C.A. would like to thank the wonderful city of Grand Traverse, Michigan, for welcoming us with open arms! And in order to show just how much we appreciate your community hosting us so that patients can recieve the best and safest meds in the most comfortable atmosphere... C.A. of Traverse City is GIVING AWAY 28 FREE GRAMS of GOOD MEDS ti the FIRST 28 MEMBERS WHO SIGN ON!!!
Thats right! Come and Grow with us! See Brandon up at 514 E Front St, sign on as member of C.A. to enjoy ALL of our member benefits (including access to locations in Mount Pleasant, and Lnasing, frequent flyer points, and more!) AND RECIEVE ONE GRAM of STRAWBERRY COUGH/WIDOW for FREE FREE FREE!!!
Thanks again Grand Traverse! We look forward to making that lot a very pretty one!
C.A. staff
Compassionate Apothecary
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Matt Taylor Statement on Chamberlain Ruling
People exaggerate all the time. All that the Honorable judge Chamberlain has done in this ruling is clear up the fact that way we do what we do at “C.A. of Mount Pleasant LLC” (Compassionate Apothecary), and how we do what we do, is NOT illegal, and is specifically NOT a nuisance, nor a danger to the community. Judge Chamberlain has also cleared up the fact that the C.A. model actually coincides with the provisions of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act, and help to facilitate the goals set forth by the findings in that same Act.
Furthermore, and perhaps best of all, the Honorable Judge Chamberlain has done so without infringing on the rights of either patients or caregivers in Michigan, because their rights are preserved unchanged under the Act as it stands.
[longwinded version]
In other words, if you have been following this story very closely from the beginning, you will see that the Judge understands the importance of the “third option” my partner Brandon McQueen spoke of long ago.
The third option refers to what an ailing patient (who is allowed to grow fort themselves) is to do when he experiences a crop failure, but their symptoms persist? Or a patient with an assigned caregiver who’s caregiver has moved his residence, and has to start all over again? These patients should not have to go without the un-interrupted access to beneficial medicine for their symptoms that the MMM Act’s findings mandate they should have.
The honorable Judge Chamberlain has made it clear that if one lives up to certain standards in the endeavor, there is nothing wrong with this third option, because it benefits patients in a real way. And that is the law of the land now, based on the findings in the MMM Act.
-Matthew C Taylor
Furthermore, and perhaps best of all, the Honorable Judge Chamberlain has done so without infringing on the rights of either patients or caregivers in Michigan, because their rights are preserved unchanged under the Act as it stands.
[longwinded version]
In other words, if you have been following this story very closely from the beginning, you will see that the Judge understands the importance of the “third option” my partner Brandon McQueen spoke of long ago.
The third option refers to what an ailing patient (who is allowed to grow fort themselves) is to do when he experiences a crop failure, but their symptoms persist? Or a patient with an assigned caregiver who’s caregiver has moved his residence, and has to start all over again? These patients should not have to go without the un-interrupted access to beneficial medicine for their symptoms that the MMM Act’s findings mandate they should have.
The honorable Judge Chamberlain has made it clear that if one lives up to certain standards in the endeavor, there is nothing wrong with this third option, because it benefits patients in a real way. And that is the law of the land now, based on the findings in the MMM Act.
-Matthew C Taylor
Thursday, December 16, 2010
CA WINS at ISABELLA COURT
I’ve always been proud to be a citizen of the Great State of Michigan, but today more so than ever before. I would like to thank the Honorable Judge Chamberlain for his wise ruling, and the community of Mount Pleasant.
Many people have said that this is a poorly written law. I can see their point, and I can understand the frustration because I have felt it myself at times. But I must respectfully disagree. I believe that the MMM Act is one of the best initiatives that was ever passed during my lifetime. And that is because it has become a civics lesson for us all, and better yet one that proves the American Dream is still alive for peaceful law abiding citizens.
Please note that the voters of Michigan set the Legislature to task at doing something it was woefully unprepared to do, or even to fully understand. And so what was done was at least in some ways wise. They followed the findings of the law – that ailing patients should have un-interrupted access to medical marijuana, and then they set about creating guidelines that one should not go beyond in accomplishing this task.
