Saline just banned medical marijuana. The real surprise lies in the depth of the ban…

Not sure if i read it wrong or this is a typo, but if not it seems Saline is abandoning State law regarding medical marijuana altogether in favor of the more strict federal statues, without regard to the President’s directive that many of these same federal laws were not to be strictly enforced in States that allow for  medical use of marijuana. It seems that Saline administrators did not get that memo.

Saline has somewhat of a reputation for being a police state, and banning it is their right i suppose, but the fact that the interpretation of such a massive legal issue is being left for individual city and township(!!!!) administrators to decide is ridiculous.County/State/Federal lawmakers need to start making some real decisions regarding medical marijuana and how the law is to be interpreted, because we all have better things to do with our time.

We all know that in a few years marijuana will be legalized nationwide anyway, if for no reason other than that we can no longer afford to imprison people for non-violent crime thanks to the war, recession, oil spill, monetary devaluation and every other reason we are broke. Until then, it looks like lawmakers will continue playing these games with the lives  of otherwise ordinary citizens and livelihoods of productive members of the community.

Alana West’s AnnArbor.com article after the break

The Saline City Council has taken action to keep medical marijuana dispensaries out of the city.

Saline Mayor Gretchen Driskell and City Manager Todd Campbell said city officials decided they wanted to follow federal law regarding marijuana, which prohibits its sale and possession.

City Council members unanimously approved an amendment to Saline’s zoning ordinance that prohibits the sale or possession of marijuana or “anything that is a violation of federal, state or local laws,” Campbell said.

The city’s action was prompted by voters’ approval of medicinal marijuana in 2008. Since then, communities have struggled with figuring out how to regulate its use.

Saline officials decided on an approach aimed at eliminating ambiguities.

“It’s pretty complicated,” Driskell said. “Sure it’s legal by the state, but at the same time, it’s not legal by the federal government.”

Campbell said city officials considered three approaches: “Do nothing, regulate (the marijuana) or prohibit,” he said. “They decided to prohibit it.”

He said he only knew of one preliminary inquiry the city had received about setting up a medical marijuana establishment.

Other local communities are also wrestling with how to handle medical marijuana. A medical marijuana clinic is operating in Ann Arbor, but an official says the city will soon examine the legality of any dispensaries and the broader issue of zoning for medical marijuana dispensing and use within city limits.

Ypsilanti Township has given first reading approval to its own zoning ordinance. Some communities, like Birmingham, have adopted Saline’s approach and banned medical marijuana.

The legal status of medical marijuana businesses remains unclear in the state. A Lansing-area smoking club was recently raided by police.

Freelance reporter Alana West contributed to this article.

http://www.annarbor.com/news/saline/saline-prohibits-medical-marijuana-dispensaries/

Ann Arbor Medical Marijuana Patient's Collective

FYI – There will be another patient collective meeting on the 22nd of June.

When:

Tuesday, June 22nd, 7:00 PM

These meetings are an excellent opportunity for caregivers and patients to keep up to date and network, as well as to learn all about the different resources that are available.

I do not have any info on who will be there or the topics of discussion, but no doubt there will be something you will want to hear.

Check it out and if you find it useful be sure to donate a dollar or two to help cover their costs.

Details after the break…

When:

Ann Arbor Senior Center

Tuesday, June 22nd, 7:00 PM

Where:

Ann Arbor Senior Center
320 Baldwin Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Must be 18 or accompanied by adult. $2 Donation.

Ann Arbor Medical Marijuana Patient’s Collective (somewhat dated but worth a look)

I’m proud to call myself a stoner, but I respect the fact that not all marijuana consumers feel the same as me.  Once upon a time, I wrote an article called, ‘What Weed Title Do You Use’  I asked readers what they liked to be called, and the responses were very awesome, and at the same time, very different.  The article is a clear example of just how diverse the pro-marijuana movement is.

