Application forms for Michigan's Medical Marihuana ID Card Program have been posted here.
The Michigan Department of Community Health held a public hearing in Lansing on Monday, January 5th to solicit comments regarding the proposed rules for compliance with the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act. You can watch the testimony below.
Groups have been forming to help patients and caregivers across the state of Michigan. The ones we know about are listed below. If you know of more please let us know so we can share them with others.
There is not currently a list of physicians open to the concept of medical marijuana but there is one clinic that is being proactive in this situation.
If you know of other sites dedicated to helping patients and caregivers or physicians open to the potential of medical marijuana please contact us so we can post that information.
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Reefer Madness: Legalization Favored by Majority of Americans Polled Majority of US citizens Support Legalization of Marijuana According to newest polls.
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December 11, 2009 - San Francisco, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA: A decade-long increase in public support to legalize marijuana would appear affirmed according to a newly released poll by AngusReid Public Opinion.
In a national survey of 1,004 American adults, 53 percent support legalizing marijuana. This survey comports with a recent Zogby poll indicating over 50 percent support, as well as a Field Poll in California earlier this year that indicated 56 percent support for marijuana legalization in California.
The AngusReid poll also found that 68 percent of the American public believe the 'War on Drugs' to be a failure, 8 percent believe it a success; with less than 10 percent support, Americans do not support legalizing so-called 'hard' drugs such as ecstacy, cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine.
Two other notable and consistent demographic trends are highlighted:
Democrats and Independent voters support reform, 61 percent and 55 percent respectively, whereas only 43 percent of Republican voters support legalization
The South and Midwest are not as supportive for marijuana legalization as the West and Northeast
"Whether it is these tough economic times, the ascension of more marijuana-friendly baby-boomers into positions of power and authority or the commonsense recognition that 73-years of marijuana prohibition needs to be replaced with a functional tax and control model, it would appear that an ever-growing majority of Americans want major marijuana law reforms—including legalization", said NORML executive director Allen St. Pierre.
To view the AngusReid Public Opinion Survey data and cross-tabulations, see: http://www.visioncritical.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2009.12.09_Drugs_US.pdf
To view a NORML composite graph of the numerous marijuana legalization surveys and the upward trend since 1995, see:
http://stash.norml.org/wp-content/uploads/pollDec09.png
updated: Dec 11, 2009
Posted by MikeyZero Monday, December 14, 2009 (01:39:18)
2009: The Year In Review – NORML's Top 10 Events 2009: The Year In Review – NORML's Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy
December 24, 2009 - Washington, DC, USA
#1 Obama Administration: Don't Focus On Medical Marijuana Prosecutions
United States Deputy Attorney General David Ogden issued a memorandum to federal prosecutors in October directing them to not "focus federal resources ... on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana." The directive upheld a campaign promise by President Barack Obama, who had previously pledged that he was "not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue." Read the full story at: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7998.
#2 Public Support For Legalizing Pot Hits All-Time High
A majority of likely voters now support legalizing marijuana, according to a national poll of 1,004 likely voters published in December by Angus Reid. The Angus Reid Public Opinion poll results echo those of separate national polls conducted this year by Gallup, Zogby, ABC News, CBS News, Rasmussen Reports, and the California Field Poll each of which reported greater public support for marijuana legalization than ever before. Read the full story at: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=8054.
#3 Lifetime Marijuana Use Associated With Reduced Cancer Risk
The moderate long-term use of cannabis is associated with a reduced risk of head and neck cancer, according to the results of a population-based control study published in August by the journal Cancer Prevention Research. Authors reported, "After adjusting for potential confounders (including smoking and alcohol drinking), 10 to 20 years of marijuana use was associated with a significantly reduced risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma." Read the full story at: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7944.
#4 AMA Calls For Review Of Marijuana's Prohibitive Status
In November, the American Medical Association resolved that marijuana should longer be classified as a Schedule I prohibited substance. Drugs classified in Schedule I are defined as possessing "no currently accepted use in treatment in the United States." In a separate action, the AMA also determined, "Results of short term controlled trials indicate that smoked cannabis reduces neuropathic pain, improves appetite and caloric intake especially in patients with reduced muscle mass, and may relieve spasticity and pain in patients with multiple sclerosis." Read the full story at: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=8020.
#5 California: Lawmakers Hold Historic Hearing On Marijuana Legalization
State lawmakers heard testimony in October in support of taxing and regulating the commercial production and distribution of cannabis for adults age 21 and older. Additional hearings, as well as a vote on Assembly Bill 390: the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, are scheduled for January 2010. Read the full story at: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=8002.
Posted by MikeyZero Thursday, December 24, 2009 (18:40:35)
Huge Signature Gathering Success Sends Pot Legalization to Ballot Huge Signature Gathering Success Sends Pot Legalization to Ballot
Posted by Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet at 12:42 PM on December 14, 2009.
AlterNet broke the news that Tax Cannabis 2010 in California has gathered a surplus of ballot petition signatures, moving the state towards pot legalization.
The Tax & Regulate Cannabis 2010 campaign has just achieved a major victory in its efforts to legalize marijuana for all adults in California -- they have gathered the signatures necessary for inclusion on the state's November ballot.
