MMMA News
Medical marijuana billboards a first in Michigan!
Submitted by MMMA SiteScribe on Sun, 08/02/2009 - 02:15Sunday ~ 2 August, 2009
Oaksterdam University returns to Michigan September 5th - 7th, 2009!
Submitted by MMMA SiteScribe on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 21:19Monday July 27, 2009
Interested in learning about the new medical cannabis law? Oaksterdam University will be returning to Ann Arbor Labor Day Weekend!
Oaksterdam University is the first trade school in the world offering quality training for the cannabis industry. If you are interested in working for or opening your own cannabis-related business, want to become a cannabis legalization activist, or are interested in learning to grow your own, Oaksterdam University is for you!
Test Case #1 – Redden & Clark
Submitted by MMMA SiteScribe on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 21:34Madison Heights – A dozen MMMA supporters gathered outside the 43rd District court house in Madison Heights at 7:45am to witness how justice was dispensed in Oakland County. Medical marijuana community members from as far away as Saginaw and Lansing loaded up in the pre-dawn hours and hit the road to hear Judge Robert Parker say, ALL CHARGES ARE DISMISSED!
Join a worldwide celebration for the liberalization of cannabis!
Submitted by MMMA SiteScribe on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 13:36Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Liberation Day is the global day of protest against the Civil War on drugs on every first Saturday of May. Hundreds of locations worldwide demonstrate in solidarity for cannabis liberation and an end to policies that have exacerbated the problems of hard drug addiction on a global scale. This will be Detroit’s 11th year of participation!
Oaksterdam University class filling up fast
Submitted by MMMA SiteScribe on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 13:55Sunday, April 27, 2009
May 23 & 24 Oaksterdam training seminar approaching
ANN ARBOR — Oaksterdam University of Oakland, California, crosses the continent to offer their Basic 101 Curriculum to students in the midwest on May 23 & 24 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The 2-day session will take place in the Grand Ballroom at the Best Western Executive Plaza hotel on Jackson Rd. at I-94 on the west side of Ann Arbor.
Michigan drug task forces operating outside the law
Submitted by MMMA SiteScribe on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 19:5617 April, 2009
by MMMA SiteScribe
The simple headline, "Garden man arrested on marijuana charge", sounds like just another Tuesday afternoon filler story for the Escanaba Daily Press, unless you look at the facts. The newspaper story was a typical filler piece, 5 short sentences, just enough to fill a hole left by unsold advertising spots, it reads;
Munising Circuit Court judge expands affirmative defense
Submitted by MMMA SiteScribe on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 21:1813 April, 2009
by MMMA SiteScribe
Munising, MI April 8, 2009 — In a clear victory for James Petersen, and the medical marijuana community, the Hon. William W. Carmody granted defendent Petersen's Motion to Dismiss and affirmed the rights granted in the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act of 2008.
TrainToGrow.com offers introductory cultivation seminar
Submitted by MMMA SiteScribe on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 18:15Friday — 10 April 2009
by MMMA SiteScribe
A recent Detroit News story about clinic's spurring a niche industry in the state, seems to be just the tip of the iceberg. Caregiver groups, hydroponic retailers, vaporizor sales, and the opening of TrainToGrow.com, a business that provides hands-on cultivation training, are increasing signs that medical marijuana is already creating hundreds of new jobs in Michigan.
Busted --- Rogers City Patient With Dr.'s Certification Needs Help Now
Submitted by Melody on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 13:53I just got off the phone with Amy from Rogers City. Her husband, Daryl (sp?), was arrested this morning by two members of the fugitive task force out of Gaylord. The two plainclothes officers said the charge was felony manufacture of mj, and had a paper in hand which they said was a warrant, but never allowed the victims to see the "warrant." They never searched the house
The Madison Heights incident
Submitted by Brad on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 11:44Thursday, 2 April, 2009
by Brad Forrester
For the past 2 days, the MMMA has been working closely with Bob and his beautiful companion Tori to help them recover from the shocking encounter they had with Madison Heights Police and their infamous Special Investigations Unit. Bob and Tori are fine, and they said to make sure I thanked everyone on the site for all their well wishes and support.