Michigan medical Marijuana program under attack!!!

[Fat Freddy]

I received the following email from one of many sites, Please read and be prepared to face similar things.


Dear Fat Freddy,

Folks, Please read the description below of what the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act will be like in as little as two weeks, if you do not act. Please visit both of the links below to send a clear message to the legislature. Time is short. Please help us and yourself by defending the act.

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<p>I want to give you a very clear description about what our law will be like the day after the proposed Bills pass. If you chose not to participate in the fight, you could be in jail soon.

<br><p>The first thing you would notice could be inspectors coming to check out your crop. These inspectors would probably be police officers. This would be the result of your information being shared with police departments across the state. For you caregivers that would mean if a patient had dropped you and had not informed you, you would be in violation of the Public Health Code, and would be off to jail. Your property would be seized, and possibly your family brutalized and family pets killed. There would be so many new modifications to the law that could land you in jail. Some may be reaching for their copy of the law to see if something would protect them. I’m sorry even if there is text in the law to protect you, the government could violate those rules, and you would have no recourse. One of the new Bills would allow the government to violate your legal and civil rights and you couldn't sue them. You would be different from all the rest of the citizens in the state and could not use the courts to protect yourself.

<br><p>Another one of these Bills would make it illegal to grow in almost every township and city in the state. Compound that with local zoning, and it would be impossible to grow. If you violated this law you would be guilty under the public health code and could be looking at 7 years in prison and a half million dollars in fines. You would of course lose your card also. This Bill would apply equally to patients and caregivers. So growing patients would not be allowed to cultivate for themselves. Patients could have to drive for hours to find medicine.

<br><p>Another Bill would require a photograph on the card. Doesn't sound bad until you read the rest. This bill waters down the presumption of innocence. That means they could kick your door in and there would be no protections or defense for them doing so.

<br> <p>Hb 4850 would require that a person be connected in the registry to do a transfer. This means that a patient buying from someone other than his caregiver would be guilty under the public health code and could spend years in jail. No caregiver would be willing to take care of a patient not connected because the same thing would apply. This means the Michigan Medical marijuana Act would be dead. You couldn't grow it, buy it or sell it.

<br><p>I think one of the worst ones would require a patient get a cert from their primary doctor. It also sets standards for the doctor. If the doctor fails to live up to standards, then the patient could spend years in jail. The patients card would be no good. So the caregiver would be in peril. State police would know about the problem in just a few minutes, so raiding the caregiver would be a slam dunk. Say goodbye to freedom, property, family and pets.

<br><p>Some of the other Bills would make it impossible to find a caregiver, increase sentences for violations of these new Bills, and make it impossible to transport.

<br><p>There is a good possibility that these Bills would be modified and/or new Bills submitted to make things worse. In Montana it got so bad that 90% left the program.

<br><p> We have a couple of weeks or so to prepare. Not participating is not optional. Waiting for the possibility of legalization is also not an option. Tens of thousands of people could be in jail by next Nov. Focus on defending the Act, while at the same time signing people up for the fight including the drive for legalization. Save yourselves and save the sick. Write, call and visit your Reps. Or just prepare to give up your medicine. Your fate is in your hands.

Thanks, Bb