So in sense, we have proven that America still works as vibrantly as it did in days of yore. We have proven that the private sector, without asking a dime of the taxpayers, can create a wonderful and productive new industry for the State of Michigan to lead the way in. We have proven that independent citizens can still look at the law, educate themselves on the law, and find a way for the law to work for everyone’s benefit. And that all communities should undergo the same exact procedure with each new initiative.
What I love best about the model that C.A. follows is that it facilitates and supports cottage-industries, small scale agriculture, and makes such endeavors a viable way of life again in a nation that never should have lost that. This in turn creates economic independence, which leads to political independence. It also loosens the labor market as some people supplement their income with caregiver farming, or even become full time caregivers as it becomes a recognized vocation and profession. It saves the taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars by no longer wasting resources investigating, prosecuting, and incarcerating non-violent people who are in no way criminal.
At the same time, we at C.A. have always been dedicated to keeping medical marijuana “medical”, as the voters of Michigan meant it to be. We have also been dedicated to finding a socially responsible model that the State can be proud of, and one that keeps Public Health and Safety in mind. Our goal has been to get this medicine into the hands of legal registered and qualifying patients at the best quality and lowest prices possible through free-market principles. We have also been dedicated to taxation, transparency of record keeping, and patient acquisition limitation. We will help caregiver services to file their taxes, and incorporate their horticultural services.
In short, we have worked tirelessly to create a respectable and legitimate “new” sector of the economy that the people of Michigan will benefit from, and I sincerely hope can one day be proud of.
M C Taylor
Many people have said that this is a poorly written law. I can see their point, and I can understand the frustration because I have felt it myself at times. But I must respectfully disagree. I believe that the MMM Act is one of the best initiatives that was ever passed during my lifetime. And that is because it has become a civics lesson for us all, and better yet one that proves the American Dream is still alive for peaceful law abiding citizens.
Please note that the voters of Michigan set the Legislature to task at doing something it was woefully unprepared to do, or even to fully understand. And so what was done was at least in some ways wise. They followed the findings of the law – that ailing patients should have un-interrupted access to medical marijuana, and then they set about creating guidelines that one should not go beyond in accomplishing this task.
So in sense, we have proven that America still works as vibrantly as it did in days of yore. We have proven that the private sector, without asking a dime of the taxpayers, can create a wonderful and productive new industry for the State of Michigan to lead the way in. We have proven that independent citizens can still look at the law, educate themselves on the law, and find a way for the law to work for everyone’s benefit. And that all communities should undergo the same exact procedure with each new initiative.
What I love best about the model that C.A. follows is that it facilitates and supports cottage-industries, small scale agriculture, and makes such endeavors a viable way of life again in a nation that never should have lost that. This in turn creates economic independence, which leads to political independence. It also loosens the labor market as some people supplement their income with caregiver farming, or even become full time caregivers as it becomes a recognized vocation and profession. It saves the taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars by no longer wasting resources investigating, prosecuting, and incarcerating non-violent people who are in no way criminal.
At the same time, we at C.A. have always been dedicated to keeping medical marijuana “medical”, as the voters of Michigan meant it to be. We have also been dedicated to finding a socially responsible model that the State can be proud of, and one that keeps Public Health and Safety in mind. Our goal has been to get this medicine into the hands of legal registered and qualifying patients at the best quality and lowest prices possible through free-market principles. We have also been dedicated to taxation, transparency of record keeping, and patient acquisition limitation. We will help caregiver services to file their taxes, and incorporate their horticultural services.
In short, we have worked tirelessly to create a respectable and legitimate “new” sector of the economy that the people of Michigan will benefit from, and I sincerely hope can one day be proud of.
M C Taylor
NEWS FROM CA!
I’ve always been proud to be a citizen of the Great State of Michigan, but today more so than ever before. I would like to thank the Honorable Judge Chamberlain for his wise ruling, and the community of Mount Pleasant.
Many people have said that this is a poorly written law. I can see their point, and I can understand the frustration because I have felt it myself at times. But I must respectfully disagree. I believe that the MMM Act is one of the best initiatives that was ever passed during my lifetime. And that is because it has become a civics lesson for us all, and better yet one that proves the American Dream is still alive for peaceful law abiding citizens.
