March 16Th Nrpa Invite

[purple pimpernel]

they are allready using the bio-metric fingerprint scanners in Dtroit--I know of one place for sure

 

and they are getting ready to bring them 'online' in A2 very soon--

 

 

 

Mediswipe Inc. Announces New Legislation in Oregon & Nevada to Legalize, Legitimize Cannabis Dispensaries as Massachusetts Moves Toward Final Stages of Approval Company Also Opens Its First New Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan for Patient Registration; Company Will Also Demonstrate Medical Database and Patient Card Technology to Patients, Caregivers and Dispensary Operators at "Treating Health Concerns" (THC) EXPO in Detroit, Michigan This Week

Print article © Marketwire 2013

2013-03-20 16:15:58 -

 

 

 

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/20/13 -- MediSwipe Inc. ( www.MediSwipe.com : www.mediswipe.com/ ) (OTCQB: MWIP), a patient security solutions and financial products company for the medicinal marijuana and health care industry, today commented on new bills and legislation to legalize medical cannabis dispensaries in Oregon and Nevada -- two states that have had MMJ laws on the books for years but do not technically allow storefront centers.

 

 

 

The measures would help stabilize the situation in Oregon, where hundreds of dispensaries have cropped up anyway, and create a brand new market in Nevada that could generate millions of dollars for the industry. (Both states also are considering measures to legalize marijuana for recreational use.)

 

 

 

Some details on the dispensary bills and more information on each market are included below:

 

 

 

 

 

Oregon: Last week, lawmakers in Oregon submitted legislation that would set up a comprehensive distribution system for medical marijuana, allowing registered dispensaries to sell cannabis to qualified patients. The dispensaries would have to meet certain requirements -- including those tied to security and testing -- and obtain permits from the state. Essentially, patients could authorize their grower/caregiver to "transfer" marijuana to a dispensary, which could then "transfer" it to patients or other caregivers. The growers and dispensaries could receive compensation in return. The new bill is entitled House Bill 3460.

 

 

 

Nevada: A state senator has introduced a measure -- Senate Bill 374 -- that would allow nonprofit dispensaries to set up shop and sell cannabis to registered patients. The dispensaries would have to meet certain requirements set by the state and pay application and permit fees. The maximum fees would be:

 

 

 

$5,000 for issuance of dispensary registration certificate

 

$1,000 for certificate renewal

 

$2,500 for change of address

 

$500 for dispensary agent registration card

 

$500 for renewal of agent registration card

 

 

 

 

The bill would set a limit on the number of dispensaries that could open. According the measure, Nevada "shall not issue dispensary registration certificates in such a quantity as to cause the existence of more than one nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary for every 10 pharmacies that have been licensed... and are operating within this state." Officials could make an exception to ensure that each county has at least one dispensary.

 

 

 

Massachusetts: The state is actually moving forward with medical marijuana regulations at a surprisingly rapid pace. Last week, the state's health department released its near-term regulatory timeline, setting March 29 as the target date for the release of its proposed rules covering the MMJ industry. A public hearing will be held April 19, and final regulations could go into effect as early as May 24. Those are three very important dates for medical marijuana entrepreneurs in the state, and the overall timeline indicates that officials are committed to the process.

 

 

 

"We are quite enthused to see the new positive trend toward both medicinal use and legalization in additional states. We have met with key lobbyists and state representatives within the state of Michigan who are quite receptive toward MediSwipe and our application as a statewide solution for both patients and caregivers. Our first patient center is located at 5277 Jackson Road Suite D, Ann Arbor, MI 48103.New patients may call the number below for MediSwipe to file the necessary intake forms for initial consultations," stated B. Michael Friedman, CEO of MediSwipe Inc.

 

 

 

About MediSwipe Inc.

MediSwipe Inc. ( www.MediSwipe.com : www.mediswipe.com/ ) provides innovative patient solutions for electronically processing transactions within the healthcare industry. MediSwipe provides terminal-based service packages and an integrated Web Portal add-ons for physicians, clinics, hospitals and medical dispensaries that include: digital patient records, Electronic Referrals, Credit/Debit Card merchant services, Check Guarantee and Accounts Receivable Financing.

