The Weed Has Been Freed with a Picture ID from the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency.

by the Weed Warrior 

After 12 years of bureaucratic neglect and indifference, The Michigan Medical Marijuana card has become an official government issued valid ID with a picture on it. Personal Identifiable Information from your driver’s license like your drivers license number will no longer be available to 3^rd party websites at provisioning centers. This will protect patients from identity theft by scrupulous business owners and identity theft.

We must give proper kudos to State Representative Cynthia A. Johnson(D5), Marijuana Regulatory Agency Director Andrew Brisbo and, the staff who brought the agency into compliance with the Law. We also want to give thanks to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for supporting the law of the land.

To get your new ID card and picture you must go to the MRA website at www.michigan.gov/mra and select MMMP Patients and Caregivers from the menu.

1. Scroll down the page and look for the red button saying registration cards with picture on it. 
2. Select that button and information is there to get a new card online or, download and fill out the paper form and mail it in.  

If you are a current participant of the MMJ program, a new card will be sent to you free of charge.  Otherwise, when it is time to renew your card, your new card will have your picture it.

Direct Link to MMJ Card Picture Information

With the new card you will be able to get medicine from provisioning centers, vote in elections, cash checks, and present this to anyone asking for a valid government ID.  As of this writing Michigan will recognize patient cards from 38 states and counting. To amend the US constitution, you need a minimum of 38 states out of 50 to ratify a change allowing the agriculture industry to use of Cannabis as a medicine, biofuels to fight climate change, and manufacturing for raw goods. Finally, amending the constitution will help facilitate the immediate expungement of all federal pot prisoners in the bureau of Federal Bureau of Prisons, besides an executive order from President Joe Biden.

While recreational marijuana is legal in many states, a medical card will give you added legal protection from HIPPA and internationally. On a federal and international level, there are existing treaties between the United States and other countries that have been in place for over 80+ years.  These treaties need to be set aside to finally end the stigma against cannabis. To do that we must vote in every election to make sure that the people representing you in Washington DC are supporting cannabis reform.  If they get elected and stray, you must make them pay at the ballot box.   If you have an elected official that IS supporting cannabis, then you must elect and re-elect them to office.

With adherence to perseverance, any goal can be achieved, any task can be accomplished.

NOW is The Time To Stop Legislative Voter Fraud in Lansing Michigan Regarding Marijuana Laws

Warning!  Warning!  Warning!

Corporate marijuana interests are working very hard to rewrite our voter enacted Marijuana laws in Lansing Michigan. If House bills 5300-5302 become law, it will be another reminder of how the emergency manager law was reinstated after people soundly rejected it at the ballot box. The Michigan legislature upon it’s own motion will remove 11 plants and 4 patients from caregivers after the voters chose to have 12 plants and 5 patients to provide caregiver services to. Additionally, the rewrite will create a new felony charges, increase fines and, incarceration of our citizens violators of the new law if approved. The bills are being fast tracked by interests who want to monopolize the Marijuana Industry in Michigan by March 22, 2022.

On Tuesday October 26, 2021 the regulatory reform committee approved these bills for a full vote by the entire 110 member Michigan House of Representatives.  The plan is to have these laws passed by the House of Representatives by November 5^th, 2021 with minimal input from citizen caregivers.

This attempt by Michigan Legislators goes against everything the late Representative Isaac Robinson fought against because of the increased civil penalties, fines and, imprisonment for possession of marijuana. Any representative voting YES for these bills will help increase operational costs in the District Courts, Department of Corrections and, county jails.

This is a glaring example of legislative voter fraud because the current law was approved by 63% of the citizens with their vote in 2008.  The voters decided that they wanted 12 plants and 5 patient caregivers and, if a law needs to be changed, it should be done by the voters not the politicians. This effort to disenfranchise the voters by changing the law in the middle of the night, combined with the enactment of voter suppression laws leads to citizen mistrust of government 

There are a lot of real pressing problems in the State that need to be fast tracked into law like illegal dumping, infrastructure repair, education reform, and removing the taxes from retiree pensions for example. The same people who want a picture ID to vote will not force the Department of Licensing and Regulation, Marijuana Regulatory Agency to reprint all patient and caregiver cards with their picture on it. It is the law that your driver’s license picture should be on all Michigan issued patient/caregiver Marijuana cards.

