latest Michigan medical marijuana news.....

(Women and growing don't mix....leave the gro-hoes and gro-bitches to their own devices)


takes a good partner to get behind a good grower......I know hundreds of these scenarios








this guy could use support for the courtroom tho
....might make a difference on his case if the room was filled with concerned citizens


--poor fucker--prolly an excellent school teacher
....some of the best ones I have met burn and grow erb


im sure they want to make an example of him for the rest here and keep the fear flowing......
whos the bee-atch that put him down....?








This is a lesson for others ....."hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"
(be careful if your a grower with a wife or partner.....don't ever piss them off!)


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Former Paw Paw teacher Scot Granke facing March trial on medical-marijuana operation




SOUTH HAVEN, MI -- In the midst of a contentious divorce and custody battle, Scot Granke moved out of his Bangor home in June, leaving behind a medical-marijuana grow operation in a locked barn, according to recent court testimony.




Granke -- then a Paw Paw Middle School teacher -- tended to the operation sporadically after that, and by late August, many of the plants were yellowed and some were dying, according to a transcript released today of Granke's Dec. 18 preliminary exam in South Haven District Court. (Click here to read the complete court transcript.)
But police raided the operation on Aug. 21 after Granke's estranged wife, Marlene, called authorities, saying she thought the size of the operation violated Granke's license as a medical-marijuana grower.




Two members of Michigan State Police's Southwest Enforcement Team searched the barn on Aug. 21, finding 66 plants, between 20 jars of marijuana processed as hashish and hashish butter, and more than 10 pounds of marijuana leaves and stems in trash bags, Trooper Evan Hauger testified at the Dec. 8 hearing.




Hauger said the medical-marijuana law does not allow for processing of hash and the numbers of plants violated Granke's license.




Based on Hauger's testimony, South Haven District Judge Arthur Clarke found probable cause that Granke should face trial on one count of manufacturing marijuana and one count of manufacturing hash, both felonies.




That trial is scheduled for March 4 in Van Buren Circuit Court before Judge Kathleen Brickley.




Granke, 51, also is facing four misdemeanor counts of possessing an unlicensed handgun.




Granke resigned last month from his Paw Paw teaching job, Paw Paw officials said Thursday. He was put on leave in August after his arrest.




Granke did not testify at the Dec. 18 hearing, but his estranged wife did.




Marlene Granke testified that she initially helped Granke with the medical-marijuana operation but became increasingly opposed to the business.




After Granke moved out of the home and "abandoned" his family, she testified, she became increasingly worried about the grow operation, which was in a locked barn that she didn't have access to.




"It wasn't just because there was too many plants, it was the fact that all the people in Bangor knew that we were growing," she testified. "I had become scared. I was afraid for my family. And I was scared that somebody was going to break in and kill us."




In his testimony, Hauger said Granke told police that he thought his grow operation adhered to the law.




"Mr. Granke stated that he is not a drug dealer" Hauger testified. "He helps people with legitimate problems. He explained to us he doesn't see people with just chronic pain as we often see. He sees people with life threatening and seriously debilitating conditions. He prided himself in his abilities to create what he called sub-lingual mouth drops which I imagine are some of the liquid things as well as the hash and hash oil."




However, Hauger testified, Granke had let his own medical-marijuana card expire and could produce cards for only three of the five patients he claimed.




Granke told authorities that he knew he was limited in the number of marijuana plant he could have -- 12 per patient -- but thought only plants with buds were included in that count.
Hauger said that the law actually covers any "usable marijuana," whether or not the plant has buds.




Hauger said that also included the marijuana leaves and stems in the trash bags. He also said between the plants, the marijuana in the bags and the processed hash, Granke was clearly out of compliance with his medical-marijuana license.




Granke's attorney, John Frost of South Haven, acknowledged there was enough probable cause in the case to send to to circuit court.




But he also suggested that much of the processed marijuana was infested with mites; the leaves and stems in the trash bags were waste from processing the hash and meant to be thrown out, and many of the plants were yellowed and dying.




Hauger said he didn't know about the mite infestation and it was unclear whether the materials in the trash bags were waste -- adding that it only mattered it was "usable" marijuana.
On a question from Frost about the condition of the plants, Hauger said some "were obviously probably too far gone to be brought back. Many other still had enough green where I think if they were exposed to light and water would probably return to being healthy plants."




Hauger said six of the 66 plants "had kind of shriveled up in their roots, kind of disintegrated so the lab told us we can't count these as plants."




http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/01/former_paw_paw_middle_school_t.html

America ill-prepared for marijuana mayhem




With many states legalizing medical marijuana, and Colorado legalizing recreational marijuana, we are about to learn what I already know as a practicing psychiatrist: Marijuana is not harmless and will lead many millions of people into addiction, depression, psychosis, anxiety and lack of motivation.

I support legalizing marijuana, because I do not support the government making the decision whether people use it or not.

I also don’t like jailing people for the same behavior (drug use) that so many of our elected officials have engaged in. And I believe strongly that, in carefully selected cases, marijuana (and other potentially addictive drugs, by the way) can be very useful, medically.

We are way behind the curve educating people about the risks of marijuana abuse and dependence—which could cost us many billions of dollars and ruin many, many lives.
Here’s the big trouble, though: We are way behind the curve educating people about the risks of marijuana abuse and dependence—which could cost us many billions of dollars and ruin many, many lives.

I know this sounds alarmist, but it is true, and we are completely unprepared for the fallout.

Research studies show that cannabis users are at a 40 percent increased risk of psychosis. Research studies show that marijuana may well be a risk factor for schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders.

And research shows that marijuana is linked to a syndrome in which people have little motivation to pursue goals and interests that they once found compelling.

In my own practice, I find that people addicted to marijuana can have lives veering out of control—without the energy to pursue employment, with relationships failing, with grades dropping—yet insist that their chronic, daily marijuana use has nothing to do with it.

And this kind of disregard for cause and effect, even a disregard for the broken parts of one’s existence—a new drug-induced variant of the philosophical posture which the French call la belle indifference—may now become epidemic.

There is no chance, whatsoever, that the states which have legalized medical marijuana (never mind recreational marijuana) are policing its use in any real way.

Prescription mills are offering medical marijuana certification to anyone who claims any kind of chronic pain, or any symptoms of a number of other ill-defined conditions. Millions will become frequent users and will become less than they were.

Just as disturbing, marijuana will join Facebook and iPhones and video games in removing people from reality, making them less empathetic and less autonomous.

Is it an accident, a meaningful coincidence or part of a toxic slippery slope that we have a disempowering government in Washington and a new way to stay weak wafting like a smokescreen over the land?



http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/01/10/america-ill-prepared-for-marijuana-mayhem/


funny no mention of all the cia cocaine and heroin they flood our cities with....

Pot Smokers Might Not Turn into Dopes after All





Getting high on a regular basis as a teenager has been said to lower your IQ—but the truth may not be so simple.

