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