If you want to stop this behind the back door plan to change voter enacted laws by special interest groups, I strongly encourage you to call, email, write and, visit in person any State Representative and Senator to vote NO, NO and, NO on House bills 5300, 5301 and, 5302 when they come up for a vote. 

 Contact a State Representative TODAY at www.house.mi.gov/AllRepresentatives

State Rep. Stephane Young(D) Detroit
 (517) 373-3815
 stephanieyoung@house.mi.gov 

House Bills  5300 -  5301 - 5302

Contact Michigan State Representatives and Senators to Stop The Looters of Michigan's Marijuana Industry

 by Weed Warrior

If you love your cannabis plants, you are strongly encouraged to contact any Michigan Legislative branch member to stop the implementation of any piece of legislation that will regulate how many plants a patient can have.  The people voted for 12 plants and, it shall remain 12 plants, because the citizens said so with their ballot.  The attempted coup on the Marijuana industry if successful, will lead to increase incarcerations and property seizures by  State and local governments.  People with felonies will be barred from participating in the industry by new rules if approved by the Governor.  

The people who crafted the legislation were not inclusive of people of color and, aligned with the pipeline to prison industry. With the additional restrictions small business will be completely eliminated. Farmers will become instant criminals for having too many plants because the new rules will only allow you to have one plant and one patient to care for. Excess plants must be destroyed and violators will be severely punished. Urban farmers will be filling the jails in Detroit, Lansing, Flint, Benton Harbor, Grand Rapids. Rural farmers will be sitting in county jails next to people hooked on Opioids and Meth for a plant.

Therefore you must contact her office now and tell her to VETO this attempted theft of caregiver rights in advance! 

It only takes a few minutes and, if enough of you contact the Governor's office, State Representatives and, Senators we make our legislators develop a better system that will not penalize caregivers and promotes education. Especially science teachers in K-12 institutions and, students in college studying subjects in agriculture and business management for example. 

Our people have spoken,
so let them keep tokin!
We don't want or need Corporate Weed!

Your message to your Representative or Senator is that if you vote to approve this legislation in 2021, we will remember you in 2022.  The Marijuana Community is a community of interest that is not reflected in the Census however, it is reflected at the ballot box. So let them know to vote no on House Bills 5300, 5301, 5302, or, any legislation that negatively affects the Cannabis Community of Interest.  

Voter disenfranchisement in Michigan will not be tolerated!

That goes for any currently serving politician any where else in the country who defies the will of the people.

Don't delay, call today!

From the Office of  Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Dear Richard Clement, 

Thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding House Bill 5300, 5301 and 5302. I appreciate your efforts to reach me and the opportunity to respond.

On September 14, 2021, Representative T.C. Clements introduced House Bill 5300, 5301 and 5302 which would amend multiple acts that regulate medical marijuana. This bill was referred to the committee on Regulatory Reform.

In Michigan, laws must originate as bills in the Legislature and proceed through the legislative progress. Article IV, Section 22 of the Constitution of the state of Michigan of 1963, as amended, states “all legislation shall be by bill and may originate in either house.” As Governor, I am unable to introduce a bill myself in the Legislature.

If a bill is passed by both chambers in identical form, the bill will then be sent to my desk. From there I have 14 days to make a decision to either sign the bill into law or to veto the bill. As a result, I would encourage you to share your opinions and concerns with your state legislators if you have not already done so. 

Michigan House of Representatives – You can find your State Representative by calling the House Clerk’s office at 517-373-0135 or by visiting house.mi.gov. 

Michigan State Senate – You can find your State Senator by calling Secretary of the Senate’s office at 517-373-2400 or by visiting senate.mi.gov.