Below are SOME, but not ALL, kinds of marijuana activists.  If you think of a type of marijuana activist that I didn’t mention, please add one for everyone to see!  Here is my list:

The Throwback Marijuana Activist
This type of activist remembers what it was like to protest in the late 1960’s-early 70’s.  They are not afraid to spend a stint in jail, and are very vocal about their beliefs.  I wish there were more activists like this; people that are willing to be a martyr for the movement, and push the free speech protections that are afforded to them by the Constitution.

The MMJ Activist
Medical marijuana patients and supporters are a little different than ‘recreational user activists.’  This is largely due to the differing goals and motives between the two types.  Mmj participants are already afforded a lot of protections under the law, and therefore are not pushing for the same things.  They are more likely to be fighting for access (dispensaries) or for additional conditions to be added to the program in their state.  With the exceptions of Colorado and California, mmj activists tend to be more complacent with the current policies in their state.  For instance, here in Oregon, most mmj participants have an ‘I already have what I want’ attitude.  I feel that I can say this with confidence, being that I’m a member of the OMMP, and things are pretty good for me!

The Recreational Activist
This is the type of activist that most people know.  They live in fear of prosecution by law enforcement, simply because they choose to unwind by consuming cannabis.  As a result, they are never complacent with the current policies in America.  Medical marijuana is fine for some, but for this type of activist, full legalization is the goal.

The Politically Correct Activist
This type of activists seems to be a growing force in the movement.  These activists do not like being called pothead, stoner, etc.  They do not like the words pot, weed, or even marijuana.  They only refer to the green stuff as ‘cannabis.’  While I don’t personally play the vocabulary game, I can fully respect the theory behind it.  The words I mentioned above are trigger words, and have a ton of societal taboos attached to them due to the decades-long propaganda campaign.  If every marijuana consumer in America called it cannabis, and referred to themselves as ‘cannabis consumers,’ it would reshape the conversation.

The Marijuana Sympathizer Activist
This type of activist is rare, but there are more and more of them every day.  These people do not consume marijuana, but they possess logical reasoning skills, and realize that the marijuana laws and policies in this country are f’d up.  They might be doctors, attorneys, former members of law enforcement (such as LEAP), or just about anyone.  One of TWB’s staff members, NoInhale, falls into this category.  The movement needs more people like this, because it leaves no room for argument from the opposition.

The College Campus Activist
As a former college student, I can attest that there is no better ‘marketplace for ideas’ than a college campus.  College students are vocal, can be united, and have a great knack for using the internet to voice their opposition.  Those are all great attributes for any political movement, especially the marijuana reform movement…It also helps that marijuana consumption is one of the leading activities at college campuses around America!  I sure know I puffed tough when I was completing my studies!

Of course, there are numerous other types of marijuana activists in America I’m sure.  Almost every political movement in American history was never a ‘one size fits all’ type of deal.  The movements were/are made up of a coalition of people, from different backgrounds, and when united, they become a force to be reckoned with.  The marijuana movement is no different.  As the movement continues to grow, I hope people recognize this, and rather than trying to argue which group ‘has it right,’ we all should realize that we share a common goal, and that we all need each other in order to obtain that goal.  ONE LOVE!

http://www.theweedblog.com/what-kind-of-marijuana-activist-are-you/

They approved the state ballot issue in November 2008.

The concern among many now is, in whose back yard do the marijuana grow places and shops belong?

And what of marijuana “clubs?” Are they legal? And where are they to locate?

To most people, voter approved anything is sacrosanct. Voters were asked if they wanted medical marijuana and they cast the vote.

They said yes.

The only problem now is, to implement it, work out the bugs, develop new laws to cover the loopholes and define what is specifically legal and what isn’t.

Even the so-called “experts” in the law are finding it fuzzy.

It would have helped if the law were more clearly defined when the issue came up for a vote. But it wasn’t.