"This is the next step to sane cannabis policies and the end to the hypocrisy and unjust prohibition of cannabis," pot entrepreneur Richard Lee told me Monday morning. He is the co-proponent and a major sponsor of the Tax Cannabis initiative and the force -- and money -- behind Oaksterdam, the successful marijuana-friendly section of Oakland.
This win means that Californians will be the first in the nation to decide whether they believe marijuana ought be taxed and regulated for all adults over 21, much the same way alcohol is.
The drug reform movement's eyes will be on California next year, because many advocates believe that if the initiative passes, many other states could follow.
Support for marijuana legalization is at an all-time high, with polls ranging from 44 to 52 percent national support. In California, where marijuana has been legalized for medical use since 1996, 56 percent support legalization.
This may be why the campaign's organizers were able to gather so many signatures -- nearly 700,000 -- so quickly. Lee tells me the signature-gathering effort was launched only two months before they had achieved that massive number, although legally they were allotted five months to come up with the signatures. Lee collected a couple hundred himself.
Dale Sky Clare, the executive chancellor of Oaksterdam University, says there were at least 3,000 petitioners collecting signatures -- and they didn't have to work too hard to sell the cause. "Usually, before someone signs a ballot petition, they want to read it, see what it’s about, ask questions. But in our case, people didn’t even have to finish hearing the sentence -- 'legalize marijuana' was enough," Clare laughs.
By the last week of November, Tax Cannabis had handily exceeded the 433,971 required signatures it needed for ballot qualification and ended the petitioning stage of its campaign.
Clare and Lee share a celebratory and hopefully soothing joint as they field a barrage of calls from the mainstream media. They'll officially submit the signatures sometime in February, I hear Lee tell one reporter, so that they qualify for the November ballot instead of the one in June, which is expected to have a less favorable voter turnout.
Once they submit the signatures, the state will have 90 days to verify them. As long as the minimum amount of the signatures are valid, the ballot is a go.
Posted by MikeyZero Tuesday, December 15, 2009 (13:14:39)
Michigan farm expert opens Marijuana U. Michigan farm expert opens Marijuana U.
Teaches science of growing pot
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
By Andrea Billups
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. | Nearly a year after voters in this economically disadvantaged state overwhelmingly passed a ballot initiative approving the consumption of medicinal marijuana, a new trade school has opened its doors to educate aspiring growers.
Med Grow Cannabis College, located in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, is set to graduate its first class of students later this month. Its co-founder and president, Nick Tennant, the 24-year-old son of a General Motors Corp. employee, said he sees a significant opportunity to teach standards and safety in an industry that can eventually improve the state's sagging business climate.
"This is profitable and poised for tremendous growth," Mr. Tennant said.
Posted by MikeyZero Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (20:17:03)
AMA Calls for Feds to Review Marijuana Restrictions AMA Calls for Feds to Review Marijuana Restrictions
November 11, 2009 10:36 AM
The American Medical Association on Tuesday adopted a resolution calling for the government to review its classification of marijuana, in order to ease the way for more research into the use of medical marijuana.
While the AMA, the largest physician's organization in the U.S., explicitly states it does not endorse any current state-based medical marijuana programs or the legalization of marijuana, the move is a significant shift that continues a trend toward support for easing restrictions against the drug.
"Our American Medical Association (AMA) urges that marijuana's status as a federal Schedule I controlled substance be reviewed with the goal of facilitating the conduct of clinical research and development of cannabinoid-based medicines," the AMA's statement (PDF) reads. "This should not be viewed as an endorsement of state-based medical cannabis programs, the legalization of marijuana, or that scientific evidence on the therapeutic use of cannabis meets the current standards for a prescription drug product."
Marijuana is currently classified by the federal government as a "Schedule I" controlled substance, the most restrictive of five categories. Schedule I substances are considered to have a high potential for abuse, no accepted medical use and a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug. Other drugs in that category include heroin, LSD and PCP. Less restrictive "Schedule II" substances include cocaine and methamphetamine.
Previously, the AMA recommended marijuana remain a Schedule I controlled substance, but it now believes the substance deserves more clinical research.
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"Despite more than 30 years of clinical research, only a small number of randomized, controlled trials have been conducted on smoked cannabis," Dr. Edward Langston, an AMA board member, told the Los Angeles Times. Limited studies, he said, are "insufficient to satisfy the current standards for a prescription drug product."
The White House drug czar's office gave a muted response to the AMA's recommendation, the LA Times reports, saying it would defer to "the FDA's judgment that the raw marijuana plant cannot meet the standards for identity, strength, quality, purity, packaging and labeling required of medicine."
While the Obama administration opposes legalization of marijuana, the Justice Department last month announced it would no longer pursue prosecution for state-sanctioned medical marijuana sales. As many as 13 states now allow the use of medical marijuana.
The debate over whether to legalize marijuana all together seems to be gaining steam. A Gallup poll last month showed a record 44 percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana. Meanwhile, California residents may get to vote on a 2010 ballot measure to legalize the drug in the state.
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