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Just asking so I can file it under my "things not to do."
The War on Medical Marijuana in MI Super Thread, NEWS,BUST,LAWS <<<<Updated Often>>>>
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What is bud-tending? Sounds like working in a dispensary.
oscar169
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Judges hostile to medical marijuana, attorney says
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The state Supreme Court refused to hear appeals of a medical-marijuana cooperative grower and a dispensary owner.
Attorney Bruce Block, who has waged a seven-year court battle on behalf of a client with a cooperative grow in Grand Rapids, says some judges cannot accept legalization of marijuana for medical purposes.
"There has been this inherent hostility of the judiciary, in my view," Block told MLive and The Grand Rapids Press.
"I'm disappointed. Very disappointed."
Medical marijuana dispensary, cooperative grow rejected by appeals court
The state Court of Appeals said the defendants cannot assert the state's medical marijuana law as a defense at trial.
His client, Ryan Bylsma, pleaded guilty to a high-court misdemeanor of maintaining a drug house and possession of marijuana for operating a collective grow operation in 2010. He helped caregivers and patients grow marijuana in a Grand Rapids warehouse.
The other defendant, David Overholt, who had a dispensary, Mid-Michigan Compassion Club on Leonard Street NW, pleaded no contest to delivery or manufacture of marijuana.
They had separate cases.
Six years later, court battle ends over man's medical marijuana co-op
Ryan Bylsma was sentenced to a $500 fine
Neither was allowed to raise the medical marijuana law as a defense in Kent County Circuit Court.
Both Bylsma and Overholt contended they acted legally under Section 8 of the medical marijuana law.
The section allows defendants to assert the defense, even if they are not registered patients or caregivers, if they can show the marijuana was used for a medical purpose.
Block said that Section 8 is intended to stand on its own.
Healing or dealing? Grand Rapids medical marijuana dispensary owner heads to trial
The state Court of Appeals said a defendant would also have to "qualify as a 'patient' or 'primary caregiver ... '
"As such, we hold that to be in compliance with the MMMA (Michigan Medical Marijuana Act) - and therefore to be eligible to raise a defense under Section 8 in a prosecution for marijuana-related conduct - an individual must either be a 'patient' himself or the 'primary caregiver' of no more than five qualifying patients, as those terms are defined and understood under the MMMA."
Block said that a lot of otherwise law-abiding people have been tripped up while trying to conform to requirements of the medical marijuana law. He had hoped that the Supreme Court would hear the appeals.
Instead, he said, the Supreme Court "allowed a fatally flawed Court of Appeals decision to be the law. ... This was an excellent opportunity for the Supreme Court to step in and set the record straight."
Block, author of "Michigan Medical Marijuana Guide," said he would not have fought so long if he didn't think he had a strong case.
The Court of Appeals has "very narrowly construed" the medical marijuana law, which was approved by Michigan voters in 2008.
"It's a moving target. I mean, it is. It's a moving target and this (ruling) doesn't help," Block said.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2017/06/judges_hostile_to_medical_mari.html
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The state Supreme Court refused to hear appeals of a medical-marijuana cooperative grower and a dispensary owner.
Attorney Bruce Block, who has waged a seven-year court battle on behalf of a client with a cooperative grow in Grand Rapids, says some judges cannot accept legalization of marijuana for medical purposes.
"There has been this inherent hostility of the judiciary, in my view," Block told MLive and The Grand Rapids Press.
"I'm disappointed. Very disappointed."
Medical marijuana dispensary, cooperative grow rejected by appeals court
The state Court of Appeals said the defendants cannot assert the state's medical marijuana law as a defense at trial.
His client, Ryan Bylsma, pleaded guilty to a high-court misdemeanor of maintaining a drug house and possession of marijuana for operating a collective grow operation in 2010. He helped caregivers and patients grow marijuana in a Grand Rapids warehouse.
The other defendant, David Overholt, who had a dispensary, Mid-Michigan Compassion Club on Leonard Street NW, pleaded no contest to delivery or manufacture of marijuana.
They had separate cases.
Six years later, court battle ends over man's medical marijuana co-op
Ryan Bylsma was sentenced to a $500 fine
Neither was allowed to raise the medical marijuana law as a defense in Kent County Circuit Court.