Please note that the voters of Michigan set the Legislature to task at doing something it was woefully unprepared to do, or even to fully understand. And so what was done was at least in some ways wise. They followed the findings of the law – that ailing patients should have un-interrupted access to medical marijuana, and then they set about creating guidelines that one should not go beyond in accomplishing this task.
So in sense, we have proven that America still works as vibrantly as it did in days of yore. We have proven that the private sector, without asking a dime of the taxpayers, can create a wonderful and productive new industry for the State of Michigan to lead the way in. We have proven that independent citizens can still look at the law, educate themselves on the law, and find a way for the law to work for everyone’s benefit. And that all communities should undergo the same exact procedure with each new initiative.
What I love best about the model that C.A. follows is that it facilitates and supports cottage-industries, small scale agriculture, and makes such endeavors a viable way of life again in a nation that never should have lost that. This in turn creates economic independence, which leads to political independence. It also loosens the labor market as some people supplement their income with caregiver farming, or even become full time caregivers as it becomes a recognized vocation and profession. It saves the taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars by no longer wasting resources investigating, prosecuting, and incarcerating non-violent people who are in no way criminal.
At the same time, we at C.A. have always been dedicated to keeping medical marijuana “medical”, as the voters of Michigan meant it to be. We have also been dedicated to finding a socially responsible model that the State can be proud of, and one that keeps Public Health and Safety in mind. Our goal has been to get this medicine into the hands of legal registered and qualifying patients at the best quality and lowest prices possible through free-market principles. We have also been dedicated to taxation, transparency of record keeping, and patient acquisition limitation. We will help caregiver services to file their taxes, and incorporate their horticultural services.
In short, we have worked tirelessly to create a respectable and legitimate “new” sector of the economy that the people of Michigan will benefit from, and I sincerely hope can one day be proud of.
M C Taylor
Many people have said that this is a poorly written law. I can see their point, and I can understand the frustration because I have felt it myself at times. But I must respectfully disagree. I believe that the MMM Act is one of the best initiatives that was ever passed during my lifetime. And that is because it has become a civics lesson for us all, and better yet one that proves the American Dream is still alive for peaceful law abiding citizens.
Please note that the voters of Michigan set the Legislature to task at doing something it was woefully unprepared to do, or even to fully understand. And so what was done was at least in some ways wise. They followed the findings of the law – that ailing patients should have un-interrupted access to medical marijuana, and then they set about creating guidelines that one should not go beyond in accomplishing this task.
So in sense, we have proven that America still works as vibrantly as it did in days of yore. We have proven that the private sector, without asking a dime of the taxpayers, can create a wonderful and productive new industry for the State of Michigan to lead the way in. We have proven that independent citizens can still look at the law, educate themselves on the law, and find a way for the law to work for everyone’s benefit. And that all communities should undergo the same exact procedure with each new initiative.
What I love best about the model that C.A. follows is that it facilitates and supports cottage-industries, small scale agriculture, and makes such endeavors a viable way of life again in a nation that never should have lost that. This in turn creates economic independence, which leads to political independence. It also loosens the labor market as some people supplement their income with caregiver farming, or even become full time caregivers as it becomes a recognized vocation and profession. It saves the taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars by no longer wasting resources investigating, prosecuting, and incarcerating non-violent people who are in no way criminal.
At the same time, we at C.A. have always been dedicated to keeping medical marijuana “medical”, as the voters of Michigan meant it to be. We have also been dedicated to finding a socially responsible model that the State can be proud of, and one that keeps Public Health and Safety in mind. Our goal has been to get this medicine into the hands of legal registered and qualifying patients at the best quality and lowest prices possible through free-market principles. We have also been dedicated to taxation, transparency of record keeping, and patient acquisition limitation. We will help caregiver services to file their taxes, and incorporate their horticultural services.
In short, we have worked tirelessly to create a respectable and legitimate “new” sector of the economy that the people of Michigan will benefit from, and I sincerely hope can one day be proud of.