Cannabis rots your brain — or does it? Last year, a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggested that people who used cannabis heavily as teenagers saw their IQs fall by middle age. But a study published today — also in PNAS — says that factors unrelated to cannabis use are to blame for the effect. Nature explores the competing claims.

What other factors might cause the decline in IQ?
Ole Røgeberg, a labor economist at the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research in Oslo and the author of the latest paper, ran simulations which showed that confounding factors associated with socioeconomic status could explain the earlier result. For example, poorer people have reduced access to schooling, irrespective of cannabis use.

Is this a case of correlation versus causation?
Possibly. The data used in the original paper came from the Dunedin Study, a research project in which a group of slightly more than 1,000 people born in New Zealand in 1972–73 have been tracked from birth to age 38 and beyond. As with all such birth-cohort epidemiological studies (also called longitudinal studies), there is a risk of inferring causal links from observed associations between one factor and another.

Past research on the Dunedin cohort shows that individuals from backgrounds with low socioeconomic status are more likely than others to begin smoking cannabis during adolescence, and are more likely to progress from use to dependence. Røgeberg says that these effects, combined with reduced access to schooling, can generate a correlation between cannabis use and IQ change.

According to Røgeberg, people with low socioeconomic status are, on average, likely to show declining IQ as they age and gradually self-select or are sorted into less cognitively demanding arenas. For example, they are less likely than people with high socioeconomic status to attend university, and more likely to take manual jobs.

Do other studies show a drop in IQ with cannabis use?
Røgeberg cites three studies in which cannabis use is not associated with declining IQ. He says that these studies show clear reductions in IQ for the heaviest smokers, but these are not permanent, and people who have stopped smoking heavily show no decline.

What do the original paper's authors make of Røgeberg's analysis?
Madeline Meier, a psychologist at the Duke Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center in Durham, North Carolina, who co-wrote the original paper with her colleagues, says that Røgeberg's ideas are interesting. However, she points out that the authors of the first PNAS paper restricted their analysis to individuals in middle-class families and those with low or high socioeconomic status. The outcome suggests that the decline in IQ cannot be attributed to socioeconomic factors alone.

In their original analysis, Meier says, she and her colleagues controlled for socioeconomic status and found that in all socioeconomic categories, the IQs of children who were not heavy users remained unchanged from adolescence to adulthood. Therefore, she says, socioeconomic status does not influence IQ decline.

So who is right?
It is hard to say. Both analyses study the same data set in different ways, and each has merits.

Is there a way to find out the answer definitively?
Perhaps — by comparing the Dunedin Study with another in a different country. Such comparisons have been done before. For example, the United Kingdom's Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) found that children who were breastfed for longer went on to have higher IQs, lower blood pressure and lower body mass indices than those who were not. However, longer breastfeeding is associated with higher socioeconomic status in the United Kingdom; when the data were compared with data from the Pelotas longitudinal study in Brazil, where breastfeeding is not associated with higher socioeconomic status, the link with increased IQ was maintained, but the other benefits disappeared.

What do other scientists think?
Mitch Earleywine, a psychologist at the University at Albany, State University of New York, says that Røgeberg's analysis definitely supports the idea that links between adolescent cannabis use and drops in IQ are essentially spurious, arising from socioeconomic differences rather than any sort of pharmacological action. John Macleod of the University of Bristol, UK, who works on the ALSPAC data, points out that Meier and her colleagues acknowledged in their original paper that the results might be caused by confounding factors. He adds that the modeling in Røgeberg's paper shows that within a set of reasonable assumptions, this is indeed possible.

This article is reproduced with permission from the magazine Nature. The article was first published on January 14, 2013.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=pot-smokers-might-not-turn-into-dopes-after-all

Marijuana Will Be Center Stage In 2014 Michigan Politics




Michigan was the Midwest’s first medical marijuana state, and 2013 was a year filled with cannabis-related stories emerging from the Great Lakes State. 2014 is shaping up to repeat that achievement.




Cutting-edge news is being created in many formats and in many ways by the people and politicians in Michigan. Here’s a summary of what to expect in the upcoming months.




LEGISLATION




One of the biggest stories to emerge from 2013 was the tale of three bills. HB 4271, the Provisioning Centers Act, was introduced in February to great media response- and then it sat, dormant, until other legislation was drafted and tied to it. HB 5104 is commonly referred to as The Concentrates Bill. Both bills were considered together in the House, in December, and both were passed by wide bipartisan margins.




As reported by famed videographer, legal guru and reporter Eric VanDussen, the two bills were assigned to the Senate’s Government Operations Committee. They face a Senate path that will be contentious and challenging; the National Patients Rights Association is the driving force behind the advancement of the measures to protect patients and caregivers. Optimism is high that the bills will be considered quickly by the Senate, but even if they are debated later in the year NPRA has a proven formula for coordinating testimony.




The biggest story of 2013-s legislative effort was the introduction and passage of SB 660, the pot-for-pharmacies bill advanced by Canadian marijuana mega producer Prairie Plant Systems. That bill was shepherded through both houses of legislature in one and a half months. The bill was signed into law by Governor Rick Snyder and awaits a federal rescheduling of marijuana before the new rules are enacted.




Other legislation that could make news in 2014 include the introduction of an industrial hemp bill; a bill to protect legally-registered patients and caregivers from discrimination and prosecution by Child Protective Services (CPS); and bills to either decriminalize or legalize marijuana. Decrim bills are already introduced in the House and Senate; their prospects are grim. As yet, no legalization bill has been introduced in the Michigan legislature but rumors of their existence continue to circulate among those in the know.




COURT CASES




In 2013 the case of Ter Beek v Wyoming was argued before the Michigan Supreme Court. The city of Wyoming, Michigan has enacted an ordinance that bans all activity that stands in contradiction to federal law, a tactic seen by all as a way to ban activities protected by Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Act. That ordinance’s fate (and the greater issue of federal preemption of the state’s medical marijuana law) should be decided by a Court opinion issued in the first quarter of 2014.




The impact of a negative ruling could be devastating to the medical cannabis community, as was 2013-s Supreme Court decision in the McQueen case. That court ruling determined that cities did not have to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate within their borders. Although many facilities shut down after the ruling, cities like Flint, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Detroit all maintain robust distribution industries without problem or additional crime.




Cases that impact individual caregivers and their families are likely to be heard in 2014, including a case before the Court of Appeals being argued by attorney David Rudoi on January 14. That case involves protecting family members from criminal consequences for the legally-registered cultivation of marijuana by a family member residing in the residence. A similar issue was raised in Oakland County in 2013 in the Green case; that case was eventually dismissed, but lower court rulings are not binding. A Court of Appeals case verdict would set precedent for the remainder of Michigan’s courts.




News has emerged that Michigan’s Attorney General has appealed the ex post facto dismissal of a case involving registered Michigan MMP participants. Also in the mix for 2014 is a renewal of the 2010 case against the owners and operators of Ferndale’s Clinical Relief distribution center. Court dismissals of charges related to the raids on the business, and the personal residences of the Center’s principals, are being challenged by Oakland County prosecutors; those arguments will be renewed in the coming months.