 

 

LOS ANGELES, March 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediSwipe Inc. (www.MediSwipe.com) (MWIP), a patient security solutions and financial products company for the medicinal marijuana and health care industry, today announced the opening of the first of two patient certification centers within the state of Michigan. The first patient certification center located in Washtenaw county is planned to open next week upon licensing approvals.

 

>> The second certification center to be owned and operated by MediSwipe will include the acquisition of real property and building structure located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Both centers will be the first of their kind within the state allowing patients to receive guidance in filing required documents to the state in applying for state medical marijuana ID cards, receive consultations with on staff doctors and physicians for state certification and digitization and management of medical records within the MediSwipe system on behalf of registered caregivers.

 

>> The certification centers will also allow for a central point for the 27,000 caregivers within the state to register within the MediSwipe data management system, for maintenance and data management of the patient count of each caregiver.

 

The MediSwipe Certification Centers will provide qualified patients with physician certifications for the use of medical marijuana.

 

--->> This certification is [required ]--->>in order to obtain valid a medical marijuana ID card from the State of Michigan.

 

Our fully licensed doctors will conduct their legal and ethical duties in full compliance with Michigan Medical Marijuana Certification guidelines.

The MediSwipe Certification Centers will abide the Michigan's Medical Marijuana Act, where a physician must state in writing that the patient has a debilitating medical condition that qualifies them for medical marijuana treatment. A state issued card allows patients to use marijuana treatment legally in the State of Michigan.

Patients suffering from the below listed conditions, may qualify for certification and Michigan state ID cards:

Agitation of Alzheimer's Disease

Cancer

Crohn's Disease

Glaucoma

Hepatitis C

HIV/AIDS

Severe Nausea

Severe and Chronic Pain

Seizures

Severe/Persistent Muscle Spasms

"The new certification centers operated by MediSwipe will seek to provide the first HIPAA compliant medical data management system for the medical marijuana sector on behalf of patients and caregivers, providing patient authentication and storage of data, while at the same time streamlining the application process for new patients to receive state ID cards, provide certifications by licensed physicians and registration within our cloud based HIPAA compliant medical records database. Our goal will be to work with all regulated states, caregivers and patients to allow access to a compliant reporting system that will not only ensure patient security and privacy rights, but at the same time, provide necessary reporting data to states to increase state tax revenue," stated B. Michael Friedman, CEO of MediSwipe.

"Our unique and innovative model for these certification centers will remain completely agnostic of anything to do with actual medicine, and deal only with streamlining the state paperwork process for new patients, physician certification services and confidential consultations, HIPAA compliant digital record keeping and data management on behalf of caregivers. MediSwipe will receive processing and filing fees from the new patients for streamlining the process with the state, and receive monthly data management fees from caregivers for managing their patient data as a revenue model. We believe that we can capture monthly management fees from at least 5% of the almost 27,000 caregiver base and 20% of the current patient base of over 127,000 in Michigan alone, based on current interest and new legislation eliminating the existing dispensary models over the next two quarters as a conservative estimate," further stated Friedman.

 

you think their 'closing' dispensaries...?

wrong their opening them everywhere......

 

 

OTISVILLE, Mich. — A Michigan medical marijuana facility is partnering with a member of the Grammy-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to cultivate and distribute a new strain of medical marijuana.

 

The Green Oasis and Stanley “Flesh-N-Bone” Howse have agreed to work together on “Phifty Caliber Kush,” which they say has a noticeable floral taste and is an effective pain reliever.

 

 

The Flint-area dispensary’s owner, Anthony Butler, calls the new pot strain “the best of the best.”

 

Flesh-n-Bone Global executive Michael “Tony B.” Bernardi tells The Flint Journal (http://bit.ly/14bKODM ) that Howse hopes the product can provide relief for any qualified, verified patient.

