct clinical trials to further explore the potential benefits of medical marijuana in the treatment of the condition. There are approximately 7.7 million American adults suffering from PTSD, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Twenty states and Washington, D.C. allow patients with qualifying conditions to use medical marijuana with recommendations from their physicians. Of these, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Oregon allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana to patients suffering from PTSD.
Additionally, when retail stores opened in Colorado on January 1 and began selling marijuana to adults, the first customer was Sean Azzariti, an Iraq war veteran with PTSD, who was previously unable to legally access marijuana because his condition was not covered by Colorado’s medical marijuana law.
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Finally some tolerable news out of this shit hole of a state....
These bills that richardville agreed to have a hearing on are going to pass; from what I've been hearing.... Time to put on the big boy pants...
2dog
These bills that richardville agreed to have a hearing on are going to pass; from what I've been hearing.... Time to put on the big boy pants...
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I ran across this while searching for something else but this is what might come to a house near you if they have too many plants, Fucking thing could drive threw most homes it's
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Michigan State Police General Purpose Vehicle Marshall on display
General Purpose Vehicle Marshall recently was on display outside of the Grand Haven Township Hall.
GRAND HAVEN -- Sgt. Rich Gorajec, of the Michigan State Police's Emergency Support Team in Grand Haven, recently brought the team's nearly 12-ton General Purpose Vehicle Marshall to Grand Haven.
The GPV Marshall was named in honor of Trooper Kevin Marshall, who died during the line of duty while on a SWAT mission.
Marshall was shot July 7, 2003 as officers tried to arrest Scott Alan Woodring on a warrant for criminal sexual conduct. He later died in surgery. Woodring was killed on July 13 after being surrounded and reportedly pointing a rifle at police.
The massive 6x6x6 vehicle can seat 12, holds just under 106 gallons of fuel and, despite its tank-like appearance, is street legal and can reach speeds of nearly 70 mph.
Powered by a six-cylinder diesel engine that produces 400 horsepower, the the Marshall was built in Michigan and is stationed in Lansing. It has been part of the State Police fleet for the last year and a half.
Other features include four thermal and four optical cameras and a ram. It goes to any barricaded situation where police might face hostile gunfire.
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Michigan State Police General Purpose Vehicle Marshall on display
General Purpose Vehicle Marshall recently was on display outside of the Grand Haven Township Hall.
GRAND HAVEN -- Sgt. Rich Gorajec, of the Michigan State Police's Emergency Support Team in Grand Haven, recently brought the team's nearly 12-ton General Purpose Vehicle Marshall to Grand Haven.
The GPV Marshall was named in honor of Trooper Kevin Marshall, who died during the line of duty while on a SWAT mission.
Marshall was shot July 7, 2003 as officers tried to arrest Scott Alan Woodring on a warrant for criminal sexual conduct. He later died in surgery. Woodring was killed on July 13 after being surrounded and reportedly pointing a rifle at police.
The massive 6x6x6 vehicle can seat 12, holds just under 106 gallons of fuel and, despite its tank-like appearance, is street legal and can reach speeds of nearly 70 mph.
Powered by a six-cylinder diesel engine that produces 400 horsepower, the the Marshall was built in Michigan and is stationed in Lansing. It has been part of the State Police fleet for the last year and a half.
Other features include four thermal and four optical cameras and a ram. It goes to any barricaded situation where police might face hostile gunfire.
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Giuliani rolled one of those out on us in 1995 with snipers on the roofs and all.
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Here is what the State Police us to open the door to your Grow Room to Check Plant Counts.
Here is them pigs looking for pot in a field
Here is them pigs looking for pot in a field
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The vehicle wasn't so glamorous back then, why is everything black nowadays, is it supposed to be more scary?
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Back home the local hillbilly sheriffs dept. just got an MRAP...WTF does a backass country LEO need with an armored anti-mine vehicle??? To put us all down when the shit hits the fan...that's what. The MRAP back home, and I see this APC are decked out in blue...which is of course the colors of the UN...which is what this country will be the bitch of if we don't wake the fuck up. Its the Feds that are making these vehicles available to local LEO...maybe we need to be writing our representatives and ask them why the Fed. Govt. thinks its a good idea to give out military weapons/armored vehicles to the same people that cant tell the difference between a WII controller and a gun! (If ya don't know what Im talkin about look up the story of the kid that was shot and killed after opening his door for police while holding a WII controller the police woman "THOUGHT" was a gun. MGG
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Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill To Be Debated In Michigan Senate
LANSING- He said it to a Kalamazoo radio reporter. He told it to an Internet news journalist. Now the official word is out; the much-anticipated launch of the Senate debate over medical marijuana dispensaries will get underway on March 11, just as Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville said it would.