Both Bylsma and Overholt contended they acted legally under Section 8 of the medical marijuana law.
The section allows defendants to assert the defense, even if they are not registered patients or caregivers, if they can show the marijuana was used for a medical purpose.
Block said that Section 8 is intended to stand on its own.
Healing or dealing? Grand Rapids medical marijuana dispensary owner heads to trial
The state Court of Appeals said a defendant would also have to "qualify as a 'patient' or 'primary caregiver ... '
"As such, we hold that to be in compliance with the MMMA (Michigan Medical Marijuana Act) - and therefore to be eligible to raise a defense under Section 8 in a prosecution for marijuana-related conduct - an individual must either be a 'patient' himself or the 'primary caregiver' of no more than five qualifying patients, as those terms are defined and understood under the MMMA."
Block said that a lot of otherwise law-abiding people have been tripped up while trying to conform to requirements of the medical marijuana law. He had hoped that the Supreme Court would hear the appeals.
Instead, he said, the Supreme Court "allowed a fatally flawed Court of Appeals decision to be the law. ... This was an excellent opportunity for the Supreme Court to step in and set the record straight."
Block, author of "Michigan Medical Marijuana Guide," said he would not have fought so long if he didn't think he had a strong case.
The Court of Appeals has "very narrowly construed" the medical marijuana law, which was approved by Michigan voters in 2008.
"It's a moving target. I mean, it is. It's a moving target and this (ruling) doesn't help," Block said.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2017/06/judges_hostile_to_medical_mari.html
DemonTrich
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It shouldn't matter what personal feeling a judge had twords med mj. Feeling are irrelevant when it comes to laws written in the books. So they can kick rocks n skip to the shrink if they feel so entitled to.
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Theory vs. reality....This isn't the only case, there has been judicial collusion on this issue since day one.
Shutte shouldn't have been re elected but stoners won't vote so he was, next he wants to be governor........I signed the legalization petition, my fingers are crossed for next ballot initiative.
Shutte shouldn't have been re elected but stoners won't vote so he was, next he wants to be governor........I signed the legalization petition, my fingers are crossed for next ballot initiative.
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Gaylord they raided most of them this week.
Cannis
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One of those places in GL had snacks they shouldn't have had. And had them knowing full well how the prosecutor is on Mj.
sixstring
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Well i did some reading around and those places in gaylord had plenty of warnings and decided not to comply as far as i can tell. One dispo owner had been dragging plants outside every day to get sunlight in plain view lol.one dispo got busted with illegal narcos,one had openly been advertising product from other caregivers.all the while knowing that town does not want them there at all,at least the police dont lol.
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Here's where medical marijuana businesses have been approved in Michigan
Posted By Violet Ikonomova on Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 1:16 PM
Dispensaries and 500-plus plant grows have been legalized under rules approved last year by state lawmakers, but a rather small number of communities in the tri-county area have enacted ordinances that would allow such businesses within their borders. According to a Detroit Free Press survey of half of the area's roughly 130 municipalities, only five — Detroit, Inkster, River Rouge, Lenox Township, and Orion Township — have agreed to allow commercial marijuana businesses, with Harrison Township expected to approve an ordinance next month. By contrast, the daily reports that 38 communities across the state, many of them rural, have approved marijuana ordinances in hopes of making money off the new market.
The first municipality known to have passed an ordinance to allow for commercial marijuana businesses was rural Pinconning Township, right off I-75 up near Michigan's thumb.
"We had three options," Pinconning Township Deputy Treasurer JoAnna Morin told us in March. "Do nothing, don't allow it, or control it."
Faced with an economic opportunity unseen in decades, the township — already known by the marijuana community as home of the "Pinconning Paralyzer" strain — took action last January, designating a six-square mile swath of land it hopes will turn into a hub for pot growing, processing, and selling. Morin said in March that much of the interest in the Township was coming from people in more populated areas like metro Detroit, where zoning issues were expected to hamper weed businesses.
Communities that allow marijuana businesses will generate money from sales taxes, application fees, and property taxes. They also may see an increase in property values. In Pinconning Township, for example, undeveloped farm land within the zone green-lighted for pot operations was going for $200,000 an acre last April, well over the price of previous land sales in the area.