 

Besides distributing “Phifty Caliber Kush,” The Green Oasis could begin selling merchandise and possibly host a visit from Howse.

 

Michigan voters approved marijuana for some chronic medical conditions in 2008.

Edited March 20, 2013 by purple pimpernel

[imiubu]

Friggin snake pit.  These people do not speak for me!

Cocktails and horsey dervies .. man,

SFC, I do so hope you are not correct in your signature!

(I think it is 'fra' not 'fa' ? (I am not 'savvy' enough yet to utilize those special symbols )

[Herb Cannabis]

+1 Semi. And I would also add that their side has not said one word about fixing the problems in this bill. Quite the contrary, Robin Snyder has been steadfast in her rhetoric. We aren't going to war just yet, but everyone should be paying very close attention, it is likely coming..

Not so fast SFC, Matt Abel seems to believe that certain things need to be addressed and Jamie also has acknowledge that there need to be some changes in the PC bill in the CCCC thread that I posted a couple of weeks ago.   http://michiganmedicalmarijuana.org/topic/42663-clare-county-compassion-club/

[cristinew]

fukin people fukin with our law  flower them.,

[semicaregiver]

Not so fast SFC, Matt Abel seems to believe that certain things need to be addressed and Jamie also has acknowledge that there need to be some changes in the PC bill in the CCCC thread that I posted a couple of weeks ago.   http://michiganmedicalmarijuana.org/topic/42663-clare-county-compassion-club/

Herb,

 

What you are focusing on goes to my point. People are talking about making sure that the bill includes no cultivation for the centers and a requirement that they buy their supplies from existing cg/pt's. These are the changes that Matt and Jamie are talking about. They are important changes for sure, but I think we are missing the bigger picture, "how will the transaction take place?" Do you believe that you will be able to bring your overages and card to a "center", hand over the meds and then just walk out with a wad of cash? You could not do that with homemade liquor/beer/wine nor could you do that with homemade medicine at a drug store.

 

My point that SFC responded to is that by just being concerned with making sure that the "centers" do not grow and that they must buy their supplies from MMMA cg/pts we are not looking at the bigger picture of what comes next.

 

Understand, I am not trying to say this is good or bad, you need to make that judgement yourself. I am just saying that it is naive to not be looking at how government agencies go about creating rules for the production and transfer of a controlled substance.

[Hayduke]

Not so fast SFC, Matt Abel seems to believe that certain things need to be addressed and Jamie also has acknowledge that there need to be some changes in the PC bill in the CCCC thread that I posted a couple of weeks ago.   http://michiganmedicalmarijuana.org/topic/42663-clare-county-compassion-club/

not to be difficult, Herb, I have heard Jamie say some things need to be changed.

 

But let's look at this is the clear light of day.  Jamie told me on March 2, 2013 at the New Detroit CC, that he had not been involved in the NPRA or the bill for a "couple months", so his ability to speak for that group is not a clear path I wish to rely on.  Matt Abel is the head of NORML and is retained by more than a few dispensaries, so his view is also compromised.

 

Until the language changes are made, and the language changes from others in both the house and senate are made, I will continue to oppose the language "as written"....

[imiubu]

I will drop out of the program b4 I submit to any feking medi swipe bs.

[imiubu]

they are allready using the bio-metric fingerprint scanners in Dtroit--I know of one place for sure

 

and they are getting ready to bring them 'online' in A2 very soon--

 

 

 

Mediswipe Inc. Announces New Legislation in Oregon & Nevada to Legalize, Legitimize Cannabis Dispensaries as Massachusetts Moves Toward Final Stages of Approval Company Also Opens Its First New Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan for Patient Registration; Company Will Also Demonstrate Medical Database and Patient Card Technology to Patients, Caregivers and Dispensary Operators at "Treating Health Concerns" (THC) EXPO in Detroit, Michigan This Week

Print article © Marketwire 2013

2013-03-20 16:15:58 -

 

 

 

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/20/13 -- MediSwipe Inc. ( www.MediSwipe.com : www.mediswipe.com/ ) (OTCQB: MWIP), a patient security solutions and financial products company for the medicinal marijuana and health care industry, today commented on new bills and legislation to legalize medical cannabis dispensaries in Oregon and Nevada -- two states that have had MMJ laws on the books for years but do not technically allow storefront centers.

