Mid Michigan Compassion Club
stopthedrugwar.com has an interesting article about a California man facing life in prison for a small amount of medical marijuana.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2010/aug/11/medical_marijuana_patient_faces
Posted in National News.
– August 12, 2010
Make plans to wear your MMCC Shirts now to the Stanton, Michigan Old Fashion Days. This annual event is sure to be the perfect time to show your MMCC pride!
More information about the Stanton Old Fashioned Days.
Posted in Events.
– August 9, 2010
Start of with
Place all ingredients in a crockpot and put it on low for four hours. After let sit for 2 hours. Repeat the process 2 more times.
Strain it through a nylon or cheese cloth. Pour into jars and let cool until the butter firms.
Enjoy in your favorite recipe. Works great with Betty Crocker baked goods.
Posted in Recipes.
– August 2, 2010
From 10-6, verified legal users of medical marihuana can purchase from us.
1042 E. Sidney Rd.
Stanton, MI
Posted in Community, Events, Local Media.
– July 30, 2010
Gathering together to watch the fire in the sky.
Representin'!
Good Times!
Posted in Community.
– July 23, 2010
Join us for our weekly Caregiver and Patient meeting.
Posted in Events.
– July 19, 2010
Bikes, bikes and more bikes!
CO2: Check! Keg: Check!
Hog? We don't need no stinking Hog!
Get on your bad motor scooter and ride!
Great smiles all around displayed by great people.
Lots of chrome riding down the highway with pride.
Posted in Community.
– May 31, 2010
* By Jessica Leffler
Rick Jones wants to ban smoking clubs
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – One Republican lawmaker is introducing a bill to ban clubs where medical marijuana is consumed.
Updated: Thursday, 27 May 2010, 11:32 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 27 May 2010, 4:51 PM EDT
Rep. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, maintains that when voters OK’d medical marijuana, they didn’t envision clubs where approved users would get high and then drive away. He is introducing the bill to ban this type of activity, but not the clubs where medical marijuana is prescribed.
David Overholt founded the Montcalm County Compassion Club, where people with a medical need who are approved by the state can smoke marijuana legally. More than 300 people now belong to the club.
Overholt remembers the pain he suffered in a work-related accident.
“I broke my neck,” Overholt said Thursday. “And I’ve had seven back operations. I was one of the people I talk about. I was on narcotics.”
He agrees there is a need for more research on when it’s safe to drive, following marijuana use.
“There needs to be a system where with this much, you are not impaired, or with this much, you are impaired,” Overholt said.
But, he said, Michigan residents had their say when they voted to legalize medical marijuana — and politicians need to listen.
“It’s the first time in the history of Michigan that any results from any election were that overwhelming,” he said. “But still, we found politicians that think they know what’s good for the people. And the people have spoke — but still, they know better.”
More than 31,000 applications for Michigan’s medical marijuana program have been received by the state, according to the Michigan Department of Community Health. About 16,000 patient registrations were issued and more than 7,000 caregiver registrations were issued.
24 Hour News 8 attempted to contact Jones’ office, but did not receive a call back.
Posted in Local Media, Uncategorized.
– May 27, 2010
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – Medical marijuana has come to Grand Rapids.
The Mid-Michigan Compassion Club opened its office on Front Street, just south of the Sixth Street bridge, Monday. It’s not a clinic, and it’s not a doctor’s office in the traditional sense.
For $200, patients can meet with a doctor who will review their medical documentation to see if they meet the criteria in the law that allows medical marijuana for medical use.
Michigan’s medical marijuana law was passed by voters in 2008 and went into effect April 2009.
The organization originally wanted to start out as a club, and set up an office later, but said it had a hard time getting approval to operate as such in a number of West Michigan cities.
The Grand Rapids office doesn’t look like much, just a reception area and small room for doctor and patient.
Medical doctors have also been reluctant to authorize marijuana for medical use. The compassion club has hired a physician from Greenville, who we discovered had his license suspended at one time for “mental or physical inability to practice medicine.”
The doctor declined to appear on camera but the clinic’s director defended him, saying even Monday, he turned down some patients. “Our goal is to look at people and what they’re doing today, what they’re doing tomorrow, not what they did in the past, what they’re doing for society today,” said David Overholt.
The doctor doesn’t write a script for marijuana. It is up to the patient to find the drug though channels outlined in the law.
The Mid Michigan Compassion Club will assist patients in that effort, including identification of a caregiver, who can grow and distribute the drug under the law.
One man told 24 Hour News 8 he is overjoyed the office has opened. He takes care of a sick nephew with a painful and debiliating case of Chrohns Disease.
The facility is located in Suite 120 in the Riverfront Building at 678 Front Ave. NW. A physician will be there on Mondays and Tuesdays. You can call (989) 690-2222 for appointment times. Walk-ins are welcome.
The group already has an office at 1042 Sidney Rd. in Stanton.
And a third separate office opened, the first in West Michigan, in February in Kalamazoo. The Michigan Holistic Health Center operates from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at 500 W. Crosstown Parkway.
Marijuana use is still against federal law, and until that changes, insurance companies will not cover fees like the $200 charge at the clinic.
Posted in Uncategorized.
– April 5, 2010
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