LOCAL INITIATIVES




There were four cities in the entire United States that legalized the use and possession of marijuana for their citizens in 2013- and three of them were in Michigan. Jackson, Ferndale and Lansing made headlines when the ballot proposals were begun, when the signed petitions were turned in, and when the voters cast their ballots in support of all three measures. Headlines were also created when high-profile officials decried the Lansing effort and when a local leader was accused of misdeeds. Despite the negativity all three initiatives were passed by their constituents.




2014 holds the promise for additional local efforts. Several cities are being considered for similar work, all being coordinated by the leadership of the Safer Michigan Coalition. Although the list of cities is not ready for release, Detroit marijuana law reform legend Tim Beck has assured his supporters that the group will only enter initiatives in places where the likelihood of success is high.




And why not? Beck and fellow Safer Michigan leader Charles Ream have put together ballot initiatives in 13 campaigns, all of which have proven to be successful. Grand Rapids leaders instituted a decriminalization model in 2012 that was adopted by their voters; this gives Michigan a perfect 14 – 0 record in enacting local reforms to marijuana laws. The voters have spoken, and their message has been consistent since 2004.




PATIENT STORIES




The Green family was plagued by several court issues in 2013, including the CPS removal (and subsequent return) of Baby Bree. That case made national headlines, as did Curtis Kile’s wheelchair-bound pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. Michigan is breaking new ground in the fields of pediatric cannabis use, in custody proceedings and in the advancement of hemp-based products that seem to skirt the legal issues inherent in the production and use of substances derived from the Cannabis Sativa plant.




Pediatric cannabis use was a central theme of the testimony delivered to Michigan’s legislature during the debates over the three bills mentioned above. Pediatric Cannabis Therapy, a Michigan-based association of parents and supporters, continues to make progress in advancing the issue into mainstream conversation across the nation through their social media efforts and news interviews. This is likely to continue through 2014 as the subject’s popularity is exploited by reporters.




Baby Bree is not a cannabis patient but her story is a common one. That may change in 2014 as more custody issues are brought to the attention of local media, highlighting a dark and unsavory policy practiced by Michigan’s social welfare system. The debate is advancing through the effort of Governor Rick Snyder, who signed into law a highly controversial policy requiring drug testing for all welfare recipients in the state.




Also likely to generate media coverage: the issue of possessing marijuana while driving. Attorneys feel that the medical marijuana Act supersedes a new law which requires marijuana to be transported as if it were a firearm. That law, signed by Gov. Snyder in 2013, has led to a spate of patients being charged with this new crime; it is only a matter of time before one of these cases makes its way to the Court of Appeals, and perhaps even to the Supreme Court for clarification.




ELECTIONS




Michigan’s Attorney General is one of the most unpopular men in the state and his anti-marijuana stance has provided plenty of fodder for his detractors. The issue of his dogged pursuit of legitimate marijuana use in Michigan will certainly be aired by media during the 2014 election cycle. His challenger, Democrat Mark Totten, may stop short of opining on individual issues or endorsing legalized marijuana but his campaign will be supported by Michigan’s medical marijuana community.




Like Totten, other candidates are coming out of the closet to reveal their marijuana-friendly stance without actually endorsing any specific cannabis issue. Sen. Vincent Gregory (D- Oak Park) and likely Republican nominee George Brikho have both announced their candidacy for US Congress; both men have professed sympathy for the plight of marijuana patients and their families while refraining from adopting the issue as central to their campaigns.




Jackson, Michigan is referred to as the birthplace of the Republican party; that city has a newly-elected and marijuana-friendly mayor, as is Lansing’s Mayor Virg Bernero. Neither men are cannabis users but they are leading the way toward making it acceptable to support their citizens who are. Expect more Council and Mayoral races to feature debates where marijuana discussions are in the forefront.




Departing from the Michigan Senate are Gregory and Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D- East Lansing). The race to determine their replacements will force candidates for their vacant positions to reveal their outlook on cannabis, and their responses will be compared to the support shown by the outgoing legislators. In 2013, newspapers included cannabis issues on their election-year candidate questionnaires for positions on Councils and Commissions. In years past, those seeking public office have been able to sidestep the sticky subject- that is no longer the case in Michigan.




Even the gubernatorial race will include a cannabis component. Governor Snyder has avoided taking a stance on the subject but he may not be able to dodge the question any longer. Mark Schauer, the Democrat who is likely to challenge Snyder for the office, would do well to pin the state’s top man down on the issue.








http://www.theweedblog.com/marijuana-will-be-center-stage-in-2014-michigan-politics/

When I asked Obama about another area of shifting public opinion—the legalization of marijuana—he seemed even less eager to evolve with any dispatch and get in front of the issue. “As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life. I don’t think it is more dangerous than alcohol.”


Is it less dangerous? I asked.


Obama leaned back and let a moment go by. That’s one of his moves. When he is interviewed, particularly for print, he has the habit of slowing himself down, and the result is a spool of cautious lucidity. He speaks in paragraphs and with moments of revision. Sometimes he will stop in the middle of a sentence and say, “Scratch that,” or, “I think the grammar was all screwed up in that sentence, so let me start again.”


Less dangerous, he said, “in terms of its impact on the individual consumer. It’s not something I encourage, and I’ve told my daughters I think it’s a bad idea, a waste of time, not very healthy.” What clearly does trouble him is the radically disproportionate arrests and incarcerations for marijuana among minorities. “Middle-class kids don’t get locked up for smoking pot, and poor kids do,” he said. “And African-American kids and Latino kids are more likely to be poor and less likely to have the resources and the support to avoid unduly harsh penalties.” But, he said, “we should not be locking up kids or individual users for long stretches of jail time when some of the folks who are writing those laws have probably done the same thing.” Accordingly, he said of the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington that “it’s important for it to go forward because it’s important for society not to have a situation in which a large portion of people have at one time or another broken the law and only a select few get punished.”


As is his habit, he nimbly argued the other side. “Having said all that, those who argue that legalizing marijuana is a panacea and it solves all these social problems I think are probably overstating the case. There is a lot of hair on that policy. And the experiment that’s going to be taking place in Colorado and Washington is going to be, I think, a challenge.” He noted the slippery-slope arguments that might arise. “I also think that, when it comes to harder drugs, the harm done to the user is profound and the social costs are profound. And you do start getting into some difficult line-drawing issues. If marijuana is fully legalized and at some point folks say, Well, we can come up with a negotiated dose of cocaine that we can show is not any more harmful than vodka, are we open to that? If somebody says, We’ve got a finely calibrated dose of meth, it isn’t going to kill you or rot your teeth, are we O.K. with that?”

buckaroo bonzai said:

someone cognizant^^^ at least cordial and awake w one eye-

anyone caught driving around w erb thinking its legal will get their spanking and reality chk-
use locking tool boxes in those trunkless vehicles
.....locked tool box in a locked tool box

they need warrants for every lock-unless you let them intimidate you
--you know how bad it looks in a court of law when they 'break into' your shit....?

i just follow the 'old' rules and nothings gonna change for me-

abe--you are the master of brevity and interwb manners my friend....i could use sum lessons from u-
yeah medi-can-swipe-my-ass too-

when im off their radar


u up for sum om tnite?