 

 

 

The measures would help stabilize the situation in Oregon, where hundreds of dispensaries have cropped up anyway, and create a brand new market in Nevada that could generate millions of dollars for the industry. (Both states also are considering measures to legalize marijuana for recreational use.)

 

 

 

Some details on the dispensary bills and more information on each market are included below:

 

 

 

 

 

Oregon: Last week, lawmakers in Oregon submitted legislation that would set up a comprehensive distribution system for medical marijuana, allowing registered dispensaries to sell cannabis to qualified patients. The dispensaries would have to meet certain requirements -- including those tied to security and testing -- and obtain permits from the state. Essentially, patients could authorize their grower/caregiver to "transfer" marijuana to a dispensary, which could then "transfer" it to patients or other caregivers. The growers and dispensaries could receive compensation in return. The new bill is entitled House Bill 3460.

 

 

 

Nevada: A state senator has introduced a measure -- Senate Bill 374 -- that would allow nonprofit dispensaries to set up shop and sell cannabis to registered patients. The dispensaries would have to meet certain requirements set by the state and pay application and permit fees. The maximum fees would be:

 

 

 

$5,000 for issuance of dispensary registration certificate

 

$1,000 for certificate renewal

 

$2,500 for change of address

 

$500 for dispensary agent registration card

 

$500 for renewal of agent registration card

 

 

 

 

The bill would set a limit on the number of dispensaries that could open. According the measure, Nevada "shall not issue dispensary registration certificates in such a quantity as to cause the existence of more than one nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary for every 10 pharmacies that have been licensed... and are operating within this state." Officials could make an exception to ensure that each county has at least one dispensary.

 

 

 

Massachusetts: The state is actually moving forward with medical marijuana regulations at a surprisingly rapid pace. Last week, the state's health department released its near-term regulatory timeline, setting March 29 as the target date for the release of its proposed rules covering the MMJ industry. A public hearing will be held April 19, and final regulations could go into effect as early as May 24. Those are three very important dates for medical marijuana entrepreneurs in the state, and the overall timeline indicates that officials are committed to the process.

 

 

 

"We are quite enthused to see the new positive trend toward both medicinal use and legalization in additional states. We have met with key lobbyists and state representatives within the state of Michigan who are quite receptive toward MediSwipe and our application as a statewide solution for both patients and caregivers. Our first patient center is located at 5277 Jackson Road Suite D, Ann Arbor, MI 48103.New patients may call the number below for MediSwipe to file the necessary intake forms for initial consultations," stated B. Michael Friedman, CEO of MediSwipe Inc.

 

 

 

About MediSwipe Inc.

MediSwipe Inc. ( www.MediSwipe.com : www.mediswipe.com/ ) provides innovative patient solutions for electronically processing transactions within the healthcare industry. MediSwipe provides terminal-based service packages and an integrated Web Portal add-ons for physicians, clinics, hospitals and medical dispensaries that include: digital patient records, Electronic Referrals, Credit/Debit Card merchant services, Check Guarantee and Accounts Receivable Financing.

 

 

LOS ANGELES, March 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediSwipe Inc. (www.MediSwipe.com) (MWIP), a patient security solutions and financial products company for the medicinal marijuana and health care industry, today announced the opening of the first of two patient certification centers within the state of Michigan. The first patient certification center located in Washtenaw county is planned to open next week upon licensing approvals.

 

>> The second certification center to be owned and operated by MediSwipe will include the acquisition of real property and building structure located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Both centers will be the first of their kind within the state allowing patients to receive guidance in filing required documents to the state in applying for state medical marijuana ID cards, receive consultations with on staff doctors and physicians for state certification and digitization and management of medical records within the MediSwipe system on behalf of registered caregivers.

