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What Does the New Michigan Supreme Court Opinion Mean for Medical Marijuana?
On May 31, 2012, the Michigan Supreme Court handed down a decision in People v. Kolanek that will provide some much-needed guidance to lower courts, prosecutors, and defense attorneys dealing with the...
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Grand Rapids Marijuana Law Gets Court Approval
Last year voters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, passed an amendment to the city’s charter classifying simple marijuana use or possession as a civil infraction, not a crime. At the same time similar...
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Court Gives Medical Marijuana Users the Green Light to Drive
Judges across the state have been cautioning medical marijuana users against driving ever since the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) went into effect in 2008. Their reasoning? The Michigan Vehicle...
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Cannabutter Brownies Are Not Usable Marijuana, Court Says
A Michigan Court of Appeals recently published an opinion on the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) drastically limiting the definition of usable marijuana. This decision could have a serious affect...
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Ferndale’s Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owners Head Back to Court
When the trial court judge dismissed the charges against the owners of Ferndale’s medical marijuana dispensary, Clinical Relief, many breathed a sign of relief. But a Michigan Court of Appeals just...
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What’s Wrong With the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act
For patients suffering certain debilitating illnesses and symptoms, medical cannabis is an idea that’s time could not have come soon enough. It stands as an better alternative to heavy and often...
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Will Marijuana Soon Be Legal In Michigan?
There has been a trend recently of different cities and states making marijuana possession legal, or at least not putting people in jail for it. In 2012 Colorado and Washington became the to first...
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Medical Marijuana Caregiver Held to Medical Standard of Care
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) provides protections to users of therapeutic marijuana and their caregivers. But a recent Court of Appeals opinion has put a big caveat on those protections,...
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Michigan Senate Allows Landlords to Ban Medical MariJuana
The Michigan legislature considered several modifications to the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) in 2013. Now it has begun again as the Senate passed a bill that will restrict where qualified...
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Driver Beware: Michigan Authorizes Roadside Drug Tests
It’s been the law in Michigan that your license can be suspended if you refuse to take a Preliminary Breath Test for alcohol. But a new law will add drug testing to the mix. Know your rights and...
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