People are going ahead with their legal right to smoke pot and forming cooperatives, clubs and growing operations while the local communities struggle to find the clear guidelines.

The ball is in the locals’ court, not the state’s. And so are the legal expenses.

It’s a difficult enough task for local communities to find just the right spot to allow these places to operate.

We suspect the debate under way in Gratiot County is just the beginning.

There’s the belief among some that while voters liked the idea of medical marijuana, few envisioned a marijuana club next door to them and would be strongly opposed if that were to occur.

Still, the locals understand it is their responsibility to find the locations, even though it’ll likely become a controversial hot potato they’d rather avoid.

It should be the state’s responsibility to provide clear and precise legal parameters – while still respecting that voters want medical marijuana available to those who need it – and not make the cities, villages and townships try to tackle that on top of everything else.

http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2010/06/13/opinion/srv0000008520233.txt

For some reason, this is going to put a lot of them out of business.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL 420

Buyer be aware, Michigan will be the first place these displaced people will look to as that bubble bursts. Hell, some are already here staking a claim.

They bring with them a wealth of knowledge and cash to a State in desperate need of a competitive edge.

Unfortunately, they will also likely overwhelm local co-op efforts like ours with a cheap supply of imported meds.

No matter who you work with, please continue to support only legitimate local growers who have been through it all over the last decade. We are all just starting to get back on our feet and deserve a break.

Original article after the break…

The day both welcomed and dreaded by the medical marijuana community came today, when the Los Angeles law regulating dispensaries took effect.

A steady parade of applicants filed into City Hall and paid their $324 registration, then were placed on the priority list of clinics that will be notified in a month if they are eligible to continue operation.

It was unclear, however, what the future holds for the more than 440 clinics that opened after the City Council imposed a moratorium in November 2007. Many are preparing to close, while others hold out hope that a June 18 court hearing will overturn the city law and allow them to remain in operation.

“I didn’t want to take a chance on waiting,” said Allison Weber of Daddy’s Collective in Sherman Oaks, which registered on the last day when the city’s moratorium went into effect. There has been some question about whether it is one of those that will be included in the list of legitimiate operators.

By Rick Orlov

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15244535

MUSKEGON — Muskegon County residents turned out to apply for permits to use medical marijuana Friday, despite possible zoning regulations on growers and dispensers.

The cities of Muskegon, Muskegon Heights and Roosevelt Park recently placed six-month moratoriums on the development of medical marijuana facilities. They are considering zoning regulations on growers and dispensaries, but no specific regulations under consideration have been announced.

The application event, hosted by the Muskegon chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) at the Fairfield Inn on Mount Garfield Road, aimed to help potential patients correctly fill out their paperwork. It was the second event of its kind in Muskegon County, according to Beth Singleton, executive secretary of the Michigan chapter of NORML.

Muskegon resident Vern Ainsworth, who said he was applying for a permit because he suffers from chronic pain from a work-related injury, questioned the city’s decision to consider regulating medical marijuana facilities.

“My only thought is why they didn’t do all this (regulating) before it was (voted) legal,” he said.

Singleton said she is concerned regulators will attempt to turn medical marijuana into a government-run business. She said members of the local chapter of NORML will meet with city officials next week to discuss their concerns

“Our biggest issue is with the economy the way it is, the state of health care, people need to be able to grow their own,” Singleton said. “With the state of unemployment, people can’t afford to hand that money back to the government.”

Derek Antol, exective director of the Michigan branch of NORML and a medical marijuana user for arthritis, said the group agrees with city officials in opposing marijuana dispensaries.

However, he said zoning regulations might cause problems for caregivers who want to lease another building because of space and the fear their homes might be burglarized.

Stacie Van Dam, a North Muskegon resident who applied for a medical marijuana permit because of a blood condition leading to headaches and dizziness, said she opposes new zoning ordinances.

“I think it’s just going to make it harder (for patients),” she said.