 

>> The certification centers will also allow for a central point for the 27,000 caregivers within the state to register within the MediSwipe data management system, for maintenance and data management of the patient count of each caregiver.

 

The MediSwipe Certification Centers will provide qualified patients with physician certifications for the use of medical marijuana.

 

--->> This certification is [required ]--->>in order to obtain valid a medical marijuana ID card from the State of Michigan.

 

Our fully licensed doctors will conduct their legal and ethical duties in full compliance with Michigan Medical Marijuana Certification guidelines.

The MediSwipe Certification Centers will abide the Michigan's Medical Marijuana Act, where a physician must state in writing that the patient has a debilitating medical condition that qualifies them for medical marijuana treatment. A state issued card allows patients to use marijuana treatment legally in the State of Michigan.

Patients suffering from the below listed conditions, may qualify for certification and Michigan state ID cards:

Agitation of Alzheimer's Disease

Cancer

Crohn's Disease

Glaucoma

Hepatitis C

HIV/AIDS

Severe Nausea

Severe and Chronic Pain

Seizures

Severe/Persistent Muscle Spasms

"The new certification centers operated by MediSwipe will seek to provide the first HIPAA compliant medical data management system for the medical marijuana sector on behalf of patients and caregivers, providing patient authentication and storage of data, while at the same time streamlining the application process for new patients to receive state ID cards, provide certifications by licensed physicians and registration within our cloud based HIPAA compliant medical records database. Our goal will be to work with all regulated states, caregivers and patients to allow access to a compliant reporting system that will not only ensure patient security and privacy rights, but at the same time, provide necessary reporting data to states to increase state tax revenue," stated B. Michael Friedman, CEO of MediSwipe.

"Our unique and innovative model for these certification centers will remain completely agnostic of anything to do with actual medicine, and deal only with streamlining the state paperwork process for new patients, physician certification services and confidential consultations, HIPAA compliant digital record keeping and data management on behalf of caregivers. MediSwipe will receive processing and filing fees from the new patients for streamlining the process with the state, and receive monthly data management fees from caregivers for managing their patient data as a revenue model. We believe that we can capture monthly management fees from at least 5% of the almost 27,000 caregiver base and 20% of the current patient base of over 127,000 in Michigan alone, based on current interest and new legislation eliminating the existing dispensary models over the next two quarters as a conservative estimate," further stated Friedman.

 

you think their 'closing' dispensaries...?

wrong their opening them everywhere......

 

 

OTISVILLE, Mich. — A Michigan medical marijuana facility is partnering with a member of the Grammy-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to cultivate and distribute a new strain of medical marijuana.

 

The Green Oasis and Stanley “Flesh-N-Bone” Howse have agreed to work together on “Phifty Caliber Kush,” which they say has a noticeable floral taste and is an effective pain reliever.

 

 

The Flint-area dispensary’s owner, Anthony Butler, calls the new pot strain “the best of the best.”

 

Flesh-n-Bone Global executive Michael “Tony B.” Bernardi tells The Flint Journal (http://bit.ly/14bKODM ) that Howse hopes the product can provide relief for any qualified, verified patient.

 

Besides distributing “Phifty Caliber Kush,” The Green Oasis could begin selling merchandise and possibly host a visit from Howse.

 

Michigan voters approved marijuana for some chronic medical conditions in 2008.

 

Coincidence ? 

[Hayduke]

Semi, presently caregivers and patients who grow, would not be able to transfer to the Provisioning Centers.  The MMMA is clear on this and it has been affirmed by the Supreme Court.  A Caregiver may only transfer to a patient connected to them by the registry.

 

Why is this important?

 

Because 4271 is being put up as a 50% vote to pass, not a 75% vote, it cannot amend the MMMA and allow transfers from patients and caregivers to the PC.

 

So they would have a bunch of work to do on the supply end if they wish to follow their promises up with action....

[Hayduke]

So I ask you Herb, or Jamie, or NPRA reps, how are you going to facilitate transfers of overages from patients and caregives legally?

