Dear Mr. President,
The economy is in shambles and after getting my medical marijuana card. I listened to you address the nation on our economic future, needless to say your speech gave me a headache (and I like you). So in order to get rid of this migraine I decided to smoke up a little bit (okay maybe more than a little bit). So I took a puff and then looked at my joint (cause that's what you do when you get the really good stuff).
Then it hit me!!! We can create some jobs here: US farmers can grow marijuana, our factories will distribute the marijuana (in Detroit and Lansing we have a lot of abandoned warehouses and factories that are ready to be converted), gas stations and mom-and-pop shops (you may remember these places from the 80's) could sell them!!! SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF NEW JOBS AND NATIONAL INCOME!!
Now I know this appears to be a radical idea and this may be one that doesn't garner a lot of cross party support, but that never matters (see How to pass Healthcare Reform 2010 Instruction Manual).
I have heard people say, would I want my brain surgeon to be high. Truth be told, I don't want a brain surgeon!!!
Needless to say, I know there is a lot of concern being expressed that people will smoke medical marijuana on their lunch breaks return to work and do something that people normally do when they get high ie...think deeply, pay attention to detail and communicate (could be useful for today's workforce). And with 85 percent of the nation smoking marijuana anyway, does the other 15 percent think that no one is smoking marijuana on their lunch break now. If so, I have one suggestion for the other 15 percent: marijuana.
Mr. President, my joint just told me to tell you that the answer is in the weed. Think about it, we won't have to import it (so for once we won't owe another country money), we could stop this war on drugs and wage a full-fledged war on cancer.
Bin Laden may even turn himself in (last picture I saw of him showed him smoking what looked like marijuana to me. I read somewhere he's got bad kidneys and receives dialysis so I am thinking he probably smokes marijuana for medicinal purposes). But turning himself in now would be a horrible health move for him, seeing as medical marijuana is illegal in federal prisons and he will probably be in prison for at least 7 or 8 hours before we find him guilty, sentence him to death by explosion and blow his a$$ up. Sorry, (excuse the language, I'm a patriot and that &*&^# brings that out in me). Now during his 8 hour prison stay he will undoubtedly need "his medicine", which we will gladly give him because we do not torture our prisoners.
Mr. President, these are just some things to ponder. Medical marijuana is legal in DC, so get some and think this over. Meet me in Flint (I have my medical marijuana card in Michigan) and we can talk this over while sharing a bag of Doritos.
Sincerely,
Medical Mike Anderson aka MMA
P.S. I know you are busy and probably don't have a lot of time in your day to read my letter, that is why I kept this one short. I figured it'd take 5 minutes for a brilliant man like yourself, you can steal the five minutes the next time that you step outside of the Oval Office for your cigarette break ;)
Obama/McCain 2012
Medical Marijuana/United States 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
What the future may hold for Medical Marijuana in Michigan
It is unquestionable that medical marijuana in Michigan will remain legal throughout the 2010 election season. It is also widely believed that medical marijuana in Michigan will continue to be legal for the short-term immediate future. However, while the State of California will vote on November 2, 2010 as to whether or not to make recreational marijuana usage legal, the state of Michigan is voting on new procedures to restrict the future usage and rights of medical marijuana users and medical marijuana cards in Michigan. The state of Michigan’s approach to its self-proclaimed “problem” with medical marijuana seems to be to add more government and more rules for it to have to interpret and enforce.
The first proposal that Michigan medical marijuana opponents are endorsing is the idea of medical marijuana zones. The idea of zoning will work this way:
In regards to location:
There will be no medical marijuana dispensaries located on a piece of property that is within 200 feet of a residential district, and shall be located only in downtown, light industrial and commercial zoning districts.
No medical marijuana dispensary shall be established within 500 feet of another medical marijuana dispensary.
No medical marijuana dispensary shall be located within 1,000 feet of a public school.
Regarding the use of medical marijuana dispensaries:
No person shall reside in or permit any person to reside in the premises of a medical marijuana dispensary.
No person operating a medical marijuana dispensary shall permit any person under the age of 18 to be on the premises.
The operator of a medical marijuana dispensary must be a registered caregiver.
No person shall become the lessee or sub-lessee of any property for the purpose of using said property for a medical marijuana dispensary without the express written permission of the owner of the property for such use and a zoning compliance permit from the city of Ann Arbor.
