{"id":318,"date":"2017-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/michigan-marijuana-patients-and-dispensaries-must-closely-adhere-to-existing-law\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:37:56","slug":"michigan-marijuana-patients-and-dispensaries-must-closely-adhere-to-existing-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-marijuana-patients-and-dispensaries-must-closely-adhere-to-existing-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Marijuana Patients and Dispensaries Must Closely Adhere to Existing Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because Marijuana remains an illegal schedule one drug in Michigan, any patient or caregiver who does not closely comply with the Medical Medical Marijuana Act (MMMA) risks being charged and prosecuted as an ordinary illegal drug user or illegal drug dealer.\u00a0 A new Michigan case entitled People v. Lewis, involves medical marijuana, and demonstrates exactly why this is true.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the defendant was charged with multiple counts of delivering marijuana, MCL 333.7401(2)(D)(iii). The defendant was charged as a common drug dealer, even though he thought he followed Michigan\u2019s medical marijuana act.<\/p>\n<p>Here the defendant was an employee at an Ingham County Michigan dispensary\/provisioning center through which patrons could purchase medical marijuana. Undercover police officers visited the center and purchased marijuana from defendant simply by filling out an application. No officer presented a medical-marijuana card, and the\u00a0defendant was not registered with the state as the officers\u2019 caregiver.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-marijuana-patients-and-dispensaries-must-closely-adhere-to-existing-law\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Michigan Marijuana Patients and Dispensaries Must Closely Adhere to Existing Law\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because Marijuana remains an illegal schedule one drug in Michigan, any patient or caregiver who does not closely comply with the Medical Medical Marijuana Act (MMMA) risks being charged and prosecuted as an ordinary illegal drug user or illegal drug dealer.\u00a0 A new Michigan case entitled People v. 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