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Am I Prepared To Apply for a Medical Marihuana Facilities Grow License?

Thinking about starting a Medical Marihuana Grow to make sure that you can offer marijuana to the medical marihuana market? Are you a Medical Marihuana Act licensed caregiver that intends to take your item commercial on a larger scale? Thanks to the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act, now you can do so legally, as long as you can successfully acquire a license from the State to do so. This can be a superb opportunity with several new owners seeing remarkable levels of earnings and success in the market. However, if you make this choice, you do need to make certain that you obtain a Michigan commercial grow license. Failing to do so will certainly lead to your venture being, most likely, prohibited and result in court action that will certainly cripple your company before it begins. Sadly, the Michigan commercial grow license application is a long, complex as well as costly process. Ask a medical marijuana lawyer, and also they will inform you that you need to ensure that you ar...

Detroit Medical Cannabis Update

Detroit Medical Marijuana Update The past week has been a hectic one in the City of Detroit when it comes to Medical Marijuana Facilities Licensing Act problems. The City application deadline for currently running facilities was February 15. The Wayne County Circuit Court's Chief Judge, Robert Colombo, Jr. released a judgment relating to the voter initiatives and dispensary zoning requirements. Finally, the City provided a moratorium on applications as well as authorizations for new medical marijuana dispensaries within the City of Detroit. Detroit MMFLA Deadline Comes and Goes: If you were a medical marijuana dispensary owner as well as you got on the City's approved operating list, you were required to submit your application to the State of Michigan Bureau of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs by February 15, 2018. That application also needed to be filed with the City of Detroit for municipal attestation of operating approval by that date too. If you did not get your applicat...

10 Things You Need To Know Before Opening A Marihuana Provisioning Center

You may be thinking about opening a marihuana provisioning center in Michigan. Now, after the passage of the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act or the MMFLA (M.C.L. 333.27401 et seq.) that is possible, but only if you get municipal approval and a State issued operations license. "Provisioning Center" is the legally permissible term under Michigan's Bureau of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Medical Marihuana Regulation, for what was previously referred to informally as a "dispensary." The current guidelines no longer permit such businesses to be referred to legally as "dispensaries" and the State requires that they be referred to as marihuana provisioning centers. A provisioning center is generally a company where qualifying patients under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act or the MMMA (M.C.L. 333.26421 et seq.) can come to purchase medical marihuana for medical use. While a provisioning center can be a rewarding endeavor, t...

After September 15, Can I Still be a Caregiver?

The Bureau of Medical marijuana Regulation is persevering on their position that all marijuana centers that are not licensed by the State under the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act, will have to shut down, and will get a cease and desist letter at that time. While the facilities are not mandated to shut down, the State Bureau of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has made clear that any center that continues to run after receipt of the cease and desist will very likely not be granted a license. Additionally, the State has stated recommended Final Rules pertaining to Medical Marihuana Facilities licensing, which is going to permit or registered qualifying patients to get house shipments from provisioning centers (with restriction, naturally) as well as will additionally permit online purchasing. So, where does that leave registered caregivers, who were anticipating to be able to stay relevant to their clients up until 2021? Traditional The old model for registered caregivers wa...

Wet Marijuana Still Prohibited Per MI COA

Earlier this month, the Court of Appeals, in a split choice, determined that the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act does NOT protect caregivers or patients that are in possession of wet marijuana that remains in the drying out process, from prosecution. The Judiciaries ruling in the case of People v. Vanessa Mansour established that since wet cannabis that remained in the drying out process was not usable cannabis, possession of wet cannabis was not protected by the MMMA. The MMMA specifies most of the terms of the act. The term usable marijuana is specifically defined in the MMMA. The act defines usable marijuana to suggest the following: "Usable marihuana" means the dried leaves, flowers, plant resin, or extract of the marihuana plant, however does not include the seeds, stalks, and roots of the plant. The Court found that since the act chose to use the word "dried" before the remaining components, that meant that wet, undried marijuana was not a part of what the prot...

Proposition One Passed! What's Next? What's Legal?

Proposition One Passed On November 6, 2018, Michigan became the tenth state to legislate the leisure use of marihuana by its residents. The vote passed by a considerable margin and makes Michigan the only State in the Midwest that has actually allowed recreational use of marijuana. Now, we need to consider what happens next, and individuals need to be clear about what's legal today, and what's changing in the near future. Please note: Despite The Fact That MICHIGAN HAS PASSED PROPOSAL ONE AND THE STATE WILL ALLOW POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA UNDER PARTICULAR SCENARIOS IT IS STILL ILLEGAL UNDER FEDERAL LAW. You must consult with an attorney if you have any questions about how the conflict in between State and Federal law might affect you. What's Next? Now that Proposition One has passed, what occurs now? Well, firstly, the recreational use of cannabis in its variety of usable types will now be allowed, however within limits and legal limitations. Before that can happen, however,...

October 31, 2018 Deadline for Caregivers and The Changing Marihuana Dynamic in Michigan

Caregivers and the DoDo Marijuana and extinct birds would seemingly never ever turn up in any kind of discussion. Nonetheless, in talking with our marijuana clients, a lot of them are inquiring about the practicality of the Caregiver model, particularly as it was pushed for many years. What many in the market have referred to as the "Caregiver Model" is going the way of the Do-Do bird on October 31, 2018. Halloween this year will certainly be the extinction event for the caregiver model as numerous have actually understood it for years here in Michigan. While Caregivers will certainly continue to have the ability to grow and offer to their registered patients, and for themselves, if they are likewise registered qualifying patients, the "gray market" where they were selling their excess, and making a fairly good earnings, is coming to an end. What was the "Caregiver Model?" Under the old "Caregiver Model," a Registered Caregiver might grow up to s...

Marijuana Prosecution Regulation Shift

AG Sessions Removes Obama Administration Regulation Regarding Prosecution of Federal Cannabis Regulations. On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a policy which guides local U.S. Attorneys to prosecute federal criminal offenses for marijuana law offenses, even in States where recreational and medicinal marijuana usage has been authorized by the voters. The new policy directive is problematic for a number of factors, and ought to create worry for individuals who utilize medical cannabis in Michigan, or to those who distribute it. Criminal Law Consequences. The policy modification could present serious obstacles to the Cannabis industry, which has been progressively progressing within the past decade. Up until the policy change on Tuesday, an increasing amount of States opposed Federal policies and prohibitions on marijuana usage for any reason, and have passed medical marijuana ordinances, as we have here in Michigan, or they have permitted recreational use of marijuana, as...

Marijuana Prosecution Regulation Change

AG Sessions Eliminates Obama Administration Regulation Regarding Prosecution of Federal Cannabis Regulations. On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a policy that guides local U.S. Attorneys to prosecute federal criminal offenses for marijuana law offenses, even in States where recreational and medicinal cannabis use has been approved by the voters. The new policy directive is troublesome for a number of reasons, and should cause worry for individuals that use medical marijuana in Michigan, or to individuals who dispense it. Criminal Law Consequences. The policy revision might present major difficulties to the Cannabis industry, that has been gradually growing within the past 10 years. Up until the policy revision on Tuesday, a growing amount of States resisted Federal guidelines and prohibitions on marijuana use for any reason, and have passed medical cannabis regulations, as we have here in Michigan, or they have permitted recreational use of marijuana, as Colorado and C...