LANSING, Michigan. NOV 2018 – Michigan lawmakers approved medical marijuana licensing rules, including a provision to allow provisioning centers (dispensaries) to deliver to MMMP cardholders’ homes.
The regulations were passed Tuesday by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, a panel of legislators that oversees rules proposed by state agencies.
Provisioning centers will be able to deliver up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana per patient and do up to 10 deliveries at a time. The state is in the midst of licensing medical marijuana businesses under a 2016 law.
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City leaders in Battle Creek have no plans to ban anything just yet, but if you live there that doesn’t mean you’ll be able to go out and buy recreational marijuana come December 6, the day the new law goes into effect.
Battle Creek City Manager Rebecca Fleury said voting to legalize recreational pot is just the beginning of a very long process that could take years.
“We’re getting a lot of questions here from our neighbors about how we are and how we aren’t going to be moving forward,” she said.
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Battle Creek and other communities have until December 2019 to figure out how to regulate the sale of recreational marijuana. Fleury plans to proceed with caution.
“We have to realize that we do get a lot of federal funding and marijuana is still illegal at the federal level. We don’t want to put any federal funding in jeopardy,” she said.
Next week Ross Township will consider passing an ordinance that prohibits recreational marijuana businesses from operating there. This comes after a heated battle over medical marijuana grow facilities earlier this year. The township ended up repealing ordinances that allowed medical marijuana grow faculties.
Medical marijuana facilities are legal in Battle Creek, but none are currently operating. Fleury believes regulations already in place for the medical industry will help with the recreational
“I think it does help us it gives us some kind of workable framework but there’s still a lot we need to work out with the state and specifics for our community,” Fleury said.
Beginning December 6, you have to be at least 21 to smoke recreational marijuana. Selling recreational marijuana is illegal until there is a regulatory process in place.
Komorn Law has represented numerous clients through the legal chaos of starting up a business in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Industry as well as consulting and legal representation for Medical Maruhuana Patients and Caregivers.
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Attorney Michael Komorn is recognized as an expert on the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. He is the President of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association (MMMA), a nonprofit patient advocacy group which advocates for the rights of medical marijuana patients and their caregivers.
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This legislation was passed in 2008 allowing for individuals and their assigned card carrying caregivers to grow and possess marijuana in limited quantities, as long as they had a prescription from a doctor.
The legislation left a lot of items open for interpretation, creating many gray areas and legal misinterpretations that were twisted to the advantage of one party over another. Gray areas like this got many people in legal trouble, even when they were trying to operate within the rules.
To date, dispensaries have typically been operating outside of this law. Some municipalities have shut down dispensaries while others have allowed them to operate. The MMMA says it allows for caregivers to receive compensation for their expenses in growing and creating medicine.
The MMFLA was passed in 2016 in an attempt to provide the state with legal framework for marijuana businesses to operate.
By applying for a permit with the local municipality, and then applying for and getting approved for a license with the state, approved businesses will be allowed to operate under rules that the state has been evolving.
There are currently 5 basic license types that will be issued, Class A, B, or C Cultivation, Processing (Extraction, cooking, packaging, etc), Provisioning (Dispensary), Safety Compliance (Testing labs), and Secure Transportation.
These businesses will operate under restrictive state regulations. There will be several requirements like reporting every purchase and sale to the state, undergoing extensive background searches, and following specific packaging standards. There is also a substantial application process involved in this model, along with annual fees and many other requirements.
Komorn Law has represented numerous clients through the legal chaos of starting up a business in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Industry as well as consulting and legal representation for Medical Maruhuana Patients and Caregivers.
If you or someone you know has been arrested as a result of Medical Marijuana, DUI, Drugs, Forfeiture, Criminal Enterprise or any other criminal charges please contact our office and ensure you’re defended by an experienced lawyer.
Attorney Michael Komorn is recognized as an expert on the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. He is the President of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association (MMMA), a nonprofit patient advocacy group which advocates for the rights of medical marijuana patients and their caregivers.
Contact us for a free no-obligation case evaluation 800-656-3557.
This page is for informational purposes only. Laws, regulations and the world change routinely, therefore we insist you consult an attorney for the most current legal information.
The number of hate crime incidents reported to the FBI increased about 17 percent in 2017 compared with the previous year, according to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s annual Hate Crime Statistics report, released today.
2017 FBI Hate Crime Statistics
Report Shows More Departments Reporting Hate Crime Statistics
Law enforcement reported 7,175 hate crimes to UCR in 2017, up from 6,121 in 2016. Although the numbers increased last year, so did the number of law enforcement agencies reporting hate crime data—with approximately 1,000 additional agencies contributing information. The report, Hate Crime Statistics, 2017, includes hate crime information for last year, broken down by location, offenders, bias types, and victims.
According to the report, the most common bias categories in single-bias incidents were race/ethnicity/ancestry (59.6) percent, religion (20.6 percent), and sexual orientation (15.8 percent). In addition to the 7,106 single-bias incidents reported last year, there were also 69 multiple-bias hate crimes reported.