M C Taylor
Friday, October 1, 2010
Editorial on Medical Marijauna
Before Brandon and I opened C.A. on May 1st 2010 (formerly known as Compassionate Apothecary) we suggested a meeting between City Council members, law enforcement officials, neighborhood watch leaders, local doctors, patients, caregivers, and ourselves. We wanted to figure out the best way to make the 2008 law benefit patients, the community of Mount Pleasant, and the State of Michigan as a whole. I was very glad to see that such a discussion was conducted at a regular meeting this Monday. But I wished we had been invited by law enforcement officials to join the discussion. What is it that drives Public Safely officials to continue alienating itself from the medicinal community instead of joining us in a way that will be to everyone’s benefit? What’s wrong with open communication and even co-operation with C.A.?
We at C.A. have been extremely forthcoming, transparent, honest, and we even invited law enforcement officials inside our private club when we did not have to. The fact is, we at C.A. have invited the opinion and expertise of Law Enforcement from the very beginning. And due to our willingness to co-operate, we were brought to court. Why still a desire to alienate C.A. from any plan that will make this law work for everyone? C.A.’s mission statement is “To bring Proposal 1 2008 from a state of theory into a state of practice in such a way that it benefits not only patients and caregivers, but the State of Michigan as a whole”. We would love to enjoy the help and protection of those sworn to uphold Michigan Law, and we are ready to accept any advice we are offered.
But due to stigma associated with medical marijuana and marijuana in general, I think many people in law enforcement just assumed “Well, these idiot stoners will quickly prove to the public that they just can’t do a good job of this. They’ll make a joke of themselves as usual, and it will all go away soon.” And then the William Dagit’s hit the newspapers, and other people who fulfill the existing stereotypes. This is exactly why Brandon and I became involved in cannabis services. We wanted Proposal 1 to have a good reputation in the State of Michigan. We firmly believe that C.A. fulfills the goal of the law without going outside any of the guidelines set forth in the law.
Now that the greater public knows that places like C.A. exist who work against this stereotype, and that we quietly and safely fulfill the Spirit of the 2008 law, it seems that many in law enforcement seem to want to stomp their feet in some irrational frusteration and say, “No! No! No! Put the Genie back in the bottle!”
And as you may know, this matter is still under advisement by the Honorable Judge Chamberlain. Therefore I will avoid commenting on the merits of that particular case, and limit my response to some of the quotes found in the Tuesday, September 28 Morning Sun article by S. Eckert pertaining to the meeting between the City, Public Safety Director Gomez, and Mount Pleasant Attorney Scott Smith. This should clear up a few matters that could have been addressed should the discussion have included C.A. staff from the outset.
First of all, we are not a “growing cooperative” as Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Peter O’Connell has ruled against. And therefore, this ruling does not address an entity like ours. So what exactly is C.A.? What does C.A. do? Let’s clear this up and put an end to misinformation and rumor.
C.A. is an administrative service to service providers. As an entity C.A. buys or sells no medicinal marijuana, it goes directly from varying caregiver services to the legally carded patient. Or it goes directly from a legal patient to another legal patient.
This is where I want to avoid interpereting, and just present the facts. The 2008 law states that “A person may assist in a registered qualifying patient’s medical use”. And “medical use” in the 2008 law allows patients to “…transfer, transport, deliver, acquire…” medicinal marijuana.
Brandon and I did assume that “transfer” meant person to person, and that “transport” meant space and time. Therefore, to our knowledge all we do at C.A. is administer legal patient to patient transfers within the black and white guidelines of the law, provide for recordkeeping, limit what any one patient can acquire in a given two-week period, and levy a service charge for these administrative services. We are not a group of caregivers acting as a team. C.A. is an entirely original concept based on the 2008 law.
I would particularly like to address two of the comments found in Tuesday’s Morning Sun articleby S. Eckert - “This is a poorly written law with many voids.”, and also “Individuals have been interpereting the law themselves.”
First of all, let there be no mistake about this fact – the one and only person interpereting the law in this particular case is the Honorable Judge Chamberlain of Isabella County.
Next, the reason people perceive a “void” in Proposal 1 is usually because they have not read it fully. But in addition to that, the 2008 initiative was presented as a set of guidelines to achieve a goal that policymakers had no idea how to achieve. The Spirit of the 2008 law demands that ailing patients have access to medical grade marijuana, and Brandon and I firmly believe we have achieved this without breaking the Letter of the law.