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TRUTH: this was fun, playing card games and all but you can see I aint been around lately. paper shields and card games are matches and gas, the old way is the only way. paper up if it helps you sleep but we're still and have been always criminals in the eyes of those with the lock and key. I lurk yall from back in the day but I'm back in the shadows man fuck this

Cory and trevor said:

TRUTH: this was fun, playing card games and all but you can see I aint been around lately. paper shields and card games are matches and gas, the old way is the only way. paper up if it helps you sleep but we're still and have been always criminals in the eyes of those with the lock and key. I lurk yall from back in the day but I'm back in the shadows man fuck this

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Agreed on the entrapment along with the best legal advice no lawyer could/would sell. But it's good to at least know you're still kicking brother and keeping up the good fight.

Cory and trevor said:

TRUTH: this was fun, playing card games and all but you can see I aint been around lately. paper shields and card games are matches and gas, the old way is the only way. paper up if it helps you sleep but we're still and have been always criminals in the eyes of those with the lock and key. I lurk yall from back in the day but I'm back in the shadows man fuck this

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Atta boy brah!

Now your gettin it---

Just play the game the same as its always been played.....

But realize theres 100,000 more 'playerz' now

Gives you alot more "wiggle" room....if you follow all the 'old' rules

Good to c u lurkin......

This is about 'half' the (20)cards i carry....your right tho....its a shell/card game

--keep your best poker face on!
How many of thses fuckin things do you need to be 'safe'....?

-answer:a little plastic card wont help you if they want ya-

buckaroo bonzai said:

(Women and growing don't mix....leave the gro-hoes and gro-bitches to their own devices)

takes a good partner to get behind a good grower......I know hundreds of these scenarios

im sure they want to make an example of him for the rest here and keep the fear flowing......
whos the bee-atch that put him down....?

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Interesting. You are a misogynist among other things.

Marijuana as gas
http://wwoods1.hubpages.com/hub/Marijuana-as-gas

Scientist turn Marijuana into Gas
Scientist Run's car on Marijuana

A back woods scientist turns, ordinary, everyday marijuana into gas. An NASA scientist has broken marijuana down into it individual components, and found another use for the drug. Would you believe that after all these years the weed known as marijuana can be use as a high octane, clean burning fuel ? By extracting the juice from the marijuana plant and processing it through a simple process, this scientist has found that you can get half a gallon of fuel, from as little as a couple of pounds, for gas for your vehicle. This fast growing, easy to harvest weed can replace about 50 to 75 percent of our oil requirements without putting a strain on our food supply. This NASA scientist stated that it is commonly known in the scientific world that marijuana makes a better burning, and higher grade fuel then corn. This is also known in the circles of our Government.

What has stopped its use in the oil industry is the war on drugs, Government officials feel that if marijuana was used as fuel that it would contribute to more illegal use of the drug. But this popular NASA scientist says, that what they are really scared of is that without it as a member of the highly illegal substance's group that Americans would find out that it, and many other drugs have other uses that would make the governments argument invalid. The Government is afraid that the other use's will far out weights the problem the different drugs has caused to our society. But what really scares them is that with the other uses, there would be no need for a drug war and the drug war industry that has kept and made many people rich would prove to be unnecessary.

This scientist compare marijuana to the peanut, and said that if nothing else, that the fuel derived from marijuana could be use as a form of bio fuel. This fuel could be used to power planes, ships, trains, and other forms of transportation, taking the stress off our oil supply. This scientist said that marijuana can be grown anywhere, indoors or outdoor, which the government sees as a problem. It would allow everyday people with any amount of space to participate in the growing and harvest of the weed. Economies of that scale are hard to control and the government believes that it would contribute to drug use.

This within itself, could expand the new industry into a 100 billion-dollar industry almost over night. But what they don't tell you, is that it is already a billion-dollar industry. People are already growing it indoors and outdoors, and that it is already contributing to the economics, of the over all society. You see It keeps jails and prisons full, It keeps lawyers busy, and it keeps cops employed. What they are scared of is that as an industry it would change who profits from the marijuana. The other added benefit is that it would drop the price of a pound of marijuana, or will it make the price go up, you know the supply and demand factor always have to fit in the equation. But the biggest thing they are afraid of is that it would take the advantage away from the drug dealers and drug importers, who at this time are making all the money in this underground industry.

Remember the everyday suppliers don't have planes and ships to import the stuff, so you can bet your bottom dollar it would affect someone's income high up in the food chain. So like with anything, there is always a better way, or a better product or a better use, but that does not mean a thing if the right people are not getting paid. But then again that's just my opinion.


The new gas revolution






How to make bio diesel from hemp--

http://www.hempworld.com/Hemp-CyberFarm_com/htms/hemp-products/bio-diesel/bio-diesel.html


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5 Amazing Uses of Hemp That Show Why It Should Be Legalized Immediately

http://www.healthyaeon.com/2014/02/5-amazing-uses-of-hemp-that-show-why-it.html#.UwQIRPl_tdx

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  Various chemicals found in both hemp and cannabis have been shown to possess antibacterial and antifungal properties. EnviroTextile’s hemp fabric is still in development, but has already shown promise in early lab tests.
  
  
  
  Insulation made from hemp is quickly becoming a popular eco-friendly alternativeto traditional insulation materials like mineral wool.
  
  Not only is hemp a more sustainable raw material, but the final product is also carbon-negative. That means it has the ability to absorb more greenhouse gases over its lifetime than emitted during the production process.
  
  The production of mineral wool, on the other hand, contributes greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. A recent study compared the two insulation materials head-to-head and concluded that hemp was the more sustainable choice.
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  Hemp has also found its way into concrete mixes. Hempcrete can be used for a variety of construction needs, from walling to roof insulation to flooring.
  
  On top of being carbon-negative, hempcrete is said to be easier to work with and has natural insulating and moisture regulating properties. Hemp bricks also lack the brittleness of traditional concrete and thus do not require expansion joints.
  
  4. Cars
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Lotus Eco Elise is the eco-friendly hemp version of the popular Elise sports car (Photo: Cate Gillon/Getty Images)
  
  Hemp composite can be found in cars made by Audi, BMW, Ford, GM, Chrysler, Mercedes, Lotus and Honda, among many others. Biocomposite made from hemp fiber is just as strong as fiberglass, but incredibly lightweight.
  
  All-electric cars like the BMW i3 are especially reliant on it. BMW was able to shed about 10% of weight from the i3′s door panels by using hemp composite instead of traditional materials.
  
  With fuel economy becoming a primary focus of all car makers, hemp composite will only become more common in cars in years to come.
  