According to the Freep, the outstate cities of Bangor, Niles, Ypsilanti, Buchanan, Clare, Evart, Lansing, Vassar, White Cloud, Marshall, Morenci, and Newaygo have approved medical marijuana ordinances. The townships of Leoni, Mueller, Carp Lake, Pleasant Plains, Acme, Au Gres, AuSable, Bangor, Crockery, DeTour, Frederic, Gibson, Humboldt, Kalamazoo, Kawkawlin, Parma, Pinconning, Sharon, and Windsor have also opted in, as have the villages of Kalkaska, Breedsville, Carleton, Chesaning, DeTour, Eau Claire, and Webberville.
The commercialization of the medical marijuana industry is expected to serve as the foundation for a recreational market, if full legalization is approved by voters. Proponents of legalization are on track to putting the issue before voters next year. Last month they submitted more signatures than needed to qualify for the November ballot.
https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hit...ana-businesses-have-been-approved-in-michigan
Posted By Violet Ikonomova on Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 1:16 PM
- Jacob Lewkow
- A weed plant.
Dispensaries and 500-plus plant grows have been legalized under rules approved last year by state lawmakers, but a rather small number of communities in the tri-county area have enacted ordinances that would allow such businesses within their borders. According to a Detroit Free Press survey of half of the area's roughly 130 municipalities, only five — Detroit, Inkster, River Rouge, Lenox Township, and Orion Township — have agreed to allow commercial marijuana businesses, with Harrison Township expected to approve an ordinance next month. By contrast, the daily reports that 38 communities across the state, many of them rural, have approved marijuana ordinances in hopes of making money off the new market.
The first municipality known to have passed an ordinance to allow for commercial marijuana businesses was rural Pinconning Township, right off I-75 up near Michigan's thumb.
"We had three options," Pinconning Township Deputy Treasurer JoAnna Morin told us in March. "Do nothing, don't allow it, or control it."
Faced with an economic opportunity unseen in decades, the township — already known by the marijuana community as home of the "Pinconning Paralyzer" strain — took action last January, designating a six-square mile swath of land it hopes will turn into a hub for pot growing, processing, and selling. Morin said in March that much of the interest in the Township was coming from people in more populated areas like metro Detroit, where zoning issues were expected to hamper weed businesses.
Communities that allow marijuana businesses will generate money from sales taxes, application fees, and property taxes. They also may see an increase in property values. In Pinconning Township, for example, undeveloped farm land within the zone green-lighted for pot operations was going for $200,000 an acre last April, well over the price of previous land sales in the area.
According to the Freep, the outstate cities of Bangor, Niles, Ypsilanti, Buchanan, Clare, Evart, Lansing, Vassar, White Cloud, Marshall, Morenci, and Newaygo have approved medical marijuana ordinances. The townships of Leoni, Mueller, Carp Lake, Pleasant Plains, Acme, Au Gres, AuSable, Bangor, Crockery, DeTour, Frederic, Gibson, Humboldt, Kalamazoo, Kawkawlin, Parma, Pinconning, Sharon, and Windsor have also opted in, as have the villages of Kalkaska, Breedsville, Carleton, Chesaning, DeTour, Eau Claire, and Webberville.
The commercialization of the medical marijuana industry is expected to serve as the foundation for a recreational market, if full legalization is approved by voters. Proponents of legalization are on track to putting the issue before voters next year. Last month they submitted more signatures than needed to qualify for the November ballot.
https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hit...ana-businesses-have-been-approved-in-michigan
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ADVISORY BULLETIN
May 11, 2018
Cannabidiol (“CBD”) and Industrial Hemp(“Hemp”) Products
http://komornlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/LARA-CBD-Hemp-Advisory-Bulletin-622872-7.pdf
May 11, 2018
Cannabidiol (“CBD”) and Industrial Hemp(“Hemp”) Products
http://komornlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/LARA-CBD-Hemp-Advisory-Bulletin-622872-7.pdf
DemonTrich
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I can source cbd online anywhere in the USA. How the fuck is LARA going to govern that.
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