Posted: Fri 7th Nov 2008 02:11 pm
Yes, it's going to work something like that, GeoffK, with the patient either self-growing in an enclosed and locked space, or having a provider do it on his/her behalf. However, there is no stipulation about 12 flowering plants, just 12 total plants, presumably including any rooted seedling or cutting. Correct on 2.5 ounces total possession for qualifying patients.
If you want to read it all, here it is:
http://stoparrestingpatients.org/initiative
Because the law takes effect Dec. 4, but the regulatory authority has 120 days to promulgate rules, there won't be any legal cannabis in Michigan until sometime in April, after the technicalities of the application and registry-card system are worked out.
From this point, going forward, what I find most interesting is that a minimum group of illnesses for which medical cannabis is permitted was stipulated in the initiative -- but so was a provision for mandatory public hearings in which the state regulatory authority must consider adding other treatable conditions, with that department's final ruling required within six months, and subject to administrative review by a circuit-court judge...I'm sure the lobbying with medical professionals (i.e., where is glaucoma in this act?) is well under way:
THESE ARE THE ACT'S CURRENT TREATABLE CONDITIONS:
(a) "Debilitating medical condition" means 1 or more of the following:
(1) 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.
(2) A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces 1 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.
(3) Any other medical condition or its treatment approved by the department, as provided for in section 5(a).
AND WHAT IS SECTION 5(a), YOU ASK? IT'S THIS:
Sec. 5. (a) Not later than 120 days after the effective date of this act, the department shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, that govern the manner in which the department shall consider the addition of medical conditions or treatments to the list of debilitating medical conditions set forth in section 3(a) of this act. In promulgating rules, the department shall allow for petition by the public to include additional medical conditions and treatments. In considering such petitions, the department shall include public notice of, and an opportunity to comment in a public hearing upon, such petitions. The department shall, after hearing, approve or deny such petitions within 180 days of the submission of the petition. The approval or denial of such a petition shall be considered a final department action, subject to judicial review pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. Jurisdiction and venue for judicial review are vested in the circuit court for the county of Ingham.
If you want to read it all, here it is:
http://stoparrestingpatients.org/initiative
Because the law takes effect Dec. 4, but the regulatory authority has 120 days to promulgate rules, there won't be any legal cannabis in Michigan until sometime in April, after the technicalities of the application and registry-card system are worked out.
From this point, going forward, what I find most interesting is that a minimum group of illnesses for which medical cannabis is permitted was stipulated in the initiative -- but so was a provision for mandatory public hearings in which the state regulatory authority must consider adding other treatable conditions, with that department's final ruling required within six months, and subject to administrative review by a circuit-court judge...I'm sure the lobbying with medical professionals (i.e., where is glaucoma in this act?) is well under way:
THESE ARE THE ACT'S CURRENT TREATABLE CONDITIONS:
(a) "Debilitating medical condition" means 1 or more of the following:
(1) 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.
(2) A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces 1 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.
(3) Any other medical condition or its treatment approved by the department, as provided for in section 5(a).
AND WHAT IS SECTION 5(a), YOU ASK? IT'S THIS:
Sec. 5. (a) Not later than 120 days after the effective date of this act, the department shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, that govern the manner in which the department shall consider the addition of medical conditions or treatments to the list of debilitating medical conditions set forth in section 3(a) of this act. In promulgating rules, the department shall allow for petition by the public to include additional medical conditions and treatments. In considering such petitions, the department shall include public notice of, and an opportunity to comment in a public hearing upon, such petitions. The department shall, after hearing, approve or deny such petitions within 180 days of the submission of the petition. The approval or denial of such a petition shall be considered a final department action, subject to judicial review pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. Jurisdiction and venue for judicial review are vested in the circuit court for the county of Ingham.