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How medical marijuana is defined by law
Published 9:33am Wednesday, September 9, 2009• To define what Michigan considers as acceptable, here is the law according to Section 333.26423 of the Michigan Medicinal Marijuana Act:
• “Debilitating medical condition means one or more of the following: Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, nail patella, or the treatment of these conditions.”
• “A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following: cachexia or wasting syndrome; severe and chronic pain; severe nausea; seizures, including but not limited to those characteristic of epilepsy; or severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those characteristic of multiple sclerosis.”
• “Medical use means the acquisition, possession, cultivation, manufacture, use, internal possession, delivery, transfer, or transportation of marihuana or paraphernalia relating to the administration of marihuana to treat or alleviate a registered qualifying patient’s debilitating medical condition or symptoms associated with the debilitating medical condition.”
• “A qualifying patient who has been issued and possesses a registry identification card shall not be subject to arrest, prosecution, or penalty in any manner, or denied any right or privilege, including but not limited to civil penalty or disciplinary action by a business or occupational or professional licensing board or bureau, for the medical use of marihuana in accordance with this act, provided that the qualifying patient possesses an amount of marihuana that does not exceed 2.5 ounces of usable marihuana, and, if the qualifying patient has not specified that a primary caregiver will be allowed under state law to cultivate marihuana for the qualifying patient, 12 marihuana plants kept in an enclosed, locked facility.”
michigan should of put not allowed in hud housing in the law if they didn’t want it there. so as far as I see it steve was legal in his home.
1:your log in is a pain,2:Every law enforcment to the judges should know this law it was voted in by the people of the state of Michigan.but most don’t know the law.I am a caregiver for 2 patients in berrien county,I know this law better then some judges know the law.The man here in Niles who was being kicked out of his house for not use,not growing,but just for asking!But now it’s being swept under the carpet,I see many law suits becomming form this.The law state “That a card hold can NOT be arrested,proecution,or penalty in any MANNER,or denied any rights or privileges,including but not limited to civil penalty or disciplinary action by buisness or occupational or professional licensing board or bureau! This is the law the man in Niles had so many of these rights taken away.I have been to court case’s that the judge ask the lawyers what the law was!How can any judge rule over any case that they have know idle what the law is?would you want this judge to rule on your case or any case he or she doesn’t know what the even is?I carry a copy of the law with me.If my rights as a caregiver ever gets violated i will sue!I grow 24 plants by the law!To all law inforcement,judges,and prosecutors of Berrien and Cass counties! Violate my rights! i will not only sue but i will not stop there i will have your jobs!!!