  5. Graphene-Like Nanomaterial
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Graphene is often touted as the future of nanotechnology, and the thinnest, strongest, and lightest material ever made. But how does hemp compare? Apparently, it’s even better.
  
  Earlier this year, chemical engineers from the University of Alberta turned hemp fiber into a nanomaterial with similar properties as graphene, but a much lower price tag.
  
  What’s more, when it comes to making energy storage devices like batteries and supercapacitors, the hemp nanomaterial showed “superior electrochemical storage properties” compared to graphene.
  Research is still in its early stages, but if the results hold, hemp could eventually be used for a wide range of nanotechnology applications, from flashlights to solar cells.
  
  
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Milford P&Z puts regulations on marijuana facilities



09/16/14,

MILFORD >> The Planning and Zoning Board Tuesday approved regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries and production facilities, assuring they will be at least 300 feet from any public or parochial school.

Under the new regulation, required by the state’s legalization of medical marijuana, dispensaries will be limited to corridor design development districts 1-5 and Milford Center Design Development District.

Medical marijuana production facilities will be allowed in industrial district and light industrial zones.

In both cases the facilities must be at least a 300-foot distance — measured from closest point to closest point in a straight line — from any school.

There was little discussion about the regulations, hashed out in committee for months and with only one resident speaker at the public hearing — a Buckingham Avenue resident concerned that 300 feet is not enough near St. Mary’s School because it is up against a permitted zone.

Board member John L. Grant Jr. told the woman there is no need to worry because facilities in both categories will have heavy security, including a 24-hour guard. He said the marijuana will be produced in containers which will be situated indoors.

http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140916/milford-pz-puts-regulations-on-marijuana-facilities

Milford Limits Where Medical Marijuana Facilities Can Be Located
All proposed medical marijuana facilities must be at least 300 feet from a public or private school.
September 17, 2014


The Milford Planning and Zoning Board voted last night to prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries and grow facilities from being placed within 300 feet of a school, reports Pamela McLoughlin, of the New Haven Register.

Medical marijuana dispensaries are limited to certain zones in the city, and grow facilities would be confined to industrial and light industrial zones.

The PZB has been working on >>>>regulations for medical marijuana facilities for >>>>months
(wonder who has their foot in the door there???)

Previously, there had been moratoriums against such facilities in the city.

Read the full New Haven Register story here.

http://patch.com/connecticut/milford/milford-limits-where-medical-marijuana-facilities-can-be-located-0#.VBmZANq9KK3

Assistant Prosecutor Rodney Hassinger said >>MSP has a specialized drug team that occasionally searches the internet for suspicious activity.“

“Lothamer was advertising marijuana on craigslist,”


Man to face jury for marijuana charges

Sep. 18, 2014

Hillsdale, Mich.HILLSDALE — A jury trial has been scheduled for a medical marijuana patient who allegedly possessed over 500 marijuana plants.Stephen Olin Lothamer, 52, of Reading, will face two counts of controlled substance delivery-manufacture of marijuana on Feb. 10, 2015.
In Circuit Court Monday afternoon Lothamer was formally arraigned on the charges.Each charge is a felony carrying a potential sentence of 4 years in prison and-or a $20,000 fine, as well as a mandatory license suspension.

During arraignment Lothamer stood mute to the charges; Judge Michael Smith entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.The case was scheduled for a pretrial conference. Smith said he had not seen Lothamer in court before, therefore he needed to formally arraign Lothamer on the charges.“I was under the impression Mr. Lothamer has been before this court many times,” said Lothamer’s attorney. “I thought it was a pretrial conference.”Smith said since the defense was prepared for a conference, the court would take a short recess and continue with a conference after arraignment.

However, after a meeting between prosecutors and Lothamer’s attorney, Lothamer continued to stand mute and the matter was scheduled for a jury trial.Lothamer’s arrest and arraignment was the result of a Michigan State Police (MSP) investigation.

Assistant Prosecutor Rodney Hassinger said MSP has a specialized drug team that occasionally searches the internet for suspicious activity

.“Lothamer was advertising marijuana on craigslist,” said Hassinger.
“The officer contacted him and told him he’s a card holder.”

Out of uniform, the officer went to see Lothamer and exchanged money for 31 marijuana plants.“The officer was never asked to show his marijuana card,” said Hassinger. “After he left the police went back and discovered 490 additional plants.”Detective Sergeant Pillar of the Michigan State Police Region of the Irish Hills Narcotics Office (RHINO) said Lothamer consented to the search of his residence.

“It was a knock-and-talk,” said Pillar. “Lothamer allowed the officer to search his greenhouse and 490 additional plants were discovered.

"Michigan Law provides for two types of medical marijuana cards — one for patients and the other for caregivers.A patient has the right to possess 12 plants and-or 2.5 ounces of the drug. Caregivers have the right to supply up to six people with medical marijuana and possess up to 72 plants.The caregiver must however have the patient’s paperwork at the location of the grow facility.“Not under any scenario can anyone have more than 72 plants,” said Hassinger.

“There’s no scenario at all that would allow him to have that quantity.There is, however, a rare exception. Hassinger said a doctor can be called to the stand to testify that the law doesn’t allow the amount the patient needs.

The caregiver must however have the patient’s paperwork at the location of the grow facility.

http://www.hillsdale.net/article/20140918/News/140919023

Here’s where it gets interesting: in looking at each of the eight regions of each piglet’s brain the researchers were “shocked and amazed” to report FULL RESTORATION and not just that but, “full restoration in each of the eight sections of the brain AND evidence of neuroprotection in all cells!”

People from all over the country have come to Colorado as medical cannabis refugees seeking treatment for their child, themselves, or someone else they love dearly.

Yet there is >>not nearly enough cannabis oil, especially Cannabidiol rich oil to >>meet the current demand—and >>>demand is growing far quicker than supply as citizens educate themselves by reading research studies just like this one! Still, one small gram of CBD oil could potentially treat up to 1000 babies

SEP 17, 2014
Cannabis Beats Placebo: CBD Promising for Treating Brain Damage in Preemies


Earlier this year against the advice of many, I submitted an abstract to present at the International Cannabinoid Research Society’s 2014 Symposium. Not only was this Social Scientist selected from among over 300 other doctoral students, the remainder having the required Endocannabinoid Science experience I simply do not have, but I was one also of the few in attendance that had experience working with live human beings. I was thrilled!! And after some months of struggle I became the first Ph.D. student to crowdsource my way to this prestigious event to present “Integral Frames: Interdisciplinary Tools for Medical Cannabis Research.” It was quite a financial struggle even with the support but well worth the effort!

Although I made many connections to research projects that were presented and had many dynamic conversations with my fellow researchers, one particular study, “Role of 5HT1A Receptors on the Neuroprotective and Neurobehavioral Effects of Cannabidiol in Hypoxic-Ischemic Newborn Pigs,” (yes, it’s a laboring title, this was a clinical conference—you have no idea how hard some presentations were to follow for the non-scientist) found a way to open my eyes to the future of cannabinoid medicine in a way no other did—it made a personal connection to me and my own babies. Let me explain…

Although we’re seeing children as medical cannabis patients it’s still not socially acceptable for parents to take the leap to cannabis medicine…yet what does the science tell us?