Bill Camp, a Muskegon resident applying for a permit because of chronic pain in his back and neck and muscle spasms, said he wasn’t worried about potential zoning ordinances.

“I don’t think (more regulation) will happen here in Muskegon,” he said. “There are a lot of people who are against (regulations).”

Van Dam said she thinks attempts to regulate medical marijuana might have been prompted by misconceptions about users.

“I’m a mom, I have three kids, … I’ve never been in trouble with the law,” she said. “I think it’s a lot safer than most pain medications you can be on.”

Richard Krist of Muskegon, who was applying for a medical marijuana permit because of fibromyalgia, a pain disorder, said he thinks new regulations are unnecessary.

“What are (city officials) so afraid of?” he said. “What’s the worst marijuana’s going to do? It’s going to make you watch ‘Spongebob’ with your niece and nephew and order a pizza.”

http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/06/muskegon_county_medical_mariju.html

If so, you NEED to visit Michigan Medical Marijuana Certification Center – it is a wonderful website with easy to find information written in an understandable language.

They explain each condition very well if you need more information on what the qualifying conditions are, and the medical meaning of each.

Or better yet, if you know you qualify, DON’T! Just sit right there at your computer and fill out an online medical release form and they will do the work for you.

Imagine all of the patients who have saved themselves the tension and embarrassment that many feel before applying for a medical marijuana card. A simple phone call to the doctor has kept many patients from finding treatment. They even save you the annoyance of trying to find a working fax machine.

Did i mention that so far everything has been completely FREE?!?!

After they have your records, they will review the information and call to let you know if  you qualify, or if more information is needed in your case. There is a standard $200 fee at the time of your physician visit their Southfield or Grand Rapids locations.

If you are wondering if you qualify as a patient, go there now. What do you have to lose?

PS – They also offer online renewal for patients whose cards are to expire soon for only $100.