On March 11 at 1PM, Richardville’s Government Operations Committee will convene to hear testimony on a pair of bills that passed the Michigan House by strong majorities. HB 4271, known as the Provisioning Centers Act, would protect the state’s over 100 existing marijuana distribution centers while allowing local communities the option to allow new ones to open- and to determine where and how those centers operate. HB 5104, the Concentrates Bill, would establish the legitimacy of liquid, topical and non-smoked forms of marijuana for legal use by the state’s 115,000 registered and certified medical marijuana patients.
HB 4271 was passed by the House with a vote of 95 in favor and 14 opposed. HB 5104 was approved by the House Representatives with an even stronger margin: 100 – 9.
Richardville decided this hearing would be “testimony only,” meaning the bills will be discussed but not voted on during Tuesday’s session. A lineup of Michigan marijuana advocacy organizations are preparing to testify after having been invited to participate in the hearing. Based on the testimony provided, Richardville could offer or adopt amendments to the bills, he could recommend that the Senate make changes to the bills in a ‘workgroup’ format, he could schedule a vote on the bills as written or choose to delay voting until later in the year.
Sen. Richardville (R- Monroe) is the most powerful man in the Michigan Senate. When two bills were passed in the House that would change the way medical marijuana is defined and distributed in Michigan, Richardville directed them to the Committee he chairs.
During Committee sessions in 2013 Richardville promised to give both bills, HB 4271 and HB 5104, a fair and prompt evaluation. Earlier this year Richardville told a Kalamazoo radio reporter that he would give the bills a hearing within the next 30 days. An MLive report quoted him as saying he would hear testimony in February or March. He has met all of those commitments.
This is the second distribution scheme heard by the Committee this legislative session. In November, Richardville introduced a bill to create a new medical marijuana program in the state,; that bill, SB 660, was rushed through the Senate and the House by state Republican leaders. Known as the pot-for-pharmacies bill, SB 660 was signed into law before the end of 2013 but will not become active until marijuana is no longer listed as a Schedule 1 drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act.
There have been no announcements or indications that a change in federal scheduling will take place during 2014.
Anyone wishing to submit written testimony, which will be incorporated into the written record for the bill(s) involved, should submit their letter to the Committee Secretary at:
http://www.theweedblog.com/medical-marijuana-dispensary-bill-to-be-debated-in-michigan-senate/
LANSING- He said it to a Kalamazoo radio reporter. He told it to an Internet news journalist. Now the official word is out; the much-anticipated launch of the Senate debate over medical marijuana dispensaries will get underway on March 11, just as Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville said it would.
On March 11 at 1PM, Richardville’s Government Operations Committee will convene to hear testimony on a pair of bills that passed the Michigan House by strong majorities. HB 4271, known as the Provisioning Centers Act, would protect the state’s over 100 existing marijuana distribution centers while allowing local communities the option to allow new ones to open- and to determine where and how those centers operate. HB 5104, the Concentrates Bill, would establish the legitimacy of liquid, topical and non-smoked forms of marijuana for legal use by the state’s 115,000 registered and certified medical marijuana patients.
HB 4271 was passed by the House with a vote of 95 in favor and 14 opposed. HB 5104 was approved by the House Representatives with an even stronger margin: 100 – 9.
Richardville decided this hearing would be “testimony only,” meaning the bills will be discussed but not voted on during Tuesday’s session. A lineup of Michigan marijuana advocacy organizations are preparing to testify after having been invited to participate in the hearing. Based on the testimony provided, Richardville could offer or adopt amendments to the bills, he could recommend that the Senate make changes to the bills in a ‘workgroup’ format, he could schedule a vote on the bills as written or choose to delay voting until later in the year.
