i live in prineville and am looking for a grower that can get me 2 oz a month.any suggestions appreciated.
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The fight over changes to the Michigan’s medical marijuana law is heating up in Lansing.

More than 150 medical marijuana supporters gathered at the state capitol Tuesday to demonstrate against a suite of bills that would tighten regulations on medical marijuana, MLive reports.

HB 4834 would require Michigan Marijuana patients to have photo ID on their registry identification card, make the card valid for two years and privatize parts of the registration process. It would aslo allow law enforcement access to information about patients on the registry.

HB 4851 would offer stricter guidelines for the "bona fide physician-patient relationship" as it relates to medical marijuana use, including requiring an in-person physical examination of patients.

HB 4853 would put the penalty for selling marijuana without a proper registry identification card within the sentencing guidelines for a two-year felony.

And HB 4856 would criminalize the transportation of medical marijuana in a motor vehicle under certain conditions.

?It?s about protecting a sick patient,? Rep. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, a co-sponsor of the package, said of the reforms back in March. "They have the right [to medical marijuana use] under the law, so we’re going to make sure they feel safe in their own state."

A letter sent to state representatives by the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association opposing the bills disagreed with this position, calling the reform package "a needless infringement on patient privacy and rights."

"The proposed Bills do nothing to recognize the [Michigan Medical Marihuana Act] as a private health issue rather than a public safety issue," the letter read. "The four bills … which suggest an attempt to "fix" the Medical Marihuana Act do nothing to address the real concerns of patients and caregivers."

Struggles over Michigan’s marijuana laws and enforcement have grown increasingly heated the state legislature and state Attorney General Bill Schuette have attempted to restrict the scope of the state’s Medical Marihiuana Act. Pro-marijuana activists have pushed back against these efforts with a statewide campaign to legalize pot and local efforts to decriminalize the herb.
Michigan Medical Marijuana Law Changes Draw Protests In Lansing
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So I went to my neurologist for my 4 month visit and was asked to do a drug test. I am not worried about the test because I have been clean for 3 months now. But what concerned me was I had to do a urine and a cheek swab test and was asked if the urine sample would come back as a synthetic sample. Which it was not so no worries. I just thought they couldn’t tell the difference. Because I was thinking about smoking and using a synthetic for drug testing because I am looking for a job. Does anyone have any insight on this subject? :peace:
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Last year, over 850,000 people in America were arrested for marijuana-related crimes. Despite public opinion, the medical community, and human rights experts all moving in favor of relaxing marijuana prohibition laws, little has changed in terms of policy.

There have been many great books and articles detailing the history of the drug war. Part of America?s fixation with keeping the leafy green plant illegal is rooted in cultural and political clashes from the past.

However, we at Republic Report think it?s worth showing that there are entrenched interest groups that are spending large sums of money to keep our broken drug laws on the books:

1.) Police Unions: Police departments across the country have become dependent on federal drug war grants to finance their budget. In March, we published a story revealing that a police union lobbyist in California coordinated the effort to defeat Prop 19, a ballot measure in 2010 to legalize marijuana, while helping his police department clients collect tens of millions in federal marijuana-eradication grants. And it?s not just in California. Federal lobbying disclosures show that other police union lobbyists have pushed for stiffer penalties for marijuana-related crimes nationwide.

2.) Private Prisons Corporations: Private prison corporations make millions by incarcerating people who have been imprisoned for drug crimes, including marijuana. As Republic Report?s Matt Stoller noted last year, Corrections Corporation of America, one of the largest for-profit prison companies, revealed in a regulatory filing that continuing the drug war is part in parcel to their business strategy. Prison companies have spent millions bankrolling pro-drug war politicians and have used secretive front groups, like the American Legislative Exchange Council, to pass harsh sentencing requirements for drug crimes.

3.) Alcohol and Beer Companies: Fearing competition for the dollars Americans spend on leisure, alcohol and tobacco interests have lobbied to keep marijuana out of reach. For instance, the California Beer & Beverage Distributors contributed campaign contributions to a committee set up to prevent marijuana from being legalized and taxed.

4.) Pharmaceutical Corporations: Like the sin industries listed above, pharmaceutical interests would like to keep marijuana illegal so American don?t have the option of cheap medical alternatives to their products. Howard Wooldridge, a retired police officer who now lobbies the government to relax marijuana prohibition laws, told Republic Report that next to police unions, the ?second biggest opponent on Capitol Hill is big PhRMA? because marijuana can replace ?everything from Advil to Vicodin and other expensive pills.?

5.) Prison Guard Unions: Prison guard unions have a vested interest in keeping people behind bars just like for-profit prison companies. In 2008, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association spent a whopping $1 million to defeat a measure that would have ?reduced sentences and parole times for nonviolent drug offenders while emphasizing drug treatment over prison.?

Source: The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying To Keep Marijuana Illegal
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