More than twenty-one years and many traumatic NICU visits since, I am where I never expected to be, in Baveno, Italy for the International Cannabinoid Research Society Symposium—when the lights come on, so to speak!

Let’s return to the study of those baby pigs. At one day old these piglets were robbed of oxygen to the brain to mimic hypoxic-ischemic conditions: the brain damage caused by the oxygen deprivation often brought on by severe apnea and/or cardiac stress events premature babies sometimes experience multiple times per day.

Following verification of the induced brain damage the piglets were given Cannabidiol (CBD) oil—one group received one dose of CBD oil thirty minutes after the event and another group was given only three very, very small doses over the course of six days. Later these piggy’s brains were compared against those of normal, healthy piglets.

Here’s where it gets interesting: in looking at each of the eight regions of each piglet’s brain the researchers were “shocked and amazed” to report FULL RESTORATION and not just that but, “full restoration in each of the eight sections of the brain AND evidence of neuroprotection in all cells!” (Jimenez-Sanchez, L., ICRS).

As excited as Laura was to have found these amazing results, I was just as shocked to hear this good news! So excited I followed up with Laura after her presentation and during this conversation came to realize that when these piglets were dosed with CBD oil the amount given was considerably small! When I say small, I mean 1 mg of CBD oil per kg of weight. What does this mean?

Well to me it means my sons would have had similar neuroprotective results at less than 1 milligram of CBD oil. Less than 1 mg!!! (Note: There are 1000 mgs in each gram of cannabis oil). And my grandchildren would have as well with only a little higher dose, given that their weights were considerably more at birth than a kg). However, they would not have needed much more than a one milligram dose as the research team also found that “there were no differences between piglets receiving one dose or three doses of CBD.”

1 out of 8 babies born in the US each year is delivered prematurely and all are high risk for hypoxic-ischemic brain damage! Many are not as lucky as my sons and granddaughters were in surviving their premature birth with little long-term effect. Most are like my grandson, Shane; they struggle to survive, sometimes for the rest of their lives, because of the circumstances of their birth and the pharmaceutical manner in which many of their conditions are treated. These babies are our most vulnerable and at risk citizens, and they are our future.

Can any parent or grandparent sit idly by knowing there is a non-toxic, low-dose traditional medicine that is an option—a scientifically proven option—that’s being overlooked because so few medical professionals and policy makers consider the science of cannabinoid medicine? I can’t! Especially since I recognize that few of them have ever heard of the Endocannabinoid System (eCS) and its amazing ability to heal the body and protect, not harm, the brain.

Researchers have spent many decades looking for safe, non-toxic remedies for a wide-variety of illnesses and conditions. It has only been since 1988 that the eCS was discovered, so much science must still be explored. Fortunately, we’re beginning to see the stigma lift from this research arena. During the Symposium, I was pleased to note the large number of young women conducting cannabinoid research, many Ph.D.’s under the age of 30 from all over the world, including the good Ol’ USA.

Once word got out that I work with human beings, not mice, rats, piglets, or even cells—but real, live people, I became quite popular and was able to help connect what these young researchers do in lab with what patients are doing at home without the interference of NIDA or the pharmaceutical companies these researchers contend with on a daily basis—you know, those looking to mimic the way that cannabis beats placebo results with other, less effective and far more toxic synthetic substances and compounds than what cannabis sativa contains.

There were a number of other research stories in which cannabis beat a placebo that were touted with much amazement during this Symposium, with conditions ranging from Alzheimer’s Disease, PTS Disorders, Neuropathy, Substance Abuse and Seizure Disorders, to Memory Improvement, Psychiatric Conditions, and so much more! Pharmaceutical researchers aren’t really used to these kinds of results; typically they just hope not to kill the patient too quickly, even if it is a laboratory mouse. (BTW: No cancer treatment currently marketed beats placebo in clinical trials, but cannabis does!). When you consider that we humans all have an eCS system which reacts favorably to the phytocannabinoids from this amazing plant, it’s somehow common sense that cannabis beats placebos in trials—at least to me, as a patient, social researcher, and more adept scientist than I previously recognized.

But now this grandma is also really angry! When I first started exploring cannabis it was about my own health issues, and I just figured we didn’t know what we didn’t know yet. But now, this has affected my babies and my babies’ babies (and so many, many family’s babies)! It’s time for the science to reach the masses so that we can understand we have a safe choice and options beyond hazardous treatments.

The science required to remove cannabis from the Schedule of Controlled Substances has been conducted and is far more than adequate, yet every citizen with an eCS (100%) and every citizen who supports the medicalization of cannabis (87%) wait for our government to take action. People from all over the country have come to Colorado as medical cannabis refugees seeking treatment for their child, themselves, or someone else they love dearly. Yet there is not nearly enough cannabis oil, especially Cannabidiol rich oil to meet the current demand—and demand is growing far quicker than supply as citizens educate themselves by reading research studies just like this one! Still, one small gram of CBD oil could potentially treat up to 1000 babies (1000 babies born under 2.2 lbs., unfortunately far too common these days) and “induce neuroprotection” that is so desperately necessary for these high-risk infants!

In my opinion, the educational chasm between endocannabinoid researchers and family physicians is greater than the gap between patient and doctor or even patient and researcher. Patients are self-educated and rely heavily on other patients for information, plus they embody a specific type of knowledge regarding the use of cannabis, one that still fails to reach researchers, medical professionals, policymakers, or the masses to a significant degree.

This seems to be where I fit in. With the Cannabis Patient Network Institute and Integral Education and Consulting, LLCmy primary goal is to bridge these communication gaps, to help patients share their stories, to engage patients in community-based research projects, and to spread cannabis education like wildfire through a network of trainers.

Read full article:

http://www.ladybud.com/2014/09/17/cannabis-beats-placebo-cbd-promising-for-treating-brain-damage-in-preemies/

Marijuana Rated Most Effective Alternative Treatment for Pain
September 18th, 2014

Medical marijuana has been rated the most effective alternative treatment for relieving chronic pain, according to the results of a new survey that also gave high marks to massage and chiropractic therapy.

The most widely used non-drug alternative treatment – vitamins and supplements – was rated the least effective by pain patients.

The online survey of over 2,400 women in chronic pain was conducted by National Pain Reportand For Grace, a non-profit devoted to better care and wellness for women in pain.




Given a choice of 11 different alternative therapies, many women said they had tried several treatments in the past year.

Over 70% used vitamins and supplements, followed by exercise (66%), massage (49%), prayer (49%) and physical therapy (45%). Most were only effective about a third of the time.

Three out of ten women (29%) said no alternative treatment worked for them.


“I have been in pain for 18 years. I have tried all of the alternative treatments at one time. None of them helped long term,” wrote a woman who has fibromyalgia and four other chronic pain conditions.