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About 5,000 of the hate crimes reported were categorized as crimes against persons, such as intimidation or assault. About 3,000 were considered crimes against property, such as vandalism, robbery, or burglary. (Some hate crime incidents are classified as both crimes against persons and crimes against property.)
The FBI is working with law enforcement partners across the country to encourage reporting of hate crime statistics. Next year, FBI personnel will provide training for law enforcement officers on how to identify bias-motivated incidents and report that data to the FBI’s UCR Program. Additionally, the Department of Justice launched a new hate crimes webpage, which has information for law enforcement on reporting incidents.
Reporting hate crime data to the UCR Program allows the public, researchers, community leaders, and local government to raise awareness of the issue and gain a more accurate picture of hate crimes. It also allows law enforcement agencies to develop data-focused strategies and preventative measures.
Hate crimes are the highest investigative priority in the FBI’s civil rights program.
Komorn Law has represented numerous clients through the legal chaos of starting up a business in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Industry as well as consulting and legal representation for Medical Maruhuana Patients and Caregivers.
If you or someone you know has been arrested as a result of Medical Marijuana, DUI, Drugs, Forfeiture, Criminal Enterprise or any other criminal charges please contact our office and ensure you’re defended by an experienced lawyer.
Attorney Michael Komorn is recognized as an expert on the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. He is the President of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association (MMMA), a nonprofit patient advocacy group which advocates for the rights of medical marijuana patients and their caregivers.
Contact us for a free no-obligation case evaluation 800-656-3557.
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“State authorities believe the officer skipped a step in the test meant to ensure the readings are accurate.”
Before you read the article below think of this…
Note: The time you can never get back, money you will never get back, opportunities you should have had and you will still be on the s-list for insurance carriers to scam you out of more money.
If you sue… the taxpayers will get bill once again and the cop will blame it on lack of training, no manual enclosed or the equipment and take several people down with him or her.
One would assume this police officer testified in court or in an affidavit countless times that they were an expert and had specialized training for this “public service”. You can be assured the tax payers covered this training. This cop will move on to other things and probably become a high paid political consultant and news caster. Ahhh Politics…the new career path for those with no real skills except selling snake oil.
Nov. 13, 2018 / 4:10 PM EST
By Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. — A ruling issued Tuesday by the New Jersey Supreme Court could cause more than 20,000 drunken driving convictions to be vacated.
The justices unanimously found that criminal charges pending against a state police sergeant made breath-testing device test results from five counties inadmissible as evidence.
Sgt. Marc Dennis was in charge of calibrating the devices, and authorities have alleged that he skipped a required step in the calibration process. Dennis has denied any wrongdoing and has pleaded not guilty to records tampering and other charges.
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The court’s decision means that as many as 20,667 DWI convictions could now be challenged, according to state authorities and the lawyer for the now-dead plaintiff who brought the case that the court ruled on.
The accusations against Dennis called into question any test result involving a machine he handled, including devices used by local police in Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, and Union counties between 2008 and 2016.
State authorities have maintained that the step Dennis allegedly skipped was one of several redundancies and fail-safes meant to ensure the readings are accurate. They claim that omitting that one step didn’t invalidate the results, noting New Jersey is the only state that requires the step.
The Supreme Court, though, sided with Judge Joseph Lisa, who was appointed as a special master to handle the issue. He found the step omission raised substantial doubts about the reliability of the machines.
As part of their decision, the justices ordered state authorities to notify anyone whose case involved results from machines Dennis calibrated. They must tell them that those results were not scientifically sound, so they can decide whether they want to go to court and seek to have their convictions vacated.
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Gov.-elect Gretchen Whitmer will pursue executive action or legislation to free inmates and expunge criminal records for those convicted of marijuana crimes that will become legal under the state’s pending recreational marijuana law, she indicated Wednesday.
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“I think that the people of Michigan have said that for conduct that would now be legal, no one should bear a lifelong record for that conduct,” Whitmer said in her first press conference since winning election over Republican Bill Schuette on Tuesday night.
Voters approved Proposal 1 to legalize adult marijuana possession and set up a system to license businesses.
Komorn Law has represented numerous clients through the legal chaos of starting up a business in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Industry as well as consulting and legal representation for Medical Maruhuana Patients and Caregivers.
If you or someone you know has been arrested as a result of Medical Marijuana, DUI, Drugs, Forfeiture, Criminal Enterprise or any other criminal charges please contact our office and ensure you’re defended by an experienced lawyer.
Attorney Michael Komorn is recognized as an expert on the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. He is the President of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association (MMMA), a nonprofit patient advocacy group which advocates for the rights of medical marijuana patients and their caregivers.
Contact us for a free no-obligation case evaluation 800-656-3557.
This page is for informational purposes only. Laws, regulations and the world change routinely, therefore we insist you consult an attorney for the most current legal information.