Sen. Richardville (R- Monroe) is the most powerful man in the Michigan Senate. When two bills were passed in the House that would change the way medical marijuana is defined and distributed in Michigan, Richardville directed them to the Committee he chairs.
During Committee sessions in 2013 Richardville promised to give both bills, HB 4271 and HB 5104, a fair and prompt evaluation. Earlier this year Richardville told a Kalamazoo radio reporter that he would give the bills a hearing within the next 30 days. An MLive report quoted him as saying he would hear testimony in February or March. He has met all of those commitments.
This is the second distribution scheme heard by the Committee this legislative session. In November, Richardville introduced a bill to create a new medical marijuana program in the state,; that bill, SB 660, was rushed through the Senate and the House by state Republican leaders. Known as the pot-for-pharmacies bill, SB 660 was signed into law before the end of 2013 but will not become active until marijuana is no longer listed as a Schedule 1 drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act.
There have been no announcements or indications that a change in federal scheduling will take place during 2014.
Anyone wishing to submit written testimony, which will be incorporated into the written record for the bill(s) involved, should submit their letter to the Committee Secretary at:
http://www.theweedblog.com/medical-marijuana-dispensary-bill-to-be-debated-in-michigan-senate/
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The day the feds ever reschedule pot, this state is screwed. Only commercial pot will be legal.
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Atleast its moving forward a little bit. Let's hope the vote comes soon.
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Sides clash on easing Michigan's medical marijuana law for edibles, dispensaries
The two House bills would legalize the manufacture and sale of medical marijuana-infused products — such as brownies and oils — and permit communities to allow and regulate marijuana dispensaries in their towns. / 2012 photo by Ted S. Warren/Associated Press
LANSING — The fate of a pair of bills easing Michigan’s medical marijuana law still is uncertain after 90 minutes of testimony Tuesday from both supporters and opponents of the legislation.
The two House bills would legalize the manufacture and sale of medical marijuana-infused products — such as brownies and oils — and permit communities to allow and regulate marijuana dispensaries in their towns.
They already have passed the House and are now being considered in the Senate Government Operations Committee.
The Michigan State Police and local health departments opposed the bills, saying there is no way to forensically determine the amount of marijuana in infused products. And health departments said the dispensaries, which could also act as manufacturers of pot-infused products, weren’t covered by health and safety regulations like other businesses such as bakeries.
“We have no way to test for presence of THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) and separate that out from other ingredients,” said State Police Sgt. Amy Dehner. “So if you have 2 pounds of brownies, you have 2 pounds of marijuana.”
Supporters, including many medical marijauana cardholders, said the legislation was necessary for their health and well-being.
Roy Foust of Montrose said his cancer-stricken niece was able to maintain a quality of life with medical marijuana pills in the last year of her life.
“Every month, I had to drive the three hours to Southfield to get her medicine. I drove because I don’t know how to grow it,” he said. “”We just want to have some control in our communities. We don’t want to be the marijuana capital of the state.”
The two bills — HB 5104 and HB 4271 — would:
■ Allow for the manufacture and sale of marijuana-infused products, such as brownies and oils. These products help medical marijuana users, especially children, who have a hard time smoking the cannabis.
■ Let communities determine whether they want medical marijuana dispensaries, called provisioning centers, to operate in their communities, and allow the communities to regulate them. The bill also requires testing of the cannabis and limits involvement of felons in the provisioning centers.
The approach favored by the Senate, ultimately passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in December, was a bill that would allow pharmacies to dispense medical marijuana. But the bill would take effect only if the federal government changed the designation of marijuana from an illegal controlled substance to a legal prescription drug. There is no indication that the federal government is prepared to do that anytime soon.
Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, who chairs the Government Operations Committee, isn’t expected to hold another hearing on the bills for at least a couple of weeks.
Since Michigan voters passed the medical marijuana act in 2008 by a 63%-37% margin, more than 100,000 people have been certified to use medical marijuana for a variety of ailments. More than 50,000 have become licensed caregivers, although that number slipped to 27,046 in the last year.
After the law passed, several dozen dispensaries opened around the state, but the Court of Appeals ruled that the dispensaries weren’t allowed under the 2008 law. Since then, medical marijuana users and their caregivers have had to rely on growing their own plants to get their medicine.
