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Majority of Americans Support Legalization of Medical Marijuana

Address messages for this group to ‘nlc@mail.norml.org’ — >Americans are much less supportive of legalizing marijuana for recreational use.  Two in five support legalizing marijuana for recreational use in their state (42%) and half oppose it (49%) – 7% say >they are unsure and 2% decline to answer. >three quarters of Americans say they support …

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Waterford Township New Ordinance re Medical Marijuana

Waterford Township passes new Medical Marijuana ordinances.  The document is available on the web and was reproduced by the Oakland Press. Neil Rockind, P.C., dbusiness Top Lawyer and Super Lawyer selection Neil Rockind and Colin Daniels, Esq. are available to answer questions and assist with any medical marijuana questions or cases.  Neil Rockind, P.C. is …

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American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) Speaks UP About Medical Marijuana and Doctors

The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) issued recommendations to its members regarding Medical Marijuana and the issuing and/or recommending of Medical Marijuana to patients.  The article appeared in the MedPage website today. Neil Rockind, P.C. is home to Neil Rockind, a Super Lawyer Selection, dbusiness Top Lawyer selection and a lawyer recommended and endorsed …

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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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