James Kyles

The Michigan Medical Marijuana Association, also known as the MMMA, is Michigan's biggest advocacy group for making use of medical cannabis. Lead by Michael Komorn, President and CEO, it initially began as an online community for caregivers and patients to share their experiences, information, and recommendations on the Michigan Medical Marijuana Program. The MMMA was the first company started to help provide a platform for patients and caregivers following the start of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Program. Ever since, nonetheless, it has grown not just as a community and discussion forum, yet a legal resource, info database, news outlet, and defender of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act. Michigan's Online Community and Library For Medical Cannabis Members of the community, including caregivers, patients, and legal experts like attorneys, can share their experiences and participate in discussion through the MMMA's online forums. At the same time, the blog sites assemble ...

You might be thinking about opening a marihuana provisioning center in Michigan. Now, after the passage of the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act or the MMFLA (M.C.L. 333.27401 et seq.) that is possible, however only if you get municipal approval and a State issued operations license. "Provisioning Center" is the legally allowable term under Michigan's Bureau of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Medical Marihuana Regulation, for what was previously referred to informally as a "dispensary." The present guidelines no longer allow such businesses to be referred to legally as "dispensaries" and the State requires that they be referred to as marihuana provisioning centers. A provisioning center is generally a organisation where qualifying patients under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act or the MMMA (M.C.L. 333.26421 et seq.) may come to purchase medical marihuana for medical use. While a provisioning center can be a rewarding ve...

The Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation is standing firm on their stance that all cannabis facilities that are not licensed by the State under the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act, will need to close down, and will receive a cease and desist letter at that time. While the facilities are not mandated to shut down, the State Bureau of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has explained that any center that continues to run after receipt of the cease and desist will likely not be given a license. Further, the State has stated recommended Final Rules concerning Medical Marihuana Facilities licensing, which is going to enable or registered qualifying patients to get home deliveries from provisioning centers (with limitation, naturally) and also will certainly likewise permit online buying. So, where does that leave registered caregivers, that were expecting to be able to remain relevant to their clients up until 2021? Traditional The old for registered caregivers was quite straight...

Earlier this month, the Court of Appeals, in a split decision, figured out that the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act does NOT protect caregivers or patients that remain in possession of wet cannabis that remains in the drying process, from prosecution. The Courts ruling in the case of People v. Vanessa Mansour identified that due to the fact that wet cannabis that remained in the drying process was not usable cannabis, possession of wet marijuana was not protected by the MMMA. The MMMA defines a lot of the terms of the act. The term usable marijuana is specifically defined in the MMMA. The act defines usable marijuana to mean the following: "Usable marihuana" means the dried leaves, flowers, plant resin, or extract of the marihuana plant, yet does not include the seeds, stalks, and also roots of the plant. The Court found that since the act chose to use the word "dried" before the remaining components, that suggested that wet, undried cannabis was not a component of ...

Caregivers and the DoDo Marijuana and extinct birds would seemingly never show up in any kind of discussion. Nevertheless, in speaking with our marijuana clients, much of them are inquiring about the viability of the Caregiver model, particularly as it was promoted several years. What several in the sector have referred to as the "Caregiver Model" is going the way of the Do-Do bird on October 31, 2018. Halloween this year will be the extinction event for the caregiver model as many have actually recognized it for several years here in Michigan. While Caregivers will continue to have the ability to grow and offer to their registered patients, and for themselves, if they are likewise registered qualifying patients, the "gray market" where they were selling their excess, and making a pretty good revenue, is coming to an end. What was the "Caregiver Model?" Under the old "Caregiver Model," a Registered Caregiver can grow up to seventy-two (72) marihu...

The Michigan Medical Marijuana Association, also known as the MMMA, is Michigan's largest advocacy group for using medical marijuana. Lead by Michael Komorn, President and CEO, it initially started as an online community for caregivers and patients to share their experiences, info, and advice on the Michigan Medical Marijuana Program. The MMMA was the first company started to help provide a platform for patients and caregivers following the beginning of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Program. Ever since, nonetheless, it has grown not just as a community and forum, yet a legal resource, information database, news outlet, and defender of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act. Michigan's Online Community and Library For Medical Marijuana Members of the community, consisting of caregivers, patients, and legal experts like lawyer s, can share their experiences and engage in conversation with the MMMA's forums. At the same time, the blog sites assemble a host of different tales and ...

Anybody who is a registered qualifying patient or registered caregiver with the State of Michigan operating under the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act (MMMA) will not be affected by the brand-new MMFLA. The very same rights, privileges, immunities as well as protections available under the MMMA will certainly still apply to patients and also caregivers that are adhering to the policies. Consequently, a patient or caregiver might continue to grow medical marijuana, as long as it is done within the boundaries developed by the MMMA, with no additional policies, constraints or laws. The Medical Marijuana Facilities Licensing Act (MMFLA) does not conflict with, modification, or modify, whatsoever, the MMMA. The MMFLA creates the capacity for persons to obtain licenses to operate companies in the medical cannabis sector. Such companies will certainly enable greater access to registered patients and also caregivers to acquire medical marijuana on their own and their patients. Those greater acce...

Thinking about starting a Medical Marihuana Grow so that you can provide marijuana to the medical marihuana market? Are you a Medical Marihuana Act licensed caregiver who wants to take your item commercial on a bigger range? Thanks to the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act, currently you can do so legally, as long as you can successfully acquire a license from the State to do so. This could be a superb chance with many new owners seeing incredible degrees of earnings and success in the market. However, if you make this choice, you do need to make sure that you get a Michigan commercial grow license. Failing to do so will result in your venture being, more than likely, unlawful and lead to court activity that will maim your organisation before it begins. Sadly, the Michigan commercial grow license application is a long, complex as well as pricey process. Ask a medical marijuana lawyer, and also they will inform you that you need to see to it that you are prepared. Let's chec...