This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on January 10, 2014.
The state of Michigan is required to report to their legislature on a yearly basis data regarding the medical marijuana program. It is estimated there are currently 173,315 registered marijuana patients in the State, and that number will likely grow to 300,000 in 2014.
Based on the average growth rate over the past 5 years, the number of current patients and a legislative fix that extended cards to two years from one, it is a safe bet that Michigan will be home to 300,000 medical marijuana patients by the end of 2014 (3% of the population).
The State of Michigan reports the following information:
| Initial Applications Approved: | 82,193 |
| Initial Applications Denied: | 11,612* |
| Renewal Applications Approved: | 36,175 |
| Renewal Applications Denied: | 8,672* |
| The State uses an October Calendar year.Registered patients multiplied by .25 for Q4 2013 enrollments. | 34,663* |
| Current registered marijuana patients in Michigan: | 173,315 |
For Fiscal Year 2013 (through September), there were a total of 133,890 applications approved for medical marihuana registry identification cards according to LARA’s December report. read here >>
2014 MMMA Act Program Data and Information read here >>
* The department has stated that the vast majority of denials are a result of typo’s or insufficient data filled, and most are usually always corrected. We added denials to the total which reflects the department’s December 2013 report. common denial reasons >>