LANSING- The Director of Michigan’s Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has signed off on allowing veterans and others suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to use
BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN- A former law enforcement officer told a Michigan radio program that “marijuana users do not cause trouble” and enacting legalization of marijuana could
LANSING- On Tuesday afternoon, before a standing-room only crowd of nearly 150 citizens, the Michigan Senate Government Operations Committee took testimony on the need for
LANSING- He said it to a Kalamazoo radio reporter. He told it to an Internet news journalist. Now the official word is out; the much-anticipated
LANSING- When Nancy Grace appeared on CNN and asked the millions of viewers worldwide, “What about the babies?” she was asking about the effect of
LANSING- SB 783, the highly controversial bill that proposes to amend the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act to prevent some uses of medical marijuana on a
When Child Protective Services removed Baby Bree from her mother’s arms in 2013 due to prejudice against medical marijuana patients, it made national news. Now
In our ongoing effort to chart the attitudes and voting records of Michigan’s elected officials, The Compassion Chronicles occasionally published letters sent by legislators to their constituents.
LANSING- After a single hearing, a bill has passed a Michigan Senate Committee that would restrict licensed and registered medical marijuana patients from certain uses
City Councils. State Supreme Courts. In the halls of our national legislature. Battles to protect the rights of citizens to use marijuana are being fought
A bill that proposes to restrict what medical marijuana patients can do on private property is set to have its first hearing today. The bill, SB
An activist in one of Michigan’s most important Senate districts has convinced several Public Television stations to use pro-marijuana programming for several broadcast hours each
In a case that pitted Michigan’s voter-directed initiative against a local community and federal law, medical marijuana patients came out the victors. The City of
SB 660, the highly controversial pot-for-pharmacies bill, was run through both houses of legislature and signed by Governor Rick Snyder in the last two months
Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville assigned two pro-marijuana bills to his own Committee on January 8; less than one month later he has announced he’s
FLINT– Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Program (MMP) has a surplus of $23,534,952.42, accumulated over the Program’s almost 5-year existence, per officials from the state’s Department of
OK, if the Christian Science Monitor is willing to have a, ‘How Much Do You Know About Marijuana?’ quiz on their website, I think it’s
FLINT- 2014 will be a decisive year for cannabis in Michigan and marijuana rights supporters have a new tool to use when influencing legislators to
Michigan was the Midwest’s first medical marijuana state, and 2013 was a year filled with cannabis-related stories emerging from the Great Lakes State. 2014 is
Two men have announced their candidacy for US Congress at an event sponsored by members of Michigan’s marijuana law reform community. Michigan Senator Vincent Gregory, who
There were five in 2012 and three in 2013, and Michigan marijuana law reform leaders promise to continue the trend of passing ballot initiatives in
First, the Canadians sent one of their companies to Michigan to grow and sell marijuana; now, a Michigan company is doing the same thing to
The annual report on Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Program (MMP) for fiscal year 2013 revealed a new record for registration fees collected: $10,897, 580.61. This represents
FLINT– 14 times in the last nine years, Michigan voters have been given the option to relax or remove marijuana penalties in a local election.
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