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Cannabis Can Help With Cancer . . . Feds Concede But Then Change Their Mind

Graphic: Garden State Alternative ​Just 11 days after adding a section on medical marijuana to its treatment database, the National Cancer Institute has altered the new page, removing any mention of the evidence that marijuana can diminish and even reverse tumor growth. In an edit appearing Monday afternoon, NCI replaced a sentence about marijuana’s direct …

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Herbal Remedies & Judge Kuhn Opinion and Order

Opinion and Order to Bindover Today we received Judge Kuhn’s long awaited opinion in the Herbal Remedies/Waterford Dispensary Case.  Judge Kuhn gave us an opportunity to cross examine the state’s witnesses and present our arguments but, to be honest, today’s decision was not a surprise.  Disappointing yes . . . surprising, no.  But, I fear …

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Herbal Remedies Decision — Judge Binds Over

Mike Martindale writes this article about Judge Kuhn’s decision in the Waterford Dispensary Tuesday. Judge orders trial for 8 over medical pot bust MIKE MARTINDALE The Detroit News The Teichmans are to appear before McMillen on April 7. Waterford Township — Eight people arrested during a raid that sparked debate about the state’s medical marijuana …

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Useable Means Useable…Not Useable Eventually, duh!

In the Oregon Court of Appeals decision (reversed on other grounds in the Oregon Supreme Court) case of State v. Castilleja (excerpt attached) the Court ruled that hanging, drying marijuana is not ‘usable marijuana’ as that term is defined in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act. State v. Castilleja & Castilleja, 215 Or App 235, 168 …

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HELLO??? Law Enforcement — Please Read The Court of Appeals Opinion and Let the Juries Decide

I don’t know Alexander Kolanek.   From the looks and sounds of the criminal justice officials and authorities in and around the tri-county area, they haven’t heard of him either.  Kolanek is the subject of the Court of Appeals opinion, People of the State of Michigan v Alexander Kolanek.  In Kolanek, the Court of Appeals …

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Neil Rockind – Guest Speaker at OCBA Brown Bag Lecture titled “Defending Medical Marihuana Cases”

On September 20, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Neil Rockind, the premier medical marijuana defense attorney in Michigan, will be giving a lecture for the Oakland County Bar Association Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series titled “Defending Medical Marijuana Cases.” Be sure to mark your calenders, because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to catch a …

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Oakland Prosecutor: Marijuana Dispensaries Clearly Illegal

THIS IS A RIDICULOUS STORY AND WE HATE TO EVEN GIVE IT ANY KIND OF TRACTION, BUT HERE YA GO: Pontiac — The Oakland County prosecutor says she wants to end confusion surrounding the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act, telling county commissioners at a board meeting Thursday that dispensaries of any kind are illegal in the …

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Medical marijuana advocates: State has us in ‘Catch 22’

Oakland County medical marijuana advocates are unhappy about Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s reaction to a case concerning a medical marijuana card-holder who was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs. Schuette filed a brief in support of the Grand Traverse County prosecutor’s appeal to the Michigan Court of Appeals in People v. Koon, …

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New Briefs re: Use of Medical Marijuana while on Probation

These briefs were filed in People v. Halloway re: using medical marijuana while out on probation. Interesting reading… People v Halloway – Motion to Use Med MJ on Probation People v Halloway – Pros Reply to Motion to Use Med MJ on Probation Colin A. Daniels

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Proposed Bill re: Police Interrogation

Check out this proposed Bill that would further define investigatory procedures and interrogation techniques used by police: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2011-SIB-0152.pdf Colin A. Daniels

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