The two House bills would legalize the manufacture and sale of medical marijuana-infused products — such as brownies and oils — and permit communities to allow and regulate marijuana dispensaries in their towns. / 2012 photo by Ted S. Warren/Associated Press
LANSING — The fate of a pair of bills easing Michigan’s medical marijuana law still is uncertain after 90 minutes of testimony Tuesday from both supporters and opponents of the legislation.
The two House bills would legalize the manufacture and sale of medical marijuana-infused products — such as brownies and oils — and permit communities to allow and regulate marijuana dispensaries in their towns.
They already have passed the House and are now being considered in the Senate Government Operations Committee.
The Michigan State Police and local health departments opposed the bills, saying there is no way to forensically determine the amount of marijuana in infused products. And health departments said the dispensaries, which could also act as manufacturers of pot-infused products, weren’t covered by health and safety regulations like other businesses such as bakeries.
“We have no way to test for presence of THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) and separate that out from other ingredients,” said State Police Sgt. Amy Dehner. “So if you have 2 pounds of brownies, you have 2 pounds of marijuana.”
Supporters, including many medical marijauana cardholders, said the legislation was necessary for their health and well-being.
Roy Foust of Montrose said his cancer-stricken niece was able to maintain a quality of life with medical marijuana pills in the last year of her life.
“Every month, I had to drive the three hours to Southfield to get her medicine. I drove because I don’t know how to grow it,” he said. “”We just want to have some control in our communities. We don’t want to be the marijuana capital of the state.”
The two bills — HB 5104 and HB 4271 — would:
■ Allow for the manufacture and sale of marijuana-infused products, such as brownies and oils. These products help medical marijuana users, especially children, who have a hard time smoking the cannabis.
■ Let communities determine whether they want medical marijuana dispensaries, called provisioning centers, to operate in their communities, and allow the communities to regulate them. The bill also requires testing of the cannabis and limits involvement of felons in the provisioning centers.
The approach favored by the Senate, ultimately passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in December, was a bill that would allow pharmacies to dispense medical marijuana. But the bill would take effect only if the federal government changed the designation of marijuana from an illegal controlled substance to a legal prescription drug. There is no indication that the federal government is prepared to do that anytime soon.
Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, who chairs the Government Operations Committee, isn’t expected to hold another hearing on the bills for at least a couple of weeks.
Since Michigan voters passed the medical marijuana act in 2008 by a 63%-37% margin, more than 100,000 people have been certified to use medical marijuana for a variety of ailments. More than 50,000 have become licensed caregivers, although that number slipped to 27,046 in the last year.
After the law passed, several dozen dispensaries opened around the state, but the Court of Appeals ruled that the dispensaries weren’t allowed under the 2008 law. Since then, medical marijuana users and their caregivers have had to rely on growing their own plants to get their medicine.
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Michigan medical marijuana patients, families speak out in support of dispensary, edible bills
Louis Stocking, 26, of Kalamazoo, is a medical marijuana user. Stocking suffered a spine injury from an auto accident and because of chronic pain, he applied for a medical marijuana card in 2009. (Mark Bugnaski | MLive.com
LANSING, MI -- It wasn't the cancer. It was the weight loss that finally led Montrose Mayor Ray Foust to seek out medical marijuana for his dying niece.
Roughly five years ago, Foust drove her 80 miles to a clinic in Southfield, where doctors ran her through a series of tests, certified her for medical marijuana use and gave her five cannabis capsules to try on her way out.
His niece, who had lost her appetite due to chemotherapy, popped one of the pills and saw immediate results. "Let's pull into Wendy's," she told her uncle on the drive home. "I'm hungry."
Foust, testifying before the Michigan Senate Government Operations Committee on Tuesday, offered support for bills that would allow for the return of medical marijuana dispensaries and edible marijuana products in the wake of state court rulings that limited the legality of each.
The small-town mayor told lawmakers that he registered as a caregiver for his niece under Michigan's voter-approved medical marijuana law but found it too time consuming to grow the drug himself. Instead, he continued driving to Southfield each month, picking up medication for his niece until he and other city council members approved a local dispensary in Montrose.
