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.
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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
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