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Michigan's medical marijuana program is in danger! We cannot let this happen! Michigan medical marijuana patients, caregivers and all supporters need to read this amendment and share it with everyone you know who cares!
In short, if this amendment goes into effect, no patient or caregiver will be allowed to grow medical marijuana - unless designated by the state. This means no one will be allowed to grow their own, no one will be allowed to grow for other people. No one will even be allowed to possess medical marijuana unless it comes from one of the medical marijuana growing facilities licensed under this amendment. Also under this amendment, medical marijuana patients will be required to get their medication from a pharmacy. IT WILL ALL BE IN THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND BIG BUSINESS instead of in the hands of patients, as it should be.
Please contact your Senator today and let him/her know that we do not support this amendment! Contact ALL the Senators! :) Here is the website with all of their phone numbers and email addresses.
Contact Your Senator!! Michigan Senator Directory
Seriously people, WE NEED TO GET THIS SHOT DOWN! Please help! This is NOT what we voted for! If this goes through, we will lose our program! We need to come together and make the Senate understand that we will not let them take away OUR LAW that WE VOTED ON! I cannot stress how important it is that we get this shot down!!
Sec. 17790. (1) Medical marihuana shall not be grown, sold,
distributed, possessed, used, transported, or delivered for use
under the Michigan medical marihuana act, 2008 IL 1, MCL
333.26421 to 333.26430, unless grown and sold through a medical
marihuana growing facility licensed under this section. A
pharmacist shall not dispense medical marihuana as a schedule 2
controlled substance under this act unless it has been grown at a
medical marihuana growing facility licensed under this section.
(2) A person shall not operate a medical marihuana growing
facility in this state until issued a license under this section.
No more than 10 medical marihuana growing facilities shall be
issued a license under this section during any 1-year period. A
license issued under this section is not assignable or
transferable.
(3) Before a medical marihuana growing facility is
established, the owner or operator of the proposed facility shall
submit complete drawings to the department for examination and
approval. The drawings shall be drawn to an indicated scale, give
the relative location of the medical marihuana growing facility,
and illustrate all rooms, buildings, facilities, and equipment to
be used in the medical marihuana growing operations.
Specifications prescribed by rules promulgated under this section
shall accompany the drawings. When the construction and
establishment of a proposed medical marihuana growing facility
are completed, the owner or operator of the proposed facility
shall notify the department. The department shall inspect the
buildings and premises in which the medical marihuana growing
facility are contemplated. If the building and premises conform
to the approved plans submitted under this section or rules
promulgated under this section and a license is available to be
issued under this section, the department shall issue to the
applicant a license to conduct a medical marihuana growing
facility.
(4) The department may receive license applications for the
operation of a medical marihuana growing facility. The department
shall establish procedures to follow if more applications are
received than licenses available to be issued under this section.
Upon compliance by an applicant with the requirements of this
section and rules promulgated under this section and if a license
is available to be issued under this section, the department
shall issue a medical marihuana growing facility license. The
department shall issue a license under this section for a period
of 1 year. The initial application and annual license fee for a
medical marihuana growing facility license is $2,500.00.
(5) The department shall conduct annual inspections of
medical marihuana growing facilities to ensure compliance with
the requirements of this section and rules promulgated under this
section. The department may delegate the duty of inspections for
approval of medical marihuana growing facility licenses to a
local health department that has the technical and other
capabilities to protect the public health, safety, and welfare in
this field. The delegation shall not take place unless the
department has first consulted with an ad hoc committee that
shall be appointed by the department for the purpose of advising
on such delegation. Membership on the ad hoc committee shall
include representatives of the department, local public health
agencies, and an association that represents the medical
marihuana growing facilities that would be subject to the
inspections. The state shall reimburse each local health
department the full amount of the fees collected, as
reimbursement for cost of inspection, on vouchers certified by
the local health officer and approved by the department.
(6) A local governmental unit shall not enact or enforce an
ordinance regarding medical marihuana growing facilities. Except
as otherwise provided in this section, a medical marihuana
growing facility that has been issued a license under this
section shall not be subject to arrest, prosecution, or penalty
in any manner, or denied any right or privilege, including, but
not limited to, civil penalty or disciplinary action by a
business or occupational or professional licensing board or
bureau, for the growing, transporting, and delivery of medical
marihuana for use as prescribed in the Michigan medical marihuana
act, 2008 IL 1, MCL 333.26421 to 333.26430.
(7) Not later than the thirtieth day before the expiration
of an annual license under this section, a person operating a
licensed medical marihuana growing facility shall apply for
license renewal and shall pay a fee as prescribed by subsection
(4). A person operating a licensed medical marihuana growing
facility who does not apply for license renewal as required in
this subsection is not entitled to license renewal. Upon
compliance by an applicant for license renewal with the
requirements of this section and rules promulgated under this
section and payment of the license renewal fee, the department
shall issue a renewal license.
(8) The department shall enforce this section and the rules
promulgated under this section. The department may suspend,
revoke, or deny a license of a medical marihuana growing facility
for a violation of this section or a rule promulgated under this
section.
(9) Upon a finding that an emergency exists requiring
immediate action to protect occupational or public health and
safety, the department may issue an order, without notice or
hearing, reciting the existence of the emergency and providing
for the protection of public health and safety. Notwithstanding
this section or the administrative procedures act of 1969, the
order shall be effective immediately. A person to whom the order
is directed shall comply immediately but, on application to the
department, shall be afforded a hearing within 15 days. On the
basis of the hearing, the emergency order shall be continued,
modified, or revoked not later than 30 days after the hearing.
(10) The department shall promulgate rules necessary to
carry out this section and may appoint an advisory committee to
assist in rule development. The rules shall include the
following:
(a) Plans.
(b) Drawings.
(c) Specifications.
(d) Construction.
(e) Installation of equipment standards.
(f) Inspections.
(g) Other matters necessary to protect the health, safety,
and welfare of the public.
The owner, operator, or agent of a medical marihuana
growing facility who fails to comply with this section or rules
promulgated under this section within the time specified by the
department, or who establishes or operates a medical marihuana
growing facility in violation of a detailed statement of
specifications, plans, or license approved by the department, is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 90 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both, for
each violation or noncompliance.
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