Sure, but I decided to stop candy coating things awhile back when the idiots flooded in.
If you would stop in and notice that most my "harsh" or "direct assholeish" comments are directed more towards the idiots that post here. Take your time and read the responses and whom they are directed too, I am sure you will realize that my responses are more thought filled, more authentic and direct then derogatory as you stated.
Sad state is that the MMJ laws in Michigan are a mess and the patients made it worse, now they have to just deal with what comes of it now.
Sometimes people don't like to see or hear the truth, can we do something about it? Sure. Immediately? No.
You had a couple of snide things to say in your response to my previous comment, so I hope you're not calling me out as one of the "idiots". If so, please support your claim with quotes so we can clear up the matter and move forward.
Tony, perhaps if the legislature would have done their job when the law was passed and implemented common sense regulations then we would not be in this mess, right? But you continue to blame the patients and certain people abusing the law. Let me give you an education on how our system of government works since you seem to be lacking the specifics and jump to blaming the patients every chance you get:
It's the legislature's job to represent the will of the people and implement necessary regulations that provide the proper oversight to make the MMMA work more efficiently for the patients that the initiative was meant to protect. This entire situation is a result of an ineffective state government that refuses to work with the will of the people and do the job they were hired to do. This mess is not due to patients or caregivers; it's due to a biased legislature that is hell bent on doing all that they can to repeal the initiative by unnecessary over regulation rather than doing what they can to improve the way the system works and weed out the undesirable people who are abusing the law.
Don't for one second try and convince us on this forum that this situation is the patients' fault that by trying to ignore the obvious politics that are involved in this matter. A majority of our currently elected public servants occupying our state government (including judges) do not like marijuana whether it's medical or not, so it's quite safe to assume they are extremely bias on the subject. Do I even need to bring up law enforcement's bias? I'm fairly certain they're not happy that we just took 100,000 people out of their potential bread line (i.e. $ court system $) to make money off of. They make upwards of $1000 in fines to support their corrupt crooked system for an individual simply being in possession of a marijuana roach not to mention the standard probation (i.e. more blood $$$). Now there are 100k people free to travel with 2.5 ounces as a simple patient and caregivers able to transport 15 ounces who cannot be charged with a crime. You think for one second that makes the brass happy? Again: Politics at play, not public safety.
These are the same people that tried the same old tired propaganda and railed against the initiative prior to it's passage and they are the same corporate cronies who are railing against the initiative now that they didn't get their way. One must wonder why the legislature failed to do their job and make the law workable by listening to legitimate patients' concerns and the public in general. As far as the people who are trafficking marijuana under the guise of medical marijuana, that's law enforcements job to investigate and prosecute those people, so you can stop spreading erroneous information with your claims that this disorganized mess is the patients' fault. This is what happens when you have an ineffective government that has no interest in listening to the overwhelming majority of it's citizens by making the law more workable through the legislative process thereby protecting the patients and our communities.
Tony, I invite you and everybody else to read up on how colorado has made their medical marijuana program work better than any other state that has implemented mmj laws. They accomplished this by implementing appropriate regulation and abiding by the will of the people. They have done a great job of weeding out the criminals and things seem to be going terrific for colorado residents, so why can this not be done here in michigan?
I'll tell you why, a horrible bias amongst our elected officials who have ignored every opportunity to address the issue at hand and now, like chicken little, they're claiming the sky is falling. I don't believe the sky is falling but if that were the case, it would be the legislature's fault for not doing their job and proposing common sense regulations that would improve the program and eliminate a large majority of the criminal element that has surfaced.
Don't fool yourself tony, this is a fight against the establishment, their corporate campaign donors, the law enforcement industrial complex, and their 1930's reefer madness ideology. This is about money and control, not about public safety or protecting patients' rights.