To visit their website, visit Michigan Medical Marijuana Certification Center

To go to the FREE release form right now – Online Medical Release Form

It seems that the DEA and its prohibitionist allies are getting rather desperate in the face of strong and growing support for Cannabis Legalization, the support that is felt not only in California, but across the Nation ahead of the November Ballot Initiative that would Legalize, Control and Tax Cannabis in the State of California. Realizing that the people of this country are becoming way too informed to fall for the stale, washed-out “arguments” that Cannabis is “addictive”, that it “favors the criminal activity”, or that it is a “gateway drug”, the prohibitionists are now singing a new tune, and that is that “there are no good reasons” to Legalize this relatively harmless and widely used substance. “No good reasons…” Well, let’s see. The way I look at it, the California Initiative is not just about anyone’s individual right to “smoke weed”, it is about a fundamental personal liberty of an adult individual to use the less dangerous substance for recreational purposes, when those who “outlaw” it and would love to keep it illegal, use the more dangerous one themselves. I am referring to Cannabis and alcohol, to be certain. Even though the DEA and its allies may have a finely tuned machinery of repression to enforce this sad state of affairs, there is no moral authority on their part to do so. And as most of us know, repression and moral authority are two very different things. But let’s suppose that the simple absence of moral authority is not good enough reason for the prohibitionists to stop their repressive actions for, after all, they are following in the infamous footsteps of Harry Anslinger, a racist egomaniac and author of Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. Very well, Gentlemen, here are some good reasons to legalize Cannabis, and they go well beyond a simple “absence of harm”. We all know how sick and tired we are of violence. Violence on our streets, in our homes, in our neighborhoods, on our borders. We also know that alcohol is highly “conducive” to violence, and true enough, many violent acts are committed under the influence of alcohol. Yet the DEA and its allies are unlikely to educate the public that Cannabis use has been shown to suppress violent behavior. Yes, that’s right, marijuana use suppresses violence. As Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook explains, “by inducing a calm, relaxed state, marijuana is not conducive to violence and only the unsophisticated think otherwise”. Wow! Although I believe that the DEA can easily withstand the “accusations” of being overly “sophisticated”, this alone, in my opinion, should put an end to the whole argument about Cannabis legalization. But wait, there are more “good reasons” if our opponents really want to see them. It is demonstrated in poll after poll that between 74 and 81% of the voters support the legalization of medical Cannabis. If the nationwide Referendum on this issue was conducted tomorrow, the proponents would win. Decisively. Across the Nation. And yet, the DEA continues to vehemently oppose the medical marijuana laws everywhere, spreading what I could only call a campaign of deliberate disinformation, not unlike now defunct KGB Fifth Chief Directorate that I had the privilege to oppose in my younger years. I addressed this issue in my previous blogs, but suffice it to say without a moment’s hesitation that if it were solely up to the DEA, not one State medical marijuana law would survive for a day. It is not that the DEA does not “understand” that medical marijuana is highly effective in a wide variety of medical conditions – it understands this well, but the “dogma” that demands that Cannabis remain illegal is above any such considerations, even the will of the voters notwithstanding. The KGB operated by the same ideology: “Yes, Comrades, we understand that the economy is disintegrating and all, but the Marxist-Leninist doctrine prevents us from allowing private enterprise….” Well, you know. And before KGB there was the “Sacred Inquisition” that also placed “dogma” above everything else. This is what I am afraid of:  if the California Initiative were to fail, the opponents of medical marijuana laws would descend like vultures on those frail, unsteady, “baby” State laws laws and rip them to shreds.  A continuing harassment and arrests of medical marijuana growers and suppliers, even in the States where it is legal, prove my point. Is this what we want?? But what about the prohibitionists’ “trump card”, the so-called “gateway drug” theory? I worked in addictions for almost 10 years, and this is what I know. The anti-Cannabis laws in this country seem to promote alcohol and hard drug addictions. The reason for this is that people are afraid of “being detected” on a “random drug screen”, so instead of choosing the relatively safe Cannabis for their “weekend recreation”, they indulge themselves instead with alcohol, cocaine, opiates, methamphetamines, or highly physically addictive prescription “pills” because those substances are “cleared” much more rapidly from one’s “system”, and are less likely to be detected on a “random drug screen”. This is the truth behind the so-called “gateway drug” theory. President Obama and his drug Czar are absolutely correct in trying now to direct attention to prescription drug abuse, for the scope of this problem is truly enormous and does not even come close to that really or potentially caused by Cannabis. If we think about it, we do not have one single “recreational” substance that would provide a safer alternative to alcohol, not to mention “hard drugs”. The California Initiative seeks to end this and to provide people with safe alternative that has the potential of alleviating this Nation’s huge drug and alcohol problem. “Well”, you might say, “but how is it that most doctors of this Nation remain silent about this deplorable state of affairs?” A fair question with a very simple answer. The DEA has a total professional “control” over doctors who need the special “DEA number” to practice medicine. No “number” – and the Medical License becomes a worthless piece of paper, so is it surprising that the doctors are forced to “side” with the DEA, and cannot say a word no matter what their own professional opinion might be? This also goes for the official addiction medicine “establishment” and all of the “allied” medical and counselor personnel. Is this the level of repression directed towards our health-care providers that we are willing to continue tolerating? Passing the California Initiative will send the clearest signal yet that we are not! So, this is how the whole thing works – medical professionals are “paralyzed” for fear of losing the precious “DEA number”, while a large portion of the population is “held hostage” by the menace of “random drug screens” that would reveal Cannabis use before they reveal anything else. Is it difficult to understand then that the proponents of the Initiative are fighting a very much of an “uphill battle”, but also that we in this country will not allow anyone or anything to become that “State within the State” that would uphold its “dogmas” above our economic interests, our safety, our health, or our Rights as citizens.

http://blogs.alternet.org/doctork/2010/06/01/the-compelling-reasons-for-cannabis-legalization/

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