Thursday, May 3rd the Michigan Marijuana Facilities Licensing Board met and approved all three of the pre-qualification applications that were presented. Two of the applications passed unanimously and the other passed on by a 4-1 vote with Pickard being the only vote for denial.
Illinois Senate Bill 336 was passed by a staggering 44-6 vote. The measure is intended to allow flexibility in obtaining a medical marihuana in the state of Illinois by recognizing the use of cannabis as medicine in the fight against the opiod crisis. As amended, the bill allows persons with an active prescription for opiods […]
If you are Michigan Marijuana caregiver you might want to know that many local municipalities are creating conflicting local ordinances and the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act (MMMA Michigan). Charter Township of York and the MMMA Michigan This case is a court of appeals case in which a conflict between local ordinances and medical marijuana laws […]
Marijuana attorney Joshua Covert was recently interviewed by the Lansing City Pulse in the annual 4/20 edition. The article discusses his work as a Cannabis Lawyer and how he fights the drug war. “I started thinking about my mom going to jail for using cannabis and that’s kind of like what spurred the thought about […]
On Sunday, April 15th attorney Joshua Covert spoke at an event in Lansing geared to sharing information about local activism and grassroots efforts to empower citizens to play a larger role in the political process.
The next Michigan Medical Marihuana (Marijuana) Facility Licensing Act board meeting will tell us a lot in regards to timelines for the upcoming industry. The Bureau of Medical Marihuana Regulation (BMMR) began accepting applications for licenses under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Facility Licensing Act (MMFLA) in December of 2017. Hundreds of applications have been submitted […]
John Sinclair paved the way for what is now known as Hash Bash. This event that takes place each year in Ann Arbor, Michigan to celebrate and support the movement toward the legalization of marijuana in our great state. Ann Arbors Hash Bash is a great way to stick it to the man and celebrate […]
Michigan has approximately 277,000 medical marihuana patients. Those individuals may find themselves having to travel a greater distance to purchase marihuana after Michigan issued cease and desist letters to over 200 medical marihuana provisioning centers, many of them located in Wayne County.
Marijuana Driving in Michigan In an unpublished case, the Michigan Court of Appeals (People v Donaghy, No. 322677, 2015) interpreted the protections of section 4 of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) in regards to the limitations of section 7(b)(4). The case involved an individual who was charged with what is commonly known as drugged […]
This week The Bureau of Medical Marihuana Regulation (BMMR) released several advisory bulletins. These bulletins were aimed at reminding Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act (MMFLA) applicants of pre-license inspections. The BMMR Pre License Inspection Advisory bulletins were released for each of the five types of licenses allowed under the MMFLA as well as a General […]