"I call it a safe transfer center," Foust said. "I don't see why anybody would have to go to some low-life place to get a medicine … We don't want 10 distributors down the line. We don't want to be known as the medical marijuana capital. We want people to be able to get their medicine. That's all."
House Bill 4271, sponsored by state Rep. Mike Callton (R-Nashville), would give local communities the power to allow, prohibit or limit medical marijuana "provisioning centers." The regulated dispensaries could not operate within 1,000 feet of a school, could only sell products tested for safety and could not allow use on the premises.
A 2013 Michigan Supreme Court ruling allowed county prosecutors to shut down unregulated dispensaries that had popped up around the state. Many businesses simply closed up shop before law enforcement stepped in.
House Bill 5104, sponsored by state Rep. Eileen Kowall (R-White Lake), would expand the definition of usable medical marijuana to allow for non-smokable forms of the drug, including edibles, tinctures and topical creams. Many patients would rather not smoke, Kowall said, but a Michigan Court of Appeals ruling essentially limited their options.
Both medical marijuana bills passed the House by wide margins in December, but the Senate has been slow to act. Majority Leader Randy Richardville (R-Monroe), who chairs the Senate Government Operations Committee, took testimony on the bills Tuesday but did not hold a vote.
The Michigan State Police worked on the edibles bill but opposes it as written because of labeling language and concerns that an officer may not be able to determine how much marijuana is in any given product. MSP also is concerned that dispensaries would have to operate as cash-only businesses because of federal rules, making them potential targets for criminals.
Eric Pessle, environmental health division director for the Kent County Health Department, also testified against the dispensary bill, which would also allow provisioning centers to prepare and sell edible products. The legislation would require local inspections, but Pessle said that dispensaries preparing food should be subject to the same state-level requirements as traditional kitchens.
The majority of the testimony was supportive, however, with several registered patients describing success with the drug and difficulty obtaining it from a registered caregiver, whose numbers are on the decline.
"This is really about dignity," said John Targowski, a criminal defense attorney from Kalamazoo who uses medical marijuana to treat symptoms stemming from a severe spinal cord injury. "Dignity for patients who throughout 2009 and 2010 had legitimate, safe access to marijuana. Our appellate courts in Michigan have narrowly interpreted the Medical Marihuana Act…and that's not what we voted for."
Louis Stocking, 26, of Kalamazoo, is a medical marijuana user. Stocking suffered a spine injury from an auto accident and because of chronic pain, he applied for a medical marijuana card in 2009. (Mark Bugnaski | MLive.com
LANSING, MI -- It wasn't the cancer. It was the weight loss that finally led Montrose Mayor Ray Foust to seek out medical marijuana for his dying niece.
Roughly five years ago, Foust drove her 80 miles to a clinic in Southfield, where doctors ran her through a series of tests, certified her for medical marijuana use and gave her five cannabis capsules to try on her way out.
His niece, who had lost her appetite due to chemotherapy, popped one of the pills and saw immediate results. "Let's pull into Wendy's," she told her uncle on the drive home. "I'm hungry."
Foust, testifying before the Michigan Senate Government Operations Committee on Tuesday, offered support for bills that would allow for the return of medical marijuana dispensaries and edible marijuana products in the wake of state court rulings that limited the legality of each.
The small-town mayor told lawmakers that he registered as a caregiver for his niece under Michigan's voter-approved medical marijuana law but found it too time consuming to grow the drug himself. Instead, he continued driving to Southfield each month, picking up medication for his niece until he and other city council members approved a local dispensary in Montrose.
"I call it a safe transfer center," Foust said. "I don't see why anybody would have to go to some low-life place to get a medicine … We don't want 10 distributors down the line. We don't want to be known as the medical marijuana capital. We want people to be able to get their medicine. That's all."
House Bill 4271, sponsored by state Rep. Mike Callton (R-Nashville), would give local communities the power to allow, prohibit or limit medical marijuana "provisioning centers." The regulated dispensaries could not operate within 1,000 feet of a school, could only sell products tested for safety and could not allow use on the premises.
A 2013 Michigan Supreme Court ruling allowed county prosecutors to shut down unregulated dispensaries that had popped up around the state. Many businesses simply closed up shop before law enforcement stepped in.