The policymakers who had this thrust upon them had no idea how to grow medicinal marijuana, or how to achieve this goal. And that is exactly why the 2008 law did not limit Michigan citizens from using these guidelines in order to facilitate the greater goal of the law – to provide ailing patients in Michigan immediate and un-interupted access to medicinal marijuana in order to best combat their particular symptoms.
The State of Michigan really needs to decide on a model for this service that they are comfortable with, and keeps public safety in mind. We have put much thought into keeping the public safe at C.A., but we would rather not do it alone. It is time to move forward.
There are other models out there, but C.A. does have its advantages. C.A. LLC is a NO GROW, NO SMOKE, flea market of legal cannabis services under the law as it is written. We are a private club where legal patients can share their usable medicine (for home use only) in a safe and professional environment with other legal licensed patients by way of C.A.’s administrative services. We are ADT secured. We limit what any one patient can acquire in a given two week period. Because there is no Service Tax in Michigan, and because our Mission Statement demands that we benefit the State, we currently pay taxes under the “flea market” clause even though generally doctor prescribed medicine and therapy is not taxed. We have already paid over $7,000 by this method to the State of Michigan if they decide to cash our checks. I hope they do.
And just what are laws, exactly? Laws are really just words on paper. Without Detective Lauria to enforce it on the scene, or Larry Burdick to prosecute each case, or someone like the Honorable Judge Chamberlain to interperet it on a case by case basis, it would remain just words on paper. Likewise Proposal 1 2008 would remain just words on paper without people like Brandon and myself to educate themselves on the law, to take the initiative with the law, and to find a responsible, professional, and safe way of making this law work for “we the people” of the State of Michigan.
For so many years, we were told “Just because you don’t like the law (concerning marijuana), that doesn’t mean you can take it into your own hands.” If you want to change the law, you have to stump, and get on your soap-box, and go get petitions signed. You have to do all the things that people thought we could never accomplish, but that people like Brandon McQueen did, in fact, accomplish through hard work and devotion.
So now I put the same statement to those who would try and create any unfair obstacles for those fulfilling the Spirit of the 2008 law – “You are sworn to uphold the law as described by Michigan voters, and the legislature… just because you don’t like what the voters passed does not mean you can wriggle out of your oath to uphold their wishes by taking this new law into your own hands.”
Finally, we at C.A. understand that there are some gaps in the 2008 law. Of course there are! This is an entirely new concept for the State of Michigan. We are no longer wasting tax money to incarcerate non-violent so-called “criminals”. Of course there are going to be bumps in the road, gaps to fill, and perfections to make. But, no… the genie will not go back into the bottle now. Now we are left to WORK TOGETHER, as C.A. has sought to, in order to find a way to do this that benefits everyone in the State of Michigan.
I am glad that the Honorable Judge Chamberlain is taking this under advisement with the merits of C.A.’s model in mind. My suggestion to law enforcement and State policymakers is to quickly find a model of providing for all these patients that “we the people” are comfortable with, and then move forward together in a new spirit of co-operation.
We at C.A. keep public safety in mind always. We have operated since May 1st with no public complaints other than Mr. Burdick’s. We are against smoking and driving, we limit patient consumption, and we stand against advertising in radio, or TV, or even mass print media. Why? Because we believe that parents should have the right to bring this up with their children on their own terms, in their own good time, and in any way they see fit… without anyone shoving medical marijuana in anyone’s face.
It sounds to me like C.A. shares most of Mr. Gomez’s concerns, and works every day to address the same. I hope our actions and our non-actions make this clear to all. And I hope to work together with those who know more about Public Safety that I do in the future.
Thanks for your support Mount Pleasant!
Matthew C Taylor
We at C.A. have been extremely forthcoming, transparent, honest, and we even invited law enforcement officials inside our private club when we did not have to. The fact is, we at C.A. have invited the opinion and expertise of Law Enforcement from the very beginning. And due to our willingness to co-operate, we were brought to court. Why still a desire to alienate C.A. from any plan that will make this law work for everyone? C.A.’s mission statement is “To bring Proposal 1 2008 from a state of theory into a state of practice in such a way that it benefits not only patients and caregivers, but the State of Michigan as a whole”. We would love to enjoy the help and protection of those sworn to uphold Michigan Law, and we are ready to accept any advice we are offered.