In downtown zoning districts, medical marijuana may be dispensed, but not grown.
Odors may not leave the unit occupied by the medical marijuana dispensary.
No drive-through windows are allowed at a medical marijuana dispensary.
No on-site smoking or consumption is allowed at a medical marijuana dispensary.
Regarding medical marijuana as a “home occupation”:
One registered caregiver per single-family home is limited to providing medical marijuana to five patients. Caregivers may not give, sell, or otherwise transfer medical marijuana to anyone other than the five patients that have designated them as their caregiver through the Michigan Dept. of Community Health.
Caregivers must deliver to patients – no pickups are allowed from a caregiver’s house.
An annual zoning compliance permit is required.
Odors may not leave the property.
Other restrictions:
Other restrictions include proposals to limit convicted felons from obtaining or dispensing medical marijuana, licensing by the state health department for all Michigan medical marijuana facilities that choose to cultivate medical marijuana in Michigan, limiting the number of medical marijuana growth facilities to 10 per year and the limiting of dispensing medical marijuana to licensed pharmacist.
This is not the state of medical marijuana cards and medical marijuana in Michigan today, but it could very well be its tomorrow. So while California (which borders a country that loses money, blood, and countless resources to a merciless drug war) continues to be forward-thinking and lean on the side of decriminalization and deregulation, Michigan appears to continue its quest to make marijuana the number one bootlegged drug within its state borders. To be continued…
The first proposal that Michigan medical marijuana opponents are endorsing is the idea of medical marijuana zones. The idea of zoning will work this way:
In regards to location:
There will be no medical marijuana dispensaries located on a piece of property that is within 200 feet of a residential district, and shall be located only in downtown, light industrial and commercial zoning districts.
No medical marijuana dispensary shall be established within 500 feet of another medical marijuana dispensary.
No medical marijuana dispensary shall be located within 1,000 feet of a public school.
Regarding the use of medical marijuana dispensaries:
No person shall reside in or permit any person to reside in the premises of a medical marijuana dispensary.
No person operating a medical marijuana dispensary shall permit any person under the age of 18 to be on the premises.
The operator of a medical marijuana dispensary must be a registered caregiver.
No person shall become the lessee or sub-lessee of any property for the purpose of using said property for a medical marijuana dispensary without the express written permission of the owner of the property for such use and a zoning compliance permit from the city of Ann Arbor.
In downtown zoning districts, medical marijuana may be dispensed, but not grown.
Odors may not leave the unit occupied by the medical marijuana dispensary.
No drive-through windows are allowed at a medical marijuana dispensary.
No on-site smoking or consumption is allowed at a medical marijuana dispensary.
Regarding medical marijuana as a “home occupation”:
One registered caregiver per single-family home is limited to providing medical marijuana to five patients. Caregivers may not give, sell, or otherwise transfer medical marijuana to anyone other than the five patients that have designated them as their caregiver through the Michigan Dept. of Community Health.
Caregivers must deliver to patients – no pickups are allowed from a caregiver’s house.
An annual zoning compliance permit is required.
Odors may not leave the property.
Other restrictions:
Other restrictions include proposals to limit convicted felons from obtaining or dispensing medical marijuana, licensing by the state health department for all Michigan medical marijuana facilities that choose to cultivate medical marijuana in Michigan, limiting the number of medical marijuana growth facilities to 10 per year and the limiting of dispensing medical marijuana to licensed pharmacist.
This is not the state of medical marijuana cards and medical marijuana in Michigan today, but it could very well be its tomorrow. So while California (which borders a country that loses money, blood, and countless resources to a merciless drug war) continues to be forward-thinking and lean on the side of decriminalization and deregulation, Michigan appears to continue its quest to make marijuana the number one bootlegged drug within its state borders. To be continued…
MMP Medical Marijuana Programs
Medical Marijuana Program
The passage of medical marijuana programs laws that has been moving throughout the country has already influenced sixteen states. In providing legal medical marijuana cards, these states have set up a private and dependable manner in order to guarantee that the properly qualified individuals are the individuals who can receive this medical marijuana. After legalizing Medical Marijuana Laws, these state offices has created a state owned version of an online registry, within its state, that provides pertinent information. Each state owned registry is typically located within their respective State Department of Community Health and 100 percent confidential. The programs are structured to implement the basic laws and tenants of these acts in such a specific manner, a manner that services the constituents and guarantees the confidentiality of all of its members.
