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Michigan Supreme Court To Clarify Medical Marijuana Rules

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on June 23, 2011 Dispensaries, Legislation, Medical

The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear several cases that could clarify the rules surrounding the state’s medical marijuana law, approved by an overwhelming 63 percent of voters in 2008.

One Shiawassee County patient with a medical cannabis card who grew marijuana in a backyard structure wants the criminal charges against him dismissed, reports Rick Pluta at Interlochen Public Radio. Police cited him for not having the grow area locked and enclosed.

In another case, an Oakland County man fighting pot possession charges is using for his defense the fact that he’s a medicinal cannabis patient, even though at the time of this arrest he had not yet obtained his medical marijuana card.

MI Bill Would Ban Group Smoking In ‘Medical Marijuana Bars’

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 3, 2011 Dispensaries, Legislation, Medical

Graphic: THC Finder

Medical marijuana patients would no longer be allowed to smoke pot in support groups under a bill approved by a Republican-led Michigan Senate committee on Thursday. The bill would ban medical marijuana bars and clubs that have sprung up in the state since voters, by a wide margin, legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes in 2008.

The legislation now advances to the floor for a vote by the entire Senate, reports The Associated Press.

The legislation defines “clubs and bars” as places where medical marijuana is used in a group setting for a fee. Violations would be punishable by up to 90 days in jail and fines of up to $500.

“There’s really no good reason for people to gather and consume marijuana,” Sen. Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge) claimed.

Makers Of Natl. Geographic Marijuana Special Misled Participant

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on January 19, 2011 Culture, Products

Photo: National Geographic Channel

Michael Hayne in the National Georgraphic documentary “High On Marijuana”: “I was manipulated and given false assurances. If only I could sue the bastards.”

One interviewee featured in the current National Geographic pot documentary, “High On Marijuana,” has told Toke of the Town he was “manipulated and given false assurances” that the show — widely criticized in the cannabis community for its alarmist portrayal of the herb — would be an impartial look at cannabis.

I mean, come on. How are we supposed to take a supposedly “scientific” show seriously when it describes the onset of marijuana’s effects as like “terrorists taking over the brain”?

As Toke of the Town pointed out before the show aired, the fact that the show features testimony from those who have, to quote Nat Geo, “been addicted,” was something of a red flag to those of us who were expecting an impartial viewpoint. Still, it came as a disappointment that the show turned out to be a “breathless piece of anti-pot hogwash,” as we had predicted.

National Geographic’s ‘High On Marijuana’ Airs January 16

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on January 4, 2011 Culture, Products

What, exactly, happens to your body when you smoke marijuana?
Many of you have no doubt asked yourselves that intriguing question more than once, and for those who’ve ever wondered, a new National Geographic special — which is part of their “Drugged” series — aims to answer that question.
High On Marijuana uses visual effects and CGI to take the viewer on a trip through the human body. Using testimony from those who enjoy using cannabis, and those who have, to quote NatGeo, “been addicted,” (which is, of course, something of a red flag to those who were expecting an impartial viewpoint) the episode “offers an insight into the realities of these drugs,” if National Geographic’s copywriter is to be believed.

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