MMMA Caregivers and the MMFLA: What, If Anything, Has Changed?

Anyone that is a registered qualifying patient or registered caregiver with the State of Michigan operating under the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act (MMMA) will not be impacted by the new MMFLA. The exact same rights, benefits, immunities and protections available under the MMMA will certainly still apply to patients as well as caregivers who are following the regulations. Therefore, a patient or caregiver may continue to grow medical cannabis, so long as it is done within the boundaries developed by the MMMA, with no added policies, restrictions or policies.

The Medical Marijuana Facilities Licensing Act (MMFLA) does not interfere with, change, or modify, by any means, the MMMA. The MMFLA creates the ability for individuals to obtain licenses to operate businesses in the medical marijuana market. Such businesses will permit better accessibility to registered patients and also caregivers to acquire medical marijuana on their own as well as their patients.

Those greater access chances for acquiring medical cannabis for patients as well as caregivers will come from the capability to acquire risk-free, tested and also quality medical cannabis, both leaf, edible as well as in various other processed kinds, from licensed provisioning centers (what were previously and generally called dispensaries). Patients will certainly be enabled to purchase up to 2.5 ounces of usable marijuana from a licensed provisioning center. Primary caregivers will have the ability to assist their patients with acquiring and also utilizing medical cannabis. Nevertheless, under the MMFLA, a registered caregiver that is not able to produce enough usable marijuana for a patient from their very own farming will be able to purchase medical cannabis for their registered patient at a licensed provisioning center.

The bottom line for caregivers: you will not be influenced by the requirements of the MMFLA and you might continue to operate with the same policies, regulations and restrictions positioned upon your patients and you as stated in the MMMA. Should you have any kind of concerns, please give us a call so we can set up a consultation and also discuss your situation.