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March 24, 2011 Marijuana Patients Organization

Smell of Marijuana No Longer Justifies a Search

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in Commonwealth v. Cruz, an American Civil Liberties Union case, that the mere smell of marijuana no longer justifies a search or seizure, because the possession of a small quantity of marijuana is no longer criminal in Massachusetts.

March 22, 2011 Marijuana Patients Organization

Casias v Walmart Opinion

This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on March 22, 2011. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTWESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGANSOUTHERN DIVISIONJOSEPH CASIAS,Plaintiff,CASE…

March 20, 2011 Marijuana Patients Organization

Recent Court Decisions

This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on March 20, 2011. Casias v. Wal-Mart Stores (02/11/2011) A private employer may…

March 15, 2011 Marijuana Patients Organization

Medical Marijuana Employment Rights

California has recently presented a bill that would prevent California employers from discriminating against marijuana patients in the state. This is wonderful news for California, so when will Michigan follow suit? Which Michigan politician will step up and propose this kind of legislation? When Michigan voters approved the medical use of marijuana they did not think this would also include forcing patients out of a job.

March 9, 2011 Marijuana Patients Organization

Bill to Ban Marijuana Bars, Dead.

This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on March 9, 2011. Yesterday Senate Bill 17, a bill to outlaw the…

March 8, 2011 Marijuana Patients Organization

MDCH No Longer Controls Medical Marijuana Program in Michigan

Governor Snyder has shifted all power of the Michigan Department of Community Health’s Medical Marijuana Program to a newly organized Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. This is part of an overall restructuring of departments within the state and it is not certain what if any impact it will have on the State’s Medical Marijuana Program. We hope this move will free up necessary resources to better fund the program, expedite the card issue process and other administrative shortcomings the department has had to date.

February 17, 2011 Marijuana Patients Organization

Senate Bill 99

This bill is a direct threat to patients. We take this very personal, this bill must be defeated.

Below you will have the opportunity to read the bill that has passed the Senate in Michigan, in a nutshell here’s what it states. Life in prison for any schedule 1 narcotic mixed in any form over 1000 grams. This would qualify a batch of brownies that a cancer patient we know well makes weekly. Could you imagine what those brownies weigh? Even if they don’t quite weigh 1000 grams from the 7 grams of actual marijuana the recipe calls and weigh 450 grams (1 pound), our friend would be faced with 30 years prison and a $500,000 fine.

When will this end? This is the most inartfully drafted proposed legislation since 1950’s Alabama.

February 17, 2011 Marijuana Patients Organization

Medical Marijuana Expo

MARIJUANA PATIENTS ORGANIZATION (MPO) ADDED TO SPONSOR LIST FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA EXPO 2011

The Marijuana Patients Organization (“MPO”) announces that it has been added to the sponsor list for the THC in Michigan Expo 2011 (“Medical Marijuana Expo”). This event is scheduled for March 11-13 at the Suburban Collection Showplace (formerly known as the Rock Financial Showplace) in Novi, Michigan.

February 8, 2011 Marijuana Patients Organization

Royal Oak Sued Again

A medical marijuana patient sues the city of Royal Oak. Represented by two Marijuana Patients Organization board members and attorneys, Neil Rockind and Paul Tylenda, this marks the second such suit filed since recent zoning ordinances passed to ban cultivation in the city.

February 3, 2011 Marijuana Patients Organization

Medical Marijuana Patient Sues Royal Oak

ROYAL OAK – The city is being sued by a cancer patient who claims the zoning restrictions on medical marijuana that went into effect today violate the Michigan Constitution and state law.

February 1, 2011 Marijuana Patients Organization

Ask A Lawyer?

This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on February 1, 2011. ASK YOUR QUESTION HERE >> Visit AskLawQuestions.com for your…

February 1, 2011 Marijuana Patients Organization

Rick Jones Legislation

Anyone that has kept up on proposed medical marijuana legislation in Lansing knows that State Senator Rick Jones has taken the charge with drafting laws to protect the public. While I feel that our senator is very well intentioned and does care about patients he is starting in the wrong areas.