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| Marijuana - Selected Recent Michigan HeadlinesTo list all of the marijuana headlines would render this page useless. That is what newspapers are for. The ones below are those that are noteworthy to Michigan residents. ж March 31, 2010, a medical marijuana clinic opened in downtown Grand Rapids, operated by the Mid Michigan Compassion Club out of Stanton. ж Feb 15, 2010, a Marijuana clinic opened for business in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Dr. David Crocker opened: "Michigan Holistic Health" to help those who qualify for the state's medical marijuana program obtain ID cards. This is the first full-time medical marijuana clinic that will be owned and operated by local resident doctor, who will only handle medical marijuana cases. Most state doctors remain wary and either have a "wait and see" attitude, or want to see more clinical studies done. ж Jan 2010, the News reports a medical marijuana 'dispensary' is open in Ypsilanti (near Ann Arbor). This is NOT a California type dispensary, but a compassion club, senior center, gathering area, and place where caregivers can transfer marijuana to their patient. Read more: Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Michigan. ж Dec 20, 2009, The Grand Rapids Press reported a marijuana compassion club is open in Montcalm County. The club plans to have a back room where registered patients can smoke and sample legal marijuana products. ж Nov 20, 2009, a marijuana growing college has opened in Detroit; for $475 one can learn to grow pot indoors. ж Nov 14, 2009, a "Cannabis Cafe" recently opened in Portland, Oregon. Approved medical marijuana patients pay $25 per month and can smoke marijuana in the club. 'Budtenders' serve food, non-alcoholic drinks, and free marijuana to club members. The cafe is the first of its kind in the United States. ж On Nov 10, 2009, the American Medical Association finally reversed its long-held (72 year) position that marijuana be kept as a Schedule I drug without any medical value. The AMA voted to adopt a report that affirms the medical benefit of MJ and called for further research, as studies show it reduces pain, helps appetite, and relieves pain and spasms. ж Oct 19, 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice released a letter that directs a shift away from the former policy of prosecuting medical marijuana patients and growers. The memo urges prosecutors to pursue marijuana cases which involve violence, firearms, selling pot to minors, money laundering and other crimes. Read full text: DOJ Marijuana Memo ж Summer 2009, a state senator introduced a bill that would gut the Marijuana Act. Marijuana could only be dispensed with a doctor's Rx, only by a pharmacy, and only 10 growers would be allowed. Since federal law prohibits a doctor from prescribing marijuana and prohibits a pharmacy from dispensing it, this law would create a clever 'Catch-22' situation where you could neither legally grow nor obtain it. The feds used this tactic to criminalize marihuana in 1937 ж September 11, 2009, a district court judge in Livingston County ruled that the Marijuana Act could not be applied retroactively. The patient was issued his medical ID card on April 21, 2009 but the pot bust occurred in August 2008. That judicial circuit court for the county has decided the Medical Marijuana Act is NOT be to applied retroactively. The issue of the retroactive application of the medical marihuana act is pending in the Michigan Court of Appeals. ж September 10th, police seized 7 marijuana plants from a registered caregiver in Ogemaw County. The seized plants were growing outdoors inside a fenced, chain link area with a roof. The "SWAT" officers apparently felt that the marihuana should not be growing outside. They left the 4 plants that were growing inside the house. ж June 18, 2009, an Oakland County judge dismissed felony charges against a couple growing marijuana. The police broke down their door in March with a battering ram and found 21 plants. The couple who have since been issued marihuana ID cards. ж This past February (2009), a judge in Tuscola County dismissed all MJ charges against a man who was raided in December 2007, a year before the law was voted for. The judge determined the statute was retroactive. The requirement, for some counties anyway, seems to be your case had to be pending (open) when the Medical Marihuana Act became valid on December 4, 2008. We are Knowledgeable about Michigan's Medical Marijuana Law.Michigan Marijuana Lawyer and Criminal Defense Attorney Bruce Alan Block took the initiative to thoroughly study the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act and knows how to timely raise its defenses. He is a legal committee member of The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), and is experienced. Contact him. Located on the corner of Cascade Rd. and Kenmoor Ave., one block from the Cascade District Court, just east of Interstate I-96, six miles from the Kent County Courthouse. Bruce Alan Block, PLC represents clients in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and West Michigan communities of Ada, East Grand Rapids, Kentwood, Cascade, Wyoming, Byron Center, Wyoming, Caledonia, Cascade, Rockford, Holland, Grand Haven, Grandville, Kent County, Ottawa County, Muskegon County, Barry County, Ionia County, Newaygo, Montcalm, and Allegan County. 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