“I have tried all of those alternative treatments except medical marijuana. None of those treatments worked to eliminate the pain, but exercise and massage do help to ease the pain somewhat,” wrote another.

Many women said they had tried non-drug therapies not on the list, including swimming, heating pads, diet changes, TENS units, aromatherapy and Chinese exercises such as Tai Chi. Some even resorted to the exotic, such as injections of South American fire ant venom, ozone therapy, and something called “pagan belief based ritual.”

But while there was plenty of enthusiasm and a willingness to try new treatments, many women said they were discouraged by the cost and the fact that many alternative therapies are not covered by insurance.

“Since disability provides me with such a small amount of money to live on and insurance does not cover most alternative therapies, I have not had the option to try most of them,” wrote one woman.

“Massage works best if I go at least once – two times a week, but insurance stopped covering it, and the cost is just not affordable with me not able to work,” wrote another.

“My insurance denies every alternative treatment option. No kidding,” said one respondent.

Many women said they were curious about medical marijuana, but were afraid to try it because cannabis is illegal in the countries and states where they live.

“I would LOVE to try Medical Marijuana,” wrote one woman. “But it is not available legally in Australia and I shouldn’t have to commit a crime just to have a chance at living pain free.”

“Marijuana… helps more than Tramadol, but I can’t legally get it in Finland. Even if I could get a prescription, it’s too expensive for me,” wrote another woman who suffers from osteoarthritis and back pain.

“I would love to try medical marijuana. I’ve never used recreational drugs in my life, but I really want to find out if there is an alternative to opiates for dealing with TN (trigeminal neuralgia) pain or spinal pain,” said another woman.

“I had a friend who was given medical marijuana and came to Kentucky for a visit and I took two puffs and it helped me more than anything else I have taken. However medical marijuana is not available in the state of Kentucky,” said a woman who has fibromyalgia, back pain, osteoarthritis and an autoimmune disease.

While marijuana was one of the least used alternative therapies, it quickly rose to the top when women were asked about the effectiveness of treatments they had tried.

Nearly 80% of the 431 women who used marijuana said it helped relieve their pain. Massage was the second most effective treatment (53%) and chiropractic (46%) was third.

Physical therapy and exercise — two treatments often recommended by physicians – were only effective about a third of the time, about the same as prayer, yoga and hypnosis.

Vitamins and supplements were rated the least effective treatment (24%).

“Cannabis is the only thing I’ve tried for fibromyalgia that actually helps to take the pain away,” wrote one woman.

“Marijuana did nothing for my pain, only made me feel restless and panicky. All of the other methods helped for an hour, but pain always returned, often worse than before,” wrote a woman who has fibromyalgia, back pain and neuropathy.

“I have had PT (physical therapy) and massage numerous times over the years; the marijuana doesn’t work that great for my pain but it does relax me and help me forget about it. Helps some with sleep,” said a woman who suffers from osteoarthritis, back pain, and neuropathy.

“Smoked weed and it helped ALOT but not legal in MS (Mississippi) so I am careful not to do. I don’t want to be arrested,” wrote a woman who has fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, back pain, and neurorapthy.

“I am stuck (between) a rock and a hard place because the medical marijuana helps to motivate me to do exercise but it is not legal in my state. Without it the pain keeps me from exercising, causing me to gain weight which causes me to be in more pain,” wrote a woman who has fibromyalgia, migraine, rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic pain conditions.

Advocates of medical marijuana were delighted by the survey results – and the fact that so many pain patients were even talking about cannabis.

“I wish we had more people that were publicly speaking about (marijuana) and it’s a shame that they’re not. I think that these numbers are great, but if you were to ask someone face-to-face if that was a viable treatment, I don’t think they’d give you the same response. And I think that has to do with the stigma,” said John Nicolazzo, Chief Operating Officer of MarijuanaDoctors.com, a website that links patients with doctors willing to prescribe medical marijuana in states where it is legal.

“We have 23 states now. I’d be very interested in seeing these numbers when all 50 states are actually out there and open. I think these numbers would quadruple and beat out anything else that’s out there, like massage, acupuncture and everything else.”

But many physicians remain cautious about medical marijuana. Because cannabis has been illegal for so long, few studies have been done about its effectiveness and safety.

“The worst thing the marijuana industry could do is repeat the trivialization of risk that the opioid movement had in its early days,” said Steve Passik, PhD, a psychologist and Vice President of Research and Advocacy for Millennium Health. “If marijuana is going to be more available, either legally, medically or whatever, if that’s going to happen, it should happen with the full appreciation that it’s going to help some people and hurt some people. There are no risk free drugs. There just aren’t.

“If we make marijuana more available, some people are going to use it to their betterment and some people are going to be harmed.”

A previous survey by National Pain Report found that marijuana was more effective at relieving symptoms of fibromyalgia than any of the three prescription drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat the disorder.

To see the full results of the “Women in Pain” survey, click here.

http://americannewsreport.com/nationalpainreport/marijuana-rated-most-effective-alternative-treatment-for-pain-8824875.html

http://www.theweedblog.com/can-police-use-a-borrowed-medical-marijuana-card/

Can Police Use A ‘Borrowed’ Medical Marijuana Card?
Posted by Rick Thompson at 8:23 AM on January 4, 2015Medical Marijuana Policy


Pretending to be a medical marijuana patient just got a lot easier for undercover narcotics officers in Michigan. A case from Port Huron features a unique twist; police just “borrowed” a medical marijuana card from a friend and made a marijuana purchase.

Or did the St. Clair County Sheriff’s undercover officer take the card out of the evidence file from another case? A hearing on Monday will reveal the details- and if the ill-gotten card will be allowed to remain a part of the case against Don and Diane Ferguson.

WHY USE A FAKE CARD ANYWAY?

Police pretend to be legitimate patients to trick- lawyers say, entrap- licensed and registered medical marijuana caregivers into transferring marijuana to someone they believe is sick for the purpose of alleviating their illness and symptoms. The trickery is mandatory, because the caregivers are not like drug dealers; these registered medical marijuana providers are so strict with their policies that, without proof that you are a patient, you won’t get anything from them.

“If people are so selective as to refuse to transfer marijuana to anyone not enrolled in the medical marijuana program, aren’t they behaving in a responsible way?” asked Genesee County activist and local elected official Eric Gunnels. “Shouldn’t police focus that effort on the people that sell hard drugs and don’t care who is buying it?”

Over the last five years police in Michigan have reportedly created their own fake medical marijuana cards, they have altered legally-obtained cards and they have lied to doctors and used false identities to have Michigan’s Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) issue bogus medical marijuana identification cards straight from the government press.

“A classic tale of wasted resources. Police spending the time and effort to entrap people who are selective and compassionate and demonstrably not posing a risk to the health and safety of the community,” observed Jamie Lowell of the Michigan chapter of Americans for Safe Access and Ypsilanti’s 3rd Coast Compassion.

