Muskegon to get officer 'investigating and educating' marijuana businesses

MUSKEGON, MI – An officer of the law in Muskegon could soon be spending most of his time "investigating and educating" medical marijuana providers and marijuana-related businesses.

The Muskegon County Board of Commissioners Courts and Public Safety committee recently voted to accept a $61,249 Medical Marijuana Operation and Oversight grant from the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, called LARA.
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2016/04/muskegon_to_get_officer_invest.html#incart_2box_news_muskegon

Ridiculous! Taking cash from mmma patients and caregivers (LARA) to further fund criminal law enforcement operations aimed at marijuana WTF?!? How much local, state and federal funds were expended to assault medical marijuana statewide last month alone

How about LARA establishing a legal fund for the licensed patients and caregivers paying their wages in the name of MMMA (Section 4: Protection for the use of medical marijuana)? Regulatory capture at it's finest (lowest). You just cannot make this shit up ...

the legislature did that, not LARA.

fuckers.

How about a study of the numbers of patients and caregivers forced into plea deals with these criminal organizations under the guise of state laws like "marijuana use". Just a simple reference of court and licencing documents since 2009. That cheap study alone should be shocking enough to clearly justify the establishment of a LARA legal fund, if not a State Civil Rights division IMHO.

FYI: A conviction for use of ANY controlled substance under Michigan State law (Section 333.7404) has had medical provisions since 1978 and regardless of however they chose to bastardize MMMA (2008 ).

"333.7404 Use of controlled substance or controlled substance analogue; violations; penalties; individuals exempt from violation; notification of parent, guardian, or custodian of minor; other criminal charges; definitions.

Sec. 7404.

(1) A person shall not use a controlled substance or controlled substance analogue unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription or order of a practitioner while acting in the course of the practitioner's professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by this article. ..."

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(te01zat5ax1j24qcz13gr2j1))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-333-7404

So how can any court ethically/legally take a marijuana use plea from a patient/caregiver, as they clearly could/should not under the law regardless of MMMA

Rory Larkey down in Calhoun County comes to mind.

https://www.rollitup.org/t/rory-larkey-raided-by-calhoun-county-sheriff-department.842980/

What they (leo) need is education, not more grounds to arrest people. We missed a chance to do something about this a couple of years ago, but we can do something now. We need to start making LEO ASSUME there is a cardholder and prove to the magistrate there is probable cause the the MMMA is being violated, rather than just that there is marijuana present the the legality is for a jury to sort out. We also need to bring more of these cases to trial and make them prove things rather than just pile on charges to try and force a plea.

Dr. Bob