{"id":281,"date":"2016-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/medical-marijuana-and-its-resemblance-to-prohibition\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:41:20","slug":"medical-marijuana-and-its-resemblance-to-prohibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/medical-marijuana-and-its-resemblance-to-prohibition\/","title":{"rendered":"History Repeated: The Resemblance Between Medical Marijuana and Alcohol Prescriptions During Prohibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In history there\u2019s an adage that what\u2019s old is new again.\u00a0 This certainly seems to be the case with Michigan\u2019s Medical Marijuana act which allows a caregiver to legally sell marijuana to a patient bearing a valid prescription.\u00a0 Otherwise, it is illegal to sell, use or possess marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>During prohibition it was similarly illegal to sell, use or possess alcohol.\u00a0 One exception to this prohibition was the alcohol prescription.\u00a0 According to the\u00a0Smithsonian Institution\u2019s web site, during prohibition your doctor could write you a prescription for booze.\u00a0 This would allow \u201cpatients\u201d to purchase a pint of booze every ten days!<\/p>\n<p>History buffs will be interested to know that during prohibition a particularly creative lawyer by the name of George Remus took full advantage of this \u201cloophole.\u201d\u00a0 First, he used his contacts in Washington to pass laws that he could take advantage of to build a mostly legal business empire.\u00a0 To do this, he purchased all the standing liquor, meaning that already produced by distillers around the country.\u00a0 He used his connections to get &#8220;withdraw permits&#8221; and he arranged to have this withdrawn booze sold to drug companies that he also owned. \u00a0This booze would then be sold to pharmacies that would fill the alcohol prescriptions. \u00a0In this way Remus became both buyer and seller, thereby assuring the uninterrupted availability of alcohol to anyone who wanted it. \u00a0To learn more, watch Ken Burns documentary about\u00a0Prohibition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/medical-marijuana-and-its-resemblance-to-prohibition\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading History Repeated: The Resemblance Between Medical Marijuana and Alcohol Prescriptions During Prohibition\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In history there\u2019s an adage that what\u2019s old is new again.\u00a0 This certainly seems to be the case with Michigan\u2019s Medical Marijuana act which allows a caregiver to legally sell marijuana to a patient bearing a valid prescription.\u00a0 Otherwise, it is illegal to sell, use or possess marijuana. 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