“To create crimes by using another person’s card falsely is the opposite of what the voters intended when they passed the MMMA,” stated Southfield attorney Michael Komorn. Regarding patients and caregivers trapped by law enforcement over the years through the use of the misrepresentation of identity, he said, “This is a category of individual that is so different than those the law was intended to punish.”

THE ‘JOE CARD’

In the Ferguson case, the undercover officer convinced Don Ferguson that he was a patient. After marijuana was allegedly transferred Don was arrested and search warrants were issued for his home, where Diane lay sleeping. It was the fraudulent representation of that card by the undercover that created Don’s belief in the legality of his alleged actions.

“(The undercover officer) has been on the stand testifying about the card twice,” said Diane Ferguson, in an exclusive interview with The Compassion Chronicles. The card was issued to a person whose first name is Joe, and the questionably-obtained card has been referred to as the ‘Joe card’ by the defendants.

“On the stand all he would say was, I borrowed it from a friend,” Diane said. ”He admitted twice on the stand that he used this card.”

The name on the card seems to match the name of a person who was ensnared in a drug raid executed by the same Sheriff’s office earlier that month. That case is being argued by Komorn.

“The St. Clair County Sheriff Deputy has been using this ‘Joe card’ to ensnare other patients and caregivers into doing transactions,” Komorn said.

“I think it’s fair to say that, if the undercover officer and the raid victim were “friends,” as he has indicated in court proceedings, their relationship may be hitting a rocky point just about now,” attorney Jeff Frazier observed.

PTSD AND PENDING COURT PROCEDURES

According to the Fergusons, the St. Clair Prosecutor’s Office sent a notice of in limne procedure for Monday to remove the use of the card from the court proceedings. The court has scheduled jury selection proceedings in the criminal case against the Fergusons for Tuesday, January 6th.

Having the questionable card removed from the evidence in the Ferguson case may halt the inquiries into how it was obtained and if its use in this manner is lawful, but Komorn questions this “manipulation of evidence.”

In an odd twist, Ann Arbor attorney Jim Wines informed the Fergusons that he intends to withdraw from the case over a money issue and that request may be brought before Judge Michael West during one of the two court dates.

Regardless of the decisions Judge West and the potential jury may arrive at, punishment has already been dealt to the Fergusons. They are selling everything precious to them to cover attorney’s fees, including a treasured motorcycle and a Ford truck.

Beyond the financial, the sting of being raided hits home even before charges are brought. Diane Ferguson told TCC that her opinion of law enforcement has been forever altered- and not for the better.

“I have had the police help me so much through my lifetime. I always trusted them before. Never again.”

Attorney Komorn has heard this many times from defendants. “The fears, the emotions, seeing your house ripped apart. These are images that will never go out of someone’s mind.”

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is caused by shocking, traumatic events in one’s lifetime that leave them mentally scarred and physically responsive to situations of a similar nature. Diane Ferguson has all the classic symptoms of the ailment.

“Every night when it gets dark I get shaking attacks,” Ferguson said. “They busted in my house in the dark. They busted in with guns. They busted up the house right in front of me. ”

Her voice shook as she said, “How can you live with this every day, and still trust them? You can’t.”



COURT SUPPORT NEEDED- JURY SELECTION PROCEEDING
for Don and Diane Ferguson

January 6 9am

St Clair County 31st circuit ct

Circuit Court Judge Michael West, room 3300

201 McMorran Blvd., Port Huron 48060

Source: TheCompassionChronicles.Com

Oh man, doesn't everybody know that "the police can be pretty cool sometimes but U never ever trust them"

The police have tried to buy alcohol with underage decoys that use false ID's, so its no shock to me that the police would try to use fake medical cards to buy MM. If I was selling MM, i would look at the persons drivers license very closely. When in doubt, always refuse, it be harder for the police to get away with this trick if they had to beg and plea to make a buy.

As for the dude running ads on the internet and selling 31 plants,in one transaction--that really happen ? LOL.. ,

I guess any patients named 'joe' now-w/a card-living in st clair is gonna have a hard time scoring medicine-


Nice they have the court date in there...

more courtroom support for these type cases is needed @-every level...

-only way things will change more is if every community where these type cases happen 'packs' these courtrooms -

Oakland,wayne,washtenaw,genessee,livingston counties all voted almost 2-1 for the law(?)

...i dont get where there is NO courtroom support for these type cases...very little nor press either

everyone in ""fear""

-it can be interesting and a very enlightening experience-
Ive been to many

Its a very benign experience...
-gets you used to what you 'could' be up against
they work for us(?) right?

going anonymously is a great experience to learn about courtrooms [b on uR p-s and q-s]

-really gets the attention of judges and puts the whole court 'on-point' so to speak...makes it serious on a different level

-for them to realize the court is packed with concerned citizens

it always helps from my experience
Yeah PTSD...i know it well...

I may just ponyout to this and i recommend if anyone has time support would be helpful

im sick of watching all these folks get 'railroaded' in these small time bS 'stings'-

theres meth/crack heroin guns and violence in every urban area and they have to waste resources going after the 'easier' prey

-instead of doing their real jobs (police)and keeping communities safe from hard drugs guns violence and crime...fkn ridiculous !!

-easy $for them and looks Good in their file-

-'dress appropriately'-

https://www.facebook.com/terry.marentette.14/posts/618110651666896
Good crowd of folks...

buckaroo bonzai said:

I guess any patients named 'joe' now-w/a card-living in st clair is gonna have a hard time scoring medicine-


Nice they have the court date in there...

more courtroom support for these type cases is needed @-every level...

-only way things will change more is if every community where these type cases happen 'packs' these courtrooms -

Oakland,wayne,washtenaw,genessee,livingston counties all voted almost 2-1 for the law(?)

...i dont get where there is NO courtroom support for these type cases...very little nor press either

everyone in ""fear""

-it can be interesting and a very enlightening experience-
Ive been to many

Its a very benign experience...
-gets you used to what you 'could' be up against
they work for us(?) right?

going anonymously is a great experience to learn about courtrooms [b on uR p-s and q-s]

-really gets the attention of judges and puts the whole court 'on-point' so to speak...makes it serious on a different level

-for them to realize the court is packed with concerned citizens

it always helps from my experience
Yeah PTSD...i know it well...

I may just ponyout to this and i recommend if anyone has time support would be helpful

im sick of watching all these folks get 'railroaded' in these small time bS 'stings'-

theres meth/crack heroin guns and violence in every urban area and they have to waste resources going after the 'easier' prey

-instead of doing their real jobs (police)and keeping communities safe from hard drugs guns violence and crime...fkn ridiculous !!

-easy $for them and looks Good in their file-

-'dress appropriately'-

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Couldnt agree more brother............. This is so out of control on every level it is ridiculous. It is time to STAND TOGETHER.............

So what private info is attached to lein again?

"The vehicle’s information was run through the Michigan Law Enforcement Information Network, and police learned of some information that cannot be released because of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), he said."

http://www.michigansthumb.com/news/local/article_21b4ec4a-959f-11e4-a6a4-d77bda4e5f70.html