House Bill 5104, sponsored by state Rep. Eileen Kowall (R-White Lake), would expand the definition of usable medical marijuana to allow for non-smokable forms of the drug, including edibles, tinctures and topical creams. Many patients would rather not smoke, Kowall said, but a Michigan Court of Appeals ruling essentially limited their options.
Both medical marijuana bills passed the House by wide margins in December, but the Senate has been slow to act. Majority Leader Randy Richardville (R-Monroe), who chairs the Senate Government Operations Committee, took testimony on the bills Tuesday but did not hold a vote.
The Michigan State Police worked on the edibles bill but opposes it as written because of labeling language and concerns that an officer may not be able to determine how much marijuana is in any given product. MSP also is concerned that dispensaries would have to operate as cash-only businesses because of federal rules, making them potential targets for criminals.
Eric Pessle, environmental health division director for the Kent County Health Department, also testified against the dispensary bill, which would also allow provisioning centers to prepare and sell edible products. The legislation would require local inspections, but Pessle said that dispensaries preparing food should be subject to the same state-level requirements as traditional kitchens.
The majority of the testimony was supportive, however, with several registered patients describing success with the drug and difficulty obtaining it from a registered caregiver, whose numbers are on the decline.
"This is really about dignity," said John Targowski, a criminal defense attorney from Kalamazoo who uses medical marijuana to treat symptoms stemming from a severe spinal cord injury. "Dignity for patients who throughout 2009 and 2010 had legitimate, safe access to marijuana. Our appellate courts in Michigan have narrowly interpreted the Medical Marihuana Act…and that's not what we voted for."
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Michigan medical marijuana panel recommends adding post-traumatic stress disorder to law
A medical marijuana patient prepares for treatment. (Mark Bugnaski | MLive.com)
LANSING, MI -- Michigan residents suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder may soon have another legal treatment option.
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Review Panel on Thursday, in a 6-2 vote, officiallyrecommended adding PTSD to the list of debilitating conditions that can qualify a patient for the voter-approved program.
PTSD is a severe form of anxiety disorder often diagnosed in military veterans exposed to the horrors of war. It is also common among sexual abuse survivors and others who have experienced the threat of injury or death.
"There is mounting evidence demonstrating the benefits of medical marijuana for individuals suffering from PTSD," Chris Lindsey, legislative analyst for the national Marijuana Policy Project, said in a statement.
"The panel should be commended for recommending that veterans and those who have experienced traumatic events, such as domestic abuse, be allowed to use medical marijuana to alleviate their PTSD and live healthy and productive lives. They deserve our compassion and support."
The review panel recommendation has been forwarded to Steve Arwood, director of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, who is expected to make a final determination soon.
"Director Arwood wants to address this in a timely manner and we anticipate a decision shortly," said LARA spokesperson Jeannie Vogel.
Related: Medical marijuana patients ask review panel to add post-traumatic stress disorder to Michigan law
If approved, PTSD would be the first new condition recommended by the panel and added to the medical marijuana law since voters backed the ballot proposal in 2008. Other qualifying conditions include cancer, glaucoma, HIV and other debilitating diseases causing chronic pain, nausea or seizures.
The panel first recommended adding PTSD to the medical marijuana law in April of 2013, but Arwood rejected the recommendation because too few members participated in the vote for a quorum.
LARA disbanded the review panel that same month because it had failed to appoint members in accordance with administrative rules. The department reformed the panel last year, but members had to start from scratch.
Thursday's vote met the rules for a quorum, according to LARA, but barely. The rules require a majority of the 11-member board to support a recommendation, but three appointees were absent, making it difficult to reach the six-vote threshold.
Separately, the Michigan Legislature continues to consider several changes to the medical marijuana law. The Senate recently approved legislation that would give landlords greater ability to prohibit growing or smoking the drug on their private property.
The Senate Government Operations Committee is scheduled to hold a public hearing Tuesday afternoon on House-approved bills that would allow for the return of regulated dispensaries and expand the definition of usable marijuana to include edible and topical products. No votes are expected.
Jonathan Oosting is a Capitol reporter for MLive Media Group. Email him, find him on Google+ or follow him on Twitter.
A medical marijuana patient prepares for treatment. (Mark Bugnaski | MLive.com)
LANSING, MI -- Michigan residents suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder may soon have another legal treatment option.