The process from first reading in the Legislature to reaching my desk can be lengthy, and I encourage you to remain in contact with your legislators throughout the Legislature’s debate and deliberation of a bill. You may view the status of all pieces of Legislature by visiting legislature.mi.gov. 

Again, thank you for reaching out to me. Should this bill reach my desk, I will surely keep your comments in mind during my decision-making process. If you have additional comments or concerns do not hesitate to contact my office at (517) 335-7858.  

 

Sincerely,

Gretchen Whitmer

Governor of Michigan 

LINK TO CONTACT THE GOVERNORS OFFICE

House Bill 5302 - Voter Photo ID Concerns and Election Integrity Issues - Opposed

Dear Regulatory Reform Committee,

After further review, if this bill were to become law, it would ignore the fact that a picture from the Secretary of State office is missing for customers of the Marijuana Regulatory Agency's Medical Marijuana program.  This proposed  bill discusses bidding for a third party vendor to manage the METRIC system for tracking retail sales. Meanwhile, the only people who had pictures on their cards were law enforcement employees that were looking for an arrest and conviction on drug charges. 

Especially in Oakland County where a man lost his life for growing marijuana by Oakland County Sherriff deputies with forged IDs. Not to mention Ingham County Sherriff deputies with pictures on their cards, trying to purchase cannabis products from a business owner in Lansing MI in 2009. 

This committee must issue a memo directing MRA to enforce the law and, re-issue every participant a new card with a picture on it. Currently the State of Michigan is breaking the law (link to PA 306 - Section 2 - Part 6(e)), specifically by not having a picture on the Medical Marijuana card. 

This deliberate oversight must be corrected.

Chairman Roger Hauck (website link) 
Regulatory Reform

This would assist in election security issues giving citizens the choice of another valid photo ID as required by State law. This would help business transactions that require two pieces of valid identification increasing chances for economic growth. House bills, 5300, 5301 and 5302, must be withdrawn. If these bills are not withdrawn, we want every Rep to vote NO on all of these bills with a veto by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in advance.

Thank you.  

Richard C. Clement.  

Owner Csystems Technology Consultants and, former Candidate for Detroit School Board.

Link to House Bill 5300    House Bill 5301     House Bill 5302

Contact Regulatory Committee Members TODAY! 

Roger Hauck (R) Committee Chair, 99th District

Michele Hoitenga (R) Majority Vice-Chair, 102nd District

Joe Bellino (R), 17th District

Matt Hall (R), 63rd District

Mike Mueller (R), 51st District

Pauline Wendzel (R), 79th District

TC Clements (R), 56th District

John Damoose (R), 107th District

Pat Outman (R), 70 District

Kevin Hertel (D) Minority Vice-Chair, 18th District

Tenisha Yancey (D), 1st District

Alex Garza (D), 12nd District

Angela Witwer (D), 71st District

Richard Steenland (D), 22nd District

Stephanie Young (D), 8th District

Send all correspondence to: Molly Wingrove, Committee Clerk (517) 373-5024

 

Corporate Greed and Weed? - Take The Pledge to Keep Corporate Raiders Out of Michigan #NoChanges

An Urgent Call to Action!

Stop the Corporate Raiders from taking the Marijuana Industry for personal gain at the expense of the people of the State of Michigan.

On September 14th, Corporate interests introduced legislation in the State of Michigan to seize control of the Marijuana industry in Michigan. The Michigan Cannabis Manufacturers Association (MCMA) led by lobbyist Steven Linder have convinced a few legislators to sponsor House Bills 5300, 5301 and 5302 that would drastically overhaul Michigan Marijuana laws that the voters overwhelming approved in 2008 and 2018. This legislation will reduce the 12 plants currently allowed for an individual patent, the 5 patients for a caregiver, down to one plant and one patient.

It also INCREASES the power of law enforcement to conduct raids on property and destroy homes just like the good old days. This legislation is extremely damaging to people of color because of the interests of the people sponsoring this effort and, the perils of the judicial system. 

