By Charmie Gholson By the time Michigan voters overwhelmingly passed the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, opponents of the law had long been working to get rid of it. They knew they would need a supermajority vote—three quarters of both the house and the senate—to amend the voter initiated law. That safeguard ensures legislators respect the [...]
Marinol, which is currently available as a Schedule III at your local pharmacy in capsule form, only contains one of 70 cannabinoids present in cannabis. Sativex, seeking FDA approval, contains only two, and interestingly – is in oral spray form – not a capsule. (Potentially damning point to the baseless argument that vaporization or smoking [...]
I’m a cancer patient. I use an experimental chemotherapy that is an extraction of the cannabis plant. I don’t use it to feel good. I use it for the purpose of killing the cancer. Right now, there are about fifty people making this experimental chemotherapy in the state of Michigan. As a result of the [...]
By Charmie Gholson, Editor This editorial, “Bill Schuette at odds with voters’ will,” from the conservative leaning Times Herold editorial board is another indication of the beginning of media support for our community. Brian Dickersons’ oped, “Schuette wages war against the people’s law,” in the Detroit Free Press kicked off what could be a shift [...]
These last few months have been interesting. Even though the Michigan Court of Appeals, Attorney General and Legislature are convinced that medical marijuana is a threat to the greater good of society, the non-partisan Rand Corporation conducted a scientific study and determined that dispensaries actually decrease crime and improve public safety. Meanwhile, the Romulus Police [...]
The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) posted on their website that “you, or your designated primary caregiver, may grow your marihuana. There is no place in the state of Michigan to legally purchase medical marihuana.” This way they can take all your shit, and fine you, charge you to stay in jail, [...]
The way we grow cannabis has vastly changed over the years. New technologies have brought us from using fluorescents in closets to digital switchable ballasts in grow tents. From grocery store blue dry fertilizer, to organic 4 part formulas with microbial enzymes. The more we shuttle in new technologies, so launch a new crop of [...]
Dispensaries – or a lack thereof – are a hot topic these days. A ruling on August 24 by the Michigan Court of Appeals (a three judge panel), stated that dispensaries’ dominant “patient-to patient” transfer model is, in their judgment, a “public nuisance.” This has the potential to create a significant negative impact for patients [...]
The Chelsea District Library, in partnership with SRSLY, presented a panel discussion on medical marijuana 7 p.m Sept. 27 at the Washington Street Education Center, 500 Washington St., featuring medical doctors and law enforcement officials. The panelists who spoke on “Medical Marijuana: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, were Dr. Phyllis M. Boniface, an adult neuropsychiatry [...]
By Dan Riffle The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act makes no mention of dispensaries. Nevertheless, hundreds of them are operating throughout Michigan, and the question now becomes what to do about them. The criminal law section of the Michigan State Bar Association recently recommended embracing a dispensary regulatory model similar to the one that’s enjoyed so [...]
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