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Important Michigan Supreme Court ruling
Message:
Ask your legislators to support a bill regulating dispensaries.
In a landmark decision issued Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that patients who transfer marijuana to other patients are not entitled to immunity under the law. According to the court, since the transfer is not for the transferring patient’s medical benefit — only the receiving patient’s — the transferring patient is not entitled to immunity.
The decision is being reported as prohibiting dispensaries, which comes as a disappointment to patients who rely on them. Many patients don’t have the space, skills, or mobility to grow their own, and given federal law and opposition from so many state officials, it’s hard for some patients to find a caregiver willing to grow it for them.
Urge your elected officials to support dispensary legislation.
Fortunately, I spoke with Rep. Mike Callton last week, and he plans to introduce legislation that would recognize and regulate dispensaries in cities that choose to allow them. Attorney General Bill Schuette has already announced plans to use the McQueen decision to close down dispensaries throughout the state, so please ask your legislators to support dispensary legislation and improve patient access, and ask your friends to do the same.