There will be an urgent 90 minute hearing on these bills on October 5th, 2021 in Lansing Michigan. Speaking time is very limited and your best outcome would be contacting the representative's office by email, hand written letter, calling and, scheduling a meeting with any of the 110 State Representatives. Please do not stop after October 5th because, in order to make these bills into a law, there will be other meetings needed.  If the bills are not withdrawn, the committee will vote yes or now to send it to the 110 representatives to vote on them. These bills are being fast tracked for implementation by March 22, 2022 with immediate effect regardless of what the people say. The only urgency for these bills for getting a quick hearing is that some of the legislators have been bought off by MCMA lobbyists. 

NOW is the time to contact your elected officials. Every Tuesday at 10:30, the committee on regulatory reform meets to discuss legislation that was introduced by a group of representatives. We the cannabis community want these bills to be withdrawn immediately!

You must communicate with a representative NOW to demand that these bills be killed in committee.  Do not let this legislation come out of the  regulatory reform committee for a vote.

Rep Matt Hall(R) - District 63 - Kalamazoo
(63rd District Map Link - 2012 Census)

The consequences for any legislator supporting this corporate takeover is not being re-elected in 2022 or, recalled upon petitioning by their constituents. With redistricting required by Jan 1st, 2022, a majority of these legislators will not be in the same neighborhoods. Therefore, if you posses a valid government ID like a Michigan Medical Marijuana Card, you are allowed to vote in any election. 

The same people who wanted to throw out votes in the 2020 election are sponsoring this Emergency Management style plan 3.0 on Michigan's Marijuana Program. The same people that since the implementation of Michigan's medical marijuana program supported breaking the law for selfish reasons regarding a photo on the Michigan Medical Marijuana card. 

Photo Voter Law and Your 

Medical Marijuana Card (PA 306, Section 2, Part 6(e))

Therefore, take up to 30 minutes of your day and contact a State Representative, State Senator and, Governor Gretchen Whitmer to veto these bills in advance! If you are a constituent of the sponsors of this corporate takeover please contact them and tell and say #NoChanges and withdraw the bill or pocket veto them. 

House Bill 5300

House Bill 5301

House Bill 5302

House of Representative Bill Sponsors:

    Jim Lilly(R) - District 89

    TC Clemons(R) - District 56

    Richard Steeland(D) - District 22

CONTACT INFORMATION LINKS:

• Committee for Regulatory Reform Home Page
• Committee Chairman Rep. Roger Hauck(R) District 99 
• Find your State Representative by your address and zip code link 
• Find your State Senator by address and zip code link 
• Contact Governor Gretchen Whitmer  - State of Michigan
• Contact Lt. Governor Garland Gilcrest

If you are sending an e-mail to regulatory affairs committee clerk Molly Wingrove (mwingrove@house.mi.gov) or, a legislator, in the subject line of your message please enter: 

 OPPOSED 5300, 5301, and 5302 #NOCHANGES

 

In the body of your message, state your case and support your position on why these bills should be withdrawn from the committee. Finally please place your contact information in the email. Your prompt attention is necessary to stop a bunch of Green gangsters from squeezing out competitors and, small business owners out of the Marijuana Industry.  

REGULATORY REFORM COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

 

Roger Hauck (R) Committee Chair, 99th District

Michele Hoitenga (R) Majority Vice-Chair, 102nd District

Joe Bellino (R), 17th District

Matt Hall (R), 63rd District - (Map Link of the 63rd District - 2012 Census)

Mike Mueller (R), 51st District

Pauline Wendzel (R), 79th District

TC Clements (R), 56th District

John Damoose (R), 107th District

Pat Outman (R), 70 District

Kevin Hertel (D) Minority Vice-Chair, 18th District

Tenisha Yancey (D), 1st District

Alex Garza (D), 12nd District

Angela Witwer (D), 71st District

Richard Steenland (D), 22nd District

Stephanie Young (D), 8th District

Rep Stephanie Young(D) 8th District - Detroit

Stop Pot Treason Against Michigan Caregivers - Remind your State Legislator Today! #NoChanges to Michigan Marijuana Laws!

