Cannabis for medical use in Michigan was approved by 63% of voters on November 4, 2008 and became effective on December 4, 2008. Full details are contained in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act.
The act removed state-level criminal penalties on the use, possession and cultivation of marijuana by patients who have been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition.
Important Note: You do not need to have one of the Specific medical conditions listed in Statute to be considered a qualified medical marijuana patient. The Statute also protects patients who use marihuana to treat the symptoms of any chronic or debilitating medical condition, or to alleviate symptoms or side effects caused by any therapy or other treatment option prescribed by your primary physician for that condition.
For example, if you suffer from depression and your physician prescribes a medication to treat the depression, and that medication causes muscle aches and spasms, or it makes you nauseated, then you would qualify as a patient with a listed condition (muscle spasms, nausea), to choose medical marijuana as a treatment option.
To find out if your condition applies, contact the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association
New conditions can be specified in the future. Rule 333.131 requires the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) to have a procedure for accepting petitions from the public to include additional medical conditions and treatments. The procedure must include public notice of hearings on each petition, opportunities for public input, and a reasonable timeline (180 days) for approval or denial.
Conditions Approved for Registry with the Medical Marijuana Program in Michigan
- Cancer
- Glaucoma
- HIV
- AIDS
- Hepatitis C
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Crohn’s disease
- Agitation of Alzheimer’s disease
- Nail patella
- Cachexia or wasting syndrome
- Severe and chronic pain
- Severe nausea
- Seizures
- Epilepsy
- Muscle spasms
- Multiple sclerosis
Cannabis Quantities Allowed
Possession/Cultivation: Patients may possess up to two and one-half (2.5) ounces of usable marijuana and twelve marijuana plants kept in an enclosed, locked facility.
The twelve plants may be kept by the patient only if he or she has not specified a primary caregiver to cultivate the marijuana for him or her.
Registration with the Michigan Medical Marihuana costs $100 or $25 for Medicaid patients and contact details are below:
Michigan Medical Marihuana Program
Bureau of Health Professions, Department of Community Health
611 W. Ottawa St.
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: 517-373-6873
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I have rheumatoid artheritis with scoliosis needless to say “chronic pain”. I am fifty now and working less because of above conditions.
I live in ky and wondering what my steps are to obtain card for med. marijuana
With a card can i drive to dispensary and cross state lines legally with medical marijuana?
I have used cannabis for almost 40 years as a treatment for seizures. I am a Vietnam vet and I developed a brain tumor a year after I discharged from the army. The tumor (pinealoma) was to deep to operate (1971) so a ventricular shunt was implanted to relieve the pressure in my brain and I also had 5 weeks of radiation treatments.
I was told I would need to be on an anti-seizure medicines dilantin and phenobarbatol the rest of my life. I could not tolerate those meds and contiunue school at the same time so after some research at the library on seizures I discovered that some people were using cannabis as a seizure prevention drug and having experience with cannabis while in Vietnam I was fimilar with it’s mind quieting effects so I tried it instead.
Long story made short, I have had only two seizures since my surgery, both during periods where I could not obtain cannabis. So for almost 40 years I have used cannabis twice a day, after work and an hour before bedtime (insomnia). Now I would like to be able to come out of the closet somewhat but I wonder if my doctor would simply put me back on dilantin and phenobarb if I were to ask him for a cannabis recommendation.
Would I qualify for a cannabis recommendation?