As I sit in court, I’m listening to a judge chastise an accused about marijuana use. What prompted this harangue? The accused said that marijuana is used for medical purposes. The judge smiled and then said that marijuana use increases the risk for testicular cancer, lung disease, retarded growth, retarded memory, increased risk of emphysema, …
Judge: Wal-Mart can fire man for medical marijuana use
Michigan law legalizing medical marijuana doesn’t stop private businesses from firing people for drug use, a federal judge said Friday in dismissing a lawsuit against Wal-Mart. U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker said the law, approved by voters in 2008, bars authorities from prosecuting people for marijuana use but doesn’t tell private employers what to do. …
Medical Marijuana: Court of Appeals releases another damaging opinion
Charges reinstated after court finds marijuana enclosure lacking A 6-foot-tall, chain-link fence dog kennel secured by padlock is not an “enclosed, locked facility” under the Michigan medical marijuana act, a divided Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled, reinstating felony drug manufacture charges against a medical marijuana patient in Shiawassee County. The court, in a 2-1 …
An Insider's Perspective – Hostility by Law Enforcement
Medical users face persecution from local law enforcement (by Richard Rosen) As an attorney who has been defending medical marijuana patients in Monterey County for 15 years, I was extremely surprised to read the article here two weeks ago describing local law enforcement as “thoughtful, forward thinking people who appreciate nuance and exhibit common sense” …
Royal Oak tightens medical marijuana regulations
ROYAL OAK – Medical marijuana patients won’t be allowed to grow their 12 state-allotted plants at their house or have a caregiver do it for them when a new local ordinance goes into effect Feb. 3. On the heels of a moratorium on dispensaries in commercial and industrial zones, the city is stemming the tide …
Royal Oak outlaws medical marijuana users from growing
ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak will not allow individual patients and caregivers to grow medical marijuana, but will allow card-carrying patients to smoke the drug in their home, according to an ordinance passed by the body in the early morning hours of Jan. 25. City Commissioner Dave Poulton originally proposed extending the current moratorium for …
State's top court to settle dispute over pot bust
The Michigan Supreme Court is considering whether marijuana found by a firefighter during an emergency call can be used to prosecute a man in Oakland County. A judge and the state appeals court so far have thrown out evidence against Mark Slaughter, who was living in a Royal Oak town house in 2007. Slaughter’s neighbor …
Anti-DEA Rallies Held Over Medical Marijuana Enforcement
Protestors protest the federal government’s attempt to get private and confidential records…this is outrageous. The federal government needs to stay out of confidential and private records. Anti-DEA Rallies Held Over Medical Marijuana Enforcement. Neil Rockind, P.C. is fighting local, state and federal authorities as they attempt to seize and/or force patients to reveal their confidential …
Colorado’s Bill Would Ease State’s Medical-Pot Law
STATE BILL COLORADO Several news organizations have coverage on the introduction of HB11-1043. The Denver Post: Colorado’s medical-marijuana laws could be relaxed to make it easier for felons to own dispensaries and exempt long-standing pot shops from buffer rules around schools. A bill unveiled this week at the state Capitol makes a number of changes …
Challenge to Michigan's medical marijuana law raises privacy concerns
GRAND RAPIDS – Medical-marijuana proponents say confidentiality of patient records is at risk if the federal government can obtain state-compiled records as part of a federal drug investigation. “It would set a pretty significant precedent against patient-privacy rights,” Kris Hermes, spokesman for California-based Americans for Safe Access. “It’s not just a problem in Michigan, it’s …
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