by Richard Clement - Legislative Aide, Weed Warrior and Cannabis Advisor to the Office of Michigan House District 5 - Representative Cynthia A. Johnson 

   On September 14th, 2021, three House of Representative members (1 Democrat and 2  Republicans) introduced legislation to overhaul current Michigan Marijuana Law for the purpose of cornering the market on Cannabis in Michigan. These house bills if enacted into law would remove up to 80% of the rights of Cannabis consumers by removing legal protections for caregivers and, giving the MRA enhanced enforcement powers to State Police, county and, local law enforcement agencies. 

According to the new changes, effective March 1st, 2022, all caregivers will be reduced to one patient instead of 5. The proposed changes redefines the caregiver patient relationship with a "specialty grower designation" and, grants local authorities the power to destroy equipment, medicine and, seize assets much easier.  The three bills introduced today will severely gut the Michigan Marijuana Law if signed into law.

How to Stop These House Bills  from Becoming law.

House Bill 5300 / House Bill 5301 / House Bill 5302 

Contact your State Senator, State Senator and, the Governor's office to vote no on all of these bills. All of these bills are tie-barred meaning that if one of these bills does not pass, then the entire bill package fails. Therefore make sure that you are registered to vote for the purpose of:

• Voting the offenders out of office in 2022
• Retaining elected officials who support the will of the people in 2022
• Recalling any of the legislators that sponsored or co-sponsored any of those bills.
• Repealing the changes through a ballot referendum.
• Being a constituent in one of the offender's district to be eligible to call their office and, set up a meeting regarding the bills.
• Attend the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs to make sure that those bills never make it out of the committee.

Members of the House Committee on Regulatory Affairs:

• Roger Hauck (R) Committee Chair, 99th District
• Michele Hoitenga (R) Majority Vice-Chair, 102nd District
• Joe Bellino (R), 17th District
• Matt Hall (R), 63rd District
• Mike Mueller (R), 51st District
• Pauline Wendzel (R), 79th District
• TC Clements (R), 56th District
• John Damoose (R), 107th District
• Pat Outman (R), 70 District
• Kevin Hertel (D) Minority Vice-Chair, 18th District
• Jewell Jones (D), 11st District
• Tenisha Yancey (D), 1st District
• Alex Garza (D), 12nd District
• Angela Witwer (D), 71st District
• Richard Steenland (D), 22nd District
• Molly Wingrove, Committee Clerk (517) 373-5024

If these methods do not work then the recall process is in play. Constituents of the offender's district are strongly encouraged to file recall papers for insubordination to their employer.

 

Rep Jim Lilly

Rep Richard Steenland,

Rep T.C. Clements and, any other legislator who dares to approve this fiasco of bills.

We cannot allow organizations like the Michigan Cannabis Manufacturers Association to steal our rights that we fought for with our voices and our vote.  Shame of Steve Linder and his band of merry-men to change laws that were fought for and approved by the majority of Michiganders.

Therefore we want you to contact the following legislators:

Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Office of Lt. Governor Garland Gilcrest

Michigan State Senate

Michigan House of Representatives

and say #NoChanges to the Michigan Marijuana Laws!

Rep Richard Steenland
www.housedems.com/richard-steenland/
District 22 Area Map

Voter Photo ID Laws and Your Medical Marijuana Card Is Valid Under New Michgan Law.

 Breaking News from Lansing!

     On December 29th, 2020 a new law took effect requiring that your driver’s license image will be shared with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation (LARA) to finally place a photo on the Michigan Medical Marijuana Card. Currently the Michigan driver’s license photo is shared for a citizen requiring a carrying a concealed weapon card. 

     Since the program’s inception, patients were being given a terse message saying that no photograph is available. This policy is causing business owners to use third party vendors that make a copy of your driver’s license and medical marijuana card, increasing the chance of identity theft. This was also a policy of previous administrations who did not want the program to succeed for political and "moral" reasons. In the beginning, a paper process for your card took 90 days up to one year to process. Now it takes only 2 weeks and, placing the picture on the card would complete process.