The beginning process to consuming, cultivating and owning medical marijuana is to have your physician diagnose you with a ailment in which suggesting you legal medical marijuana would be applicable. Some of the medical conditions that medical marijuana have been known to cure are glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, certain cancers, Parkinson's and the pains associated with several other diseases, syndromes and viruses. Speak to your doctor or complete a legal medical marijuana evaluation online.
Upon securing a recommendation from your doctor for the use of medical marijuana, patients and their primary caregivers, medical providers or hospice specialist, may apply for and be issued, a Legal Medical Marijuana Identification Card and are included in their states' medical marijuana program. The state and counties fees' that come along with legal medical marijuana cards are known to be included in the application fees. Each state has different steps to get your marijuana card and have you added to their, Medical Marijuana Program, web registry.
Medical Marijuana Cards and inclusion into the medical marijuana program are typically reviewed and issued within fifteen days. The forms must be filled out in full and represent accurate and honest information. There are Medical Marijuana Advisors online that will help you with the forms, the associated costs, and the actual state forms. Be certain to find the most reliable online services so that you can add to your likelihood at securing your medical marijuana card. A credible and reliable company should be cost-effective, comprehensive, knowledgeable and able to guide you through the necessary procedures.
The Medical Marijuana programs are slated to continue their growth throughout the next decade, as more and more states continue to decriminalize legal medical marijuana for possession, consumption and cultivation. Remember that the Medical Marijuana program requires that you are a legal card carrying medical marijuana card holder. More pertinently, remember that all of the information is completely safe, secure and confidential. No one but you, your medical provider, and your caregiver will be able to access or see the web based registry set up by the Medical Marijuana Program.
Prequalify to receive your medical recommendation today!
Do you have questions or concerns? Call for a confidential evaluation at 1-866-375-CERT and a representative will contact you to answer your questions or concerns you may have.
The passage of medical marijuana programs laws that has been moving throughout the country has already influenced sixteen states. In providing legal medical marijuana cards, these states have set up a private and dependable manner in order to guarantee that the properly qualified individuals are the individuals who can receive this medical marijuana. After legalizing Medical Marijuana Laws, these state offices has created a state owned version of an online registry, within its state, that provides pertinent information. Each state owned registry is typically located within their respective State Department of Community Health and 100 percent confidential. The programs are structured to implement the basic laws and tenants of these acts in such a specific manner, a manner that services the constituents and guarantees the confidentiality of all of its members.
The beginning process to consuming, cultivating and owning medical marijuana is to have your physician diagnose you with a ailment in which suggesting you legal medical marijuana would be applicable. Some of the medical conditions that medical marijuana have been known to cure are glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, certain cancers, Parkinson's and the pains associated with several other diseases, syndromes and viruses. Speak to your doctor or complete a legal medical marijuana evaluation online.
Upon securing a recommendation from your doctor for the use of medical marijuana, patients and their primary caregivers, medical providers or hospice specialist, may apply for and be issued, a Legal Medical Marijuana Identification Card and are included in their states' medical marijuana program. The state and counties fees' that come along with legal medical marijuana cards are known to be included in the application fees. Each state has different steps to get your marijuana card and have you added to their, Medical Marijuana Program, web registry.
Medical Marijuana Cards and inclusion into the medical marijuana program are typically reviewed and issued within fifteen days. The forms must be filled out in full and represent accurate and honest information. There are Medical Marijuana Advisors online that will help you with the forms, the associated costs, and the actual state forms. Be certain to find the most reliable online services so that you can add to your likelihood at securing your medical marijuana card. A credible and reliable company should be cost-effective, comprehensive, knowledgeable and able to guide you through the necessary procedures.
The Medical Marijuana programs are slated to continue their growth throughout the next decade, as more and more states continue to decriminalize legal medical marijuana for possession, consumption and cultivation. Remember that the Medical Marijuana program requires that you are a legal card carrying medical marijuana card holder. More pertinently, remember that all of the information is completely safe, secure and confidential. No one but you, your medical provider, and your caregiver will be able to access or see the web based registry set up by the Medical Marijuana Program.
Prequalify to receive your medical recommendation today!
Do you have questions or concerns? Call for a confidential evaluation at 1-866-375-CERT and a representative will contact you to answer your questions or concerns you may have.
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