In a follow-up to a story previously published on The Compassion Chronicles: Community action helps Michigan’s Tamara Hudson avoid jail time in a criminal case
Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) has announced a start date of January 15 for new Medical Marihuana Program (MMP) administrative rules and
New Michigan Senate committee chair assignments were made public this week, and two strong opponents to marijuana law reform hold key positions of power. Replacing
The much-anticipated airing of a popular television medical program’s marijuana-themed episode will take place this week. The “Medical Marijuana” episode of the ‘Ask Dr. Nandi’
A new graphic from the Marijuana Business Daily illustrates the nation’s top five medical marijuana states, as measured by public participation. Created by Jennifer Mann,
In the last few days of the 2014 legislative session, hemp was on the minds of some Michigan lawmakers. The Senate Agriculture Committee today passed
Prosecutors are people, too, but when the concept of not-in-my-back-yard is taken to the extreme these elected officials can overstep their bounds. Grand Rapids is
One of the corrections officers snared in a case involving the medicinal use of marijuana-infused butter has committed suicide. On October 20, Officer Timmothy Bernhardt plead
During Sunday night’s broadcast of the National Football League games a bombshell was dropped: the DEA is investigating doctors who provide professional football players with
Lawyers argued the legality of liberalizing marijuana laws on a local level in the Michigan Court of Appeals. At issue is a 2012 Grand Rapids
At a meeting in Mt. Pleasant, the Michigan chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (MiNORML) appointed new board members, assigned
During the 2014 election season, eight Michigan cities have voted to eliminate all local penalties for the possession, use, transfer and transportation of small amounts
2014 has been a particularly nasty election cycle. New sources of seemingly unrestricted advertising have hammered away at candidates in election races from local contests
WallStreetCheatSheet.com, an Internet business news portal, has published a list of the seven states who stand the most to gain financially from the legalization of
Jeff Hank is fighting mad and he wants everyone to know it. The charismatic attorney from Lansing has good reason to be upset. His Coalition
A proposed set of rules altering the nature of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Program (MMMP) will be considered by a Joint Committee today in Lansing. The
Michigan cities have already approved two local ballot proposals legalizing the personal use and possession of marijuana for all adults in 2014, more than a
Politics makes strange bedfellows, and in the 2014 election cycle the Republican Party has crawled under the covers with the medical marijuana community. It seems
America will see 17 votes for marijuana legalization during the 2014 general election in November: the states of Oregon and Alaska, the District of Columbia,
The days when police and government agencies could take advantage of medical marijuana patients or advocates for adult use of cannabis without fear of retribution
Although you won’t find it announced in any press release or on the government’s website, big changes are being proposed for Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Program
The state of affairs in Michigan’s medical marijuana program earned a C minus grade on a national report card issued by Americans for Safe Access
Thirty four year police veteran Major Neill Franklin (Ret.), who oversaw nine drug taskforces and is now executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a group of
Sander’s Confections. Kresge Department Stores. These are the names of Michigan’s pioneer retail outlets, and Michiganders can relive those early times by visiting the Detroit