#FakeNews

Public Act 306, Section 2, Part 6(e) requires that the image be shared by the Secretary of State's office to LARA for use by the department for your card. This change will also be valid for voting, cashing checks, and any other instance where a photo ID is required. Implementation of the new cards were promised in March 2021 by MRA Director Andrew Brisbo however, the Office of the Secretary of State is currenly hesitant to comply with the new law.

Reference Link (Public Act 306  Section 2 - Part 6(e) - State Of Michigan)

Legacy Detroit Applicants to the Marijuana Program, have until Friday March 12, 2021 to apply for consideration

All Legacy Detroiter applications must include proof of current and past residency. 

Legacy Application Link: www.detroitmeansbusiness.org/detroit-legacy-certification/

The following documents are sufficient for proof of residency for each year you resided in Detroit over the last 30 years:

•             Lease/rental agreement

•             Deed

•             Utility Statements

•             Tax Returns

•             Mortgage Statement

•             W-2 Form

•             Paystubs

•             Insurance Statements

•             College Tuition Statements

•             Michigan State Driver’s license

•             Michigan State Identification Card

•             Detroit Municipal ID

•             Mexico Consular ID

•             Voter Registration Card

•             MI Voter Registration Application

•             Motor Vehicle Registration

 

All applicants are required to list each year of Detroit residency they are claiming, the address of residency, and documentation they are attaching to the application proving each year of residency using the template linked below. Once complete, the list must be attached to this application.

The list template can be found here: https://detroitmi.gov/document/residency-list-template

If the applicant is unable to demonstrate residency using the documents listed above, they may fill out a notarized copy of the affidavit linked below, with supporting alternative documentation, and attach it to this application. The determination  of the affidavit as a suitable substitute for other proofs of residency will be subject to the discretion of the Homegrown Detroit team.

Affidavit: https://detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitmi.localhost/files/2021-01/Affidavit%20of%20Applicant%20011221.pdf

 

If you are applying as a 15 year Detroit resident you must have: 

Digital copies of any number of documents from the list above proving 15 years of residency over the last 30 years. The years do not have to be consecutive. This must include proof of current Detroit residency and current state issued Photo ID. 

A completed list detailing each of the 15 years of residency, a link to which can be found above.

If you are applying as a low income 13 year Detroit resident you must have.

Digital copies of any number of documents from the list above proving 13 years of residency over the last 30 years. The years do not have to be consecutive. This must include proof of current Detroit residency and current state issued Photo ID.

A digital copy of your 2019 Federal Income Tax Return.

A completed list detailing each of the 13 years of residency, a link to which can be found above.

If you are applying as a 10 year Detroit resident with a controlled substance (marijuana) conviction before 11/7/18 you must have:

Digital copies of any number of documents from the list above proving 10 years of Detroit residency over the last 30 years. The years do not have to be consecutive. This must include proof of current Detroit residency and current state issued Photo ID.

A digital copy of your Judgment of Conviction or, if convicted as a minor, documentation of being adjudged to be a ward of the court.

 A completed list detailing each of the 13 years of residency, a link to which can be found above.

If you are applying as a 10 year Detroit resident who was the dependent of an individual with a controlled substance (marijuana) conviction before 11/7/18 and before your 18th birthday you must have:

Digital copies of any number of documents from the list above proving 10 years of Detroit residency over the last 30 years. The years do not have to be consecutive. This must include proof of current Detroit residency and current state issued Photo ID.

A digital copy of your parent's Judgment of Conviction or, if convicted as a minor, documentation of being adjudged to be a ward of the court. The conviction must have occurred on or before your 18th birthday.

Proof of dependency in the form of a birth certificate with the parent's name on it or 3 years of tax returns filed prior to your 18th birthday where you were claimed as a dependent by the parent.

  A completed list detailing each of the 10 years of residency, a link to which can be found above.