But due to stigma associated with medical marijuana and marijuana in general, I think many people in law enforcement just assumed “Well, these idiot stoners will quickly prove to the public that they just can’t do a good job of this. They’ll make a joke of themselves as usual, and it will all go away soon.” And then the William Dagit’s hit the newspapers, and other people who fulfill the existing stereotypes. This is exactly why Brandon and I became involved in cannabis services. We wanted Proposal 1 to have a good reputation in the State of Michigan. We firmly believe that C.A. fulfills the goal of the law without going outside any of the guidelines set forth in the law.
Now that the greater public knows that places like C.A. exist who work against this stereotype, and that we quietly and safely fulfill the Spirit of the 2008 law, it seems that many in law enforcement seem to want to stomp their feet in some irrational frusteration and say, “No! No! No! Put the Genie back in the bottle!”
And as you may know, this matter is still under advisement by the Honorable Judge Chamberlain. Therefore I will avoid commenting on the merits of that particular case, and limit my response to some of the quotes found in the Tuesday, September 28 Morning Sun article by S. Eckert pertaining to the meeting between the City, Public Safety Director Gomez, and Mount Pleasant Attorney Scott Smith. This should clear up a few matters that could have been addressed should the discussion have included C.A. staff from the outset.
First of all, we are not a “growing cooperative” as Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Peter O’Connell has ruled against. And therefore, this ruling does not address an entity like ours. So what exactly is C.A.? What does C.A. do? Let’s clear this up and put an end to misinformation and rumor.
C.A. is an administrative service to service providers. As an entity C.A. buys or sells no medicinal marijuana, it goes directly from varying caregiver services to the legally carded patient. Or it goes directly from a legal patient to another legal patient.
This is where I want to avoid interpereting, and just present the facts. The 2008 law states that “A person may assist in a registered qualifying patient’s medical use”. And “medical use” in the 2008 law allows patients to “…transfer, transport, deliver, acquire…” medicinal marijuana.
Brandon and I did assume that “transfer” meant person to person, and that “transport” meant space and time. Therefore, to our knowledge all we do at C.A. is administer legal patient to patient transfers within the black and white guidelines of the law, provide for recordkeeping, limit what any one patient can acquire in a given two-week period, and levy a service charge for these administrative services. We are not a group of caregivers acting as a team. C.A. is an entirely original concept based on the 2008 law.
I would particularly like to address two of the comments found in Tuesday’s Morning Sun articleby S. Eckert - “This is a poorly written law with many voids.”, and also “Individuals have been interpereting the law themselves.”
First of all, let there be no mistake about this fact – the one and only person interpereting the law in this particular case is the Honorable Judge Chamberlain of Isabella County.
Next, the reason people perceive a “void” in Proposal 1 is usually because they have not read it fully. But in addition to that, the 2008 initiative was presented as a set of guidelines to achieve a goal that policymakers had no idea how to achieve. The Spirit of the 2008 law demands that ailing patients have access to medical grade marijuana, and Brandon and I firmly believe we have achieved this without breaking the Letter of the law.
The policymakers who had this thrust upon them had no idea how to grow medicinal marijuana, or how to achieve this goal. And that is exactly why the 2008 law did not limit Michigan citizens from using these guidelines in order to facilitate the greater goal of the law – to provide ailing patients in Michigan immediate and un-interupted access to medicinal marijuana in order to best combat their particular symptoms.
The State of Michigan really needs to decide on a model for this service that they are comfortable with, and keeps public safety in mind. We have put much thought into keeping the public safe at C.A., but we would rather not do it alone. It is time to move forward.
There are other models out there, but C.A. does have its advantages. C.A. LLC is a NO GROW, NO SMOKE, flea market of legal cannabis services under the law as it is written. We are a private club where legal patients can share their usable medicine (for home use only) in a safe and professional environment with other legal licensed patients by way of C.A.’s administrative services. We are ADT secured. We limit what any one patient can acquire in a given two week period. Because there is no Service Tax in Michigan, and because our Mission Statement demands that we benefit the State, we currently pay taxes under the “flea market” clause even though generally doctor prescribed medicine and therapy is not taxed. We have already paid over $7,000 by this method to the State of Michigan if they decide to cash our checks. I hope they do.
