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 affected by the brand-new MMFLA. The same legal rights, benefits, immunities as well as protections available under the MMMA will still apply to patients and caregivers who are complying with the regulations. Consequently, a patient or caregiver might continue to grow medical marijuana, as long as it is done within the boundaries developed by the MMMA, with no added guidelines, constraints or regulations.

The Medical Marijuana Facilities Licensing Act (MMFLA) does not conflict with, change, or modify, in any way, the MMMA. The MMFLA creates the capacity for individuals to get licenses to operate services in the medical cannabis industry. Such companies will enable greater accessibility to registered patients and also caregivers to get medical marijuana on their own and their patients.

Those greater access possibilities for obtaining medical marijuana for patients as well as caregivers will certainly come from the ability to acquire safe, evaluated and top quality medical cannabis, both leaf, edible and also in various other processed kinds, from licensed provisioning centers (what were previously and also typically called dispensaries). Patients will certainly be permitted to buy up to 2.5 ounces of usable cannabis from a licensed provisioning center. Primary caregivers will certainly be able to aid their patients with obtaining and also utilizing medical marijuana. Nonetheless, under the MMFLA, a registered caregiver that is not able to generate enough usable marijuana for a patient from their own cultivation will be able to purchase medical marijuana for their registered patient at a licensed provisioning center.

The bottom line for caregivers: you will certainly not be impacted by the requirements of the MMFLA and also you may continue to run with the exact same regulations, laws and limitations positioned upon your patients as well as you as stated in the MMMA. Should you have any questions, please give us a call so we can set up a consultation and discuss your circumstance.