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Review Panel on Thursday, in a 6-2 vote, officiallyrecommended adding PTSD to the list of debilitating conditions that can qualify a patient for the voter-approved program.
PTSD is a severe form of anxiety disorder often diagnosed in military veterans exposed to the horrors of war. It is also common among sexual abuse survivors and others who have experienced the threat of injury or death.
"There is mounting evidence demonstrating the benefits of medical marijuana for individuals suffering from PTSD," Chris Lindsey, legislative analyst for the national Marijuana Policy Project, said in a statement.
"The panel should be commended for recommending that veterans and those who have experienced traumatic events, such as domestic abuse, be allowed to use medical marijuana to alleviate their PTSD and live healthy and productive lives. They deserve our compassion and support."
The review panel recommendation has been forwarded to Steve Arwood, director of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, who is expected to make a final determination soon.
"Director Arwood wants to address this in a timely manner and we anticipate a decision shortly," said LARA spokesperson Jeannie Vogel.
Related: Medical marijuana patients ask review panel to add post-traumatic stress disorder to Michigan law
If approved, PTSD would be the first new condition recommended by the panel and added to the medical marijuana law since voters backed the ballot proposal in 2008. Other qualifying conditions include cancer, glaucoma, HIV and other debilitating diseases causing chronic pain, nausea or seizures.
The panel first recommended adding PTSD to the medical marijuana law in April of 2013, but Arwood rejected the recommendation because too few members participated in the vote for a quorum.
LARA disbanded the review panel that same month because it had failed to appoint members in accordance with administrative rules. The department reformed the panel last year, but members had to start from scratch.
Thursday's vote met the rules for a quorum, according to LARA, but barely. The rules require a majority of the 11-member board to support a recommendation, but three appointees were absent, making it difficult to reach the six-vote threshold.
Separately, the Michigan Legislature continues to consider several changes to the medical marijuana law. The Senate recently approved legislation that would give landlords greater ability to prohibit growing or smoking the drug on their private property.
The Senate Government Operations Committee is scheduled to hold a public hearing Tuesday afternoon on House-approved bills that would allow for the return of regulated dispensaries and expand the definition of usable marijuana to include edible and topical products. No votes are expected.
Jonathan Oosting is a Capitol reporter for MLive Media Group. Email him, find him on Google+ or follow him on Twitter.
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Just shows you have Fucked up the Nazi Pigs are in Michigan, Hell the FBI has to Raid them...
Barry County sheriff won't say why FBI reportedly seized items at department
BARRY COUNTY, MI -- A day after federal agents executed a search warrant at the Barry County Sheriff's Department, authorities are mum on what prompted the search, or whether it involves any alleged criminal activity.
Neither Sheriff Dar Leaf nor Undersheriff Bob Baker have responded to phone calls or emails seeking comment.
Federal agents were seen working at the sheriff's department Wednesday, March 12, and reporters on-scene found a front window closed to the public.
Kaye Hooker, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, told The Grand Rapids Press/MLive that the U.S. Attorney's Office would not confirm an investigation was taking place. The agency does not comment on on-going investigations, Hooker said.
Wednesday evening, the sheriff told WOOD-TV his department is working with the FBI on an investigation, but would not comment any further on what is involved.
He told the Grand Rapids news station the department is "OK" and when asked if anything illegal was happening in his department, responded simply, "no."
Barry County sheriff won't say why FBI reportedly seized items at department
BARRY COUNTY, MI -- A day after federal agents executed a search warrant at the Barry County Sheriff's Department, authorities are mum on what prompted the search, or whether it involves any alleged criminal activity.
Neither Sheriff Dar Leaf nor Undersheriff Bob Baker have responded to phone calls or emails seeking comment.
Federal agents were seen working at the sheriff's department Wednesday, March 12, and reporters on-scene found a front window closed to the public.
Kaye Hooker, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, told The Grand Rapids Press/MLive that the U.S. Attorney's Office would not confirm an investigation was taking place. The agency does not comment on on-going investigations, Hooker said.
Wednesday evening, the sheriff told WOOD-TV his department is working with the FBI on an investigation, but would not comment any further on what is involved.
He told the Grand Rapids news station the department is "OK" and when asked if anything illegal was happening in his department, responded simply, "no."
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