And just what are laws, exactly? Laws are really just words on paper. Without Detective Lauria to enforce it on the scene, or Larry Burdick to prosecute each case, or someone like the Honorable Judge Chamberlain to interperet it on a case by case basis, it would remain just words on paper. Likewise Proposal 1 2008 would remain just words on paper without people like Brandon and myself to educate themselves on the law, to take the initiative with the law, and to find a responsible, professional, and safe way of making this law work for “we the people” of the State of Michigan.
For so many years, we were told “Just because you don’t like the law (concerning marijuana), that doesn’t mean you can take it into your own hands.” If you want to change the law, you have to stump, and get on your soap-box, and go get petitions signed. You have to do all the things that people thought we could never accomplish, but that people like Brandon McQueen did, in fact, accomplish through hard work and devotion.
So now I put the same statement to those who would try and create any unfair obstacles for those fulfilling the Spirit of the 2008 law – “You are sworn to uphold the law as described by Michigan voters, and the legislature… just because you don’t like what the voters passed does not mean you can wriggle out of your oath to uphold their wishes by taking this new law into your own hands.”
Finally, we at C.A. understand that there are some gaps in the 2008 law. Of course there are! This is an entirely new concept for the State of Michigan. We are no longer wasting tax money to incarcerate non-violent so-called “criminals”. Of course there are going to be bumps in the road, gaps to fill, and perfections to make. But, no… the genie will not go back into the bottle now. Now we are left to WORK TOGETHER, as C.A. has sought to, in order to find a way to do this that benefits everyone in the State of Michigan.
I am glad that the Honorable Judge Chamberlain is taking this under advisement with the merits of C.A.’s model in mind. My suggestion to law enforcement and State policymakers is to quickly find a model of providing for all these patients that “we the people” are comfortable with, and then move forward together in a new spirit of co-operation.
We at C.A. keep public safety in mind always. We have operated since May 1st with no public complaints other than Mr. Burdick’s. We are against smoking and driving, we limit patient consumption, and we stand against advertising in radio, or TV, or even mass print media. Why? Because we believe that parents should have the right to bring this up with their children on their own terms, in their own good time, and in any way they see fit… without anyone shoving medical marijuana in anyone’s face.
It sounds to me like C.A. shares most of Mr. Gomez’s concerns, and works every day to address the same. I hope our actions and our non-actions make this clear to all. And I hope to work together with those who know more about Public Safety that I do in the future.
Thanks for your support Mount Pleasant!
Matthew C Taylor
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
SEPT 22 at C.A. - Hashish!
We have some phenomenal hashish here at C.A. today, should be on display by 1pm. !st come, 1st serve!
We also have a much larger display than we did after we got wiped out for labor day wkend, WOW! And... TWO NEW FARMERS coming in today at open. WELCOME!!!
Hopefully we will get their service represented at BOTH out stores, like the BC God's, and other respected farmers who we work with exclusively. The Bud Brothers from WAY up north, etc. Hopefully New Amsterdam soon.
We have prices as low as $5, and smokables at at great rates. GRAPE APE IS BACK!!!
Come on is and see what we have for you TODAY - find us at potlocator.com
We also have a much larger display than we did after we got wiped out for labor day wkend, WOW! And... TWO NEW FARMERS coming in today at open. WELCOME!!!
Hopefully we will get their service represented at BOTH out stores, like the BC God's, and other respected farmers who we work with exclusively. The Bud Brothers from WAY up north, etc. Hopefully New Amsterdam soon.
We have prices as low as $5, and smokables at at great rates. GRAPE APE IS BACK!!!
Come on is and see what we have for you TODAY - find us at potlocator.com
Thursday, September 2, 2010
What? Me Worry?
My favorite quote from Alfred E. Newman.
YES... we are HERE to serve you.
NO... we are not closed.
All is well
YES... we are HERE to serve you.
NO... we are not closed.
All is well
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