Hello my name is Barbara Agro. I am a 70 year old Michigan medical marijuana patient. I am a lifelong Michigan resident who has spent my entire working life, as my husband had, working for our community. I worked for Lake Orion schools as a bus driver and also spent 28 years working for Lake [...]
HELENA, Mont (Reuters) – Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have repealed the state’s 7-year-old, voter-approved law legalizing marijuana for medical purposes. Schweitzer’s veto came as state lawmakers continued work on an alternative bill to tighten regulation of medical marijuana in the state, where 30,000 residents carry cards allowing them [...]
By Charmie Gholson Michigan Senator Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge) introduced a bill April 12 that would exempt the use of medical marijuana from personal insurance benefits. The bill was referred the the Judiciary Committee, of which Jones serves as Chair. Senate Bill 321 also bars both excessive hospital charges for semi-private accommodations and loss of [...]
Newburg Law Files Motion in Court of Appeals on Medical Marijuana Case Today Matt Newburg of Newburg Law, PLLC filed a Motion in the Court of Appeals in the matter of People v. Brandon McQueen et. al. The Motion was filed on behalf the Michigan Association of Compassion Centers (“MACC”) and is asking the Michigan Court [...]
By Charmie Gholson The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration this morning raided Caregivers of America, a medicinal marijuana facility in Walled Lake. Few details were being released but DEA special agent Rich Isaacson said a sealed federal search warrant was executed at the business on Decker Road in Walled Lake. He would not say why the [...]
By Andrew Bowen (AFP/KNA/dpa) The German health ministry has announced plans to legalize medical use of marijuana, prompting praise from advocates for patients with chronic pain and terminal illnesses. Top policy makers in the German government have agreed on plans to allow prescriptions for medical marijuana for seriously ill patients, according to an announcement by [...]
By Daniel Solano This is the first in a serious of articles intended to empower citizens by educating them about their rights. Police know which rights are afforded to people, oftentimes when private citizens do not. Without a warrant, unless they have strong evidence known as probable cause, police need your permission to enter your [...]
A fifteen-year-veteran pharmaceutical rep from 1985 – 2000, Gwen Olsen worked for McNeil Pharmaceutical, Syntex Laboratories, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Abbott Labs and Forest Laboratories. She was a hospital rep and specialist rep for the majority of her career, educating residents in hospital teaching settings and selling prescription drugs to doctors in obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, cardiology, [...]
By Attorney William J. Maze A suburban Detroit area judge claims that Michigan’s medical marijuana law is illegal, and is trumped by federal drug laws which classify cannabis as a Schedule I substance. Judge Mark W. Somers of the 19th District Court in Dearborn, Michigan, ruled on March 7, 2011, that the Michigan Medical Marihuana [...]
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