 

Or has your model now changed and the language changes you had previously touted as "promised", no longer a reality?

Edited March 20, 2013 by Hayduke

[imiubu]

Semi, presently caregivers and patients who grow, would not be able to transfer to the Provisioning Centers.  The MMMA is clear on this and it has been affirmed by the Supreme Court.  A Caregiver may only transfer to a patient connected to them by the registry.

 

Why is this important?

 

Because 4271 is being put up as a 50% vote to pass, not a 75% vote, it cannot amend the MMMA and allow transfers from patients and caregivers to the PC.

 

So they would have a bunch of work to do on the supply end if they wish to follow their promises up with action....

Right.

I had a question about precisely that.  Since CG's are not allowed 'overages', how would language be introduced to allow such 'transfers' ?

I would consider these PC's to being an alternative resource if and only if CG's were allowed such transfers.  I do not and will not agree to

PC's cultivating as being viable.

I do not want commercial entities growing my medicine.

I also do not agree on the language of 4271 'as written'.

Seems a mighty long haul, imo.

[Hayduke]

imiubu, unless they write a 75% bill that specifically modifies the MMMA and coordinates the language with 4271, it is flat out illegal to transfer to the dispensaries.  And Jamie confirmed this is his understanding as well.  The only difference being he is optimistic the dispensary people will get this right, and I do not think they will get this right.

 

Do you trust the legislators, lobbyists and dispensary advocates to get this right for us?

 

I do not.

 

Do you trust them to do anything other than protect their monopoly request and their self serving interests?

 

I do not.

Edited March 20, 2013 by Hayduke

[imiubu]

imiubu, unless they write a 75% bill that specifically modifies the MMMA and coordinates the language with 4271, it is flat out illegal.

 

Do you trust the legislators, lobbyists and dispensary advocates to get this right for us?

 

I do not.

 

Do you trust them to do anything other than protect their monopoly request and their self serving interests?

 

I do not.

I do not.

I agree with you 100%.

[SFC]

Imiubu .  

[Letterhead954]

Someone please educate me. There's obviously opposition here to dispensaries growing their own medicine. As long as no law restricts our rights under the MMMA, why is that a problem? I'm not making a point, I really want to know. I haven't followed this closely enough to understand why that is a threat. It must be or there wouldn't be so many people against it.

[Hayduke]

Someone please educate me. There's obviously opposition here to dispensaries growing their own medicine. As long as no law restricts our rights under the MMMA, why is that a problem? I'm not making a point, I really want to know. I haven't followed this closely enough to understand why that is a threat. It must be or there wouldn't be so many people against it.

Because legislators tend to not support home grows once they allow dispensaries (they do not want the state awash in mmj).  Look at Arizona for example.  If a dispensary opens within 25 miles of you (as the crow flies) in your County, you have 90 days to shut down all home grows.  They are critical of home grows in Michigan (the dispensary proponents) because they know they may need to throw us under the bus to get their own way.

 

Personally I will never agree to their bs until I see language changes that they allegedly would like to make.

[GregS]

You have to understand something of recent history and current events. Dispensary interests have made statements since the law was initiated in '08 in the press and in government forums that portray caregiver service as unreliable and dangerous, this in order to advance their business. We argue that those claims are without merit. Nonetheless they just do not stop. It is our considered opinion, because of those statements, that their intent is to marginalize us with their rhetoric and lobbying with government toward eliminating us as competition. Either way, we find those statements and efforts offensive and are concerned that they will continue in this to eliminate caregiver and patient grows because we are much more competitive and are happy to provide at fair prices.

 

Caregivers produce quality cannabis at bargain prices compared with dispensary models; in round numbers by about half. We insist that dispensary prices, loaded with extreme retail markups and taxation are not what patients, many of us who are disabled and on fixed incomes, find to be in our best interest. There are threads on this forum that speak directly to the issue.

 

Does that explain to your satisfaction?

Edited March 21, 2013 by GregS

[Hayduke]

well put

[Letterhead954]

Thanks for the answers. That helps clear it up for me.