Walk-Ins Welcome This Weekend SATURDAY (08/11) & SUNDAY (08/12) For New Certification, Renewal, and Follow-Up Care

New and existing patients are welcome to walk in for new certification, renewal, or follow-up care This Weekend, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11th from 10:00 AM until 6:30 PM & SUNDAY, AUGUST 12th from12:00 PM NOON until 6:30 PM at The Clinic (PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF OUR NEW LOCATION: 280 Collingwood Drive, Suite B, Ann Arbor, MI 48103) for Michigan Medical Marijuana Card Certification. For more information or to schedule an appointment please call 866-649-9034 to speak with a friendly patient liaison.

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Want to hear what legal experts are saying about the recently refined definition of the Bona Fide Patient-Physician Relationship?

QUESTION: Is it more difficult to defend clients when the medical marihuana recommendation process, connected to the case, took place at a hotel, conference, trade show, or expo?

John Targowski, The Law Office of John Targowski-

"I represent a lot of people who are medical users or growers of cannabis but for whatever reason find themselves outside of Section 4 immunity (expired card, too much mj but still “reasonable” amount, patient to non-network patient transfer, busted within 20 day rule, etc). These individuals can be arrested and prosecuted for their marijuana activities and have Section 8 as a remedy, where there is a special hearing and the defendant patient has to “prove up the card” with a 3 factor test.

It is much more difficult to defend the patients of “low standards” doctors in Section 8 hearings when the defendant patient bears the burden of proving to the court that the relationship between the doctor and patient is a bona fide one. This is a huge hurdle in cases where the opinion that marijuana is therapeutic to the defendant was done in a “low standards” manner, which typically means with no patient medical records or at a questionable location (cannabis cup, cannabis expo, NORML meeting, hotel room, conference room, garden store, dispensary, etc). Many people are confused by this, since the certifying opinion can lead to a card, even from a “low standards” doctor, but the Section 8 test of that relationship makes these “low standards” certifications one big surprise for the patient when he or she finds themselves in need of the Section 8 lifeline. That the Section 8 hearing is really about the thoroughness of the certification process used to get the doctor’s recommendation, and is not really about how deserving the defendant is of medical marijuana, doesn’t help the situation either." (Question/Quote courtesy of Jamie Lowell, 3rd Coast Compassion Center, Ypsilanti)

Certifications are valid for two years, and are effective the very day you are approved, at no additional charge. Have immediate legalities after you are certified!

Physicians are Michigan licensed professionals and board certified, also no malpractice or medical board related issues so your certification is never scrutinized.

Have a real bonafide patient/physician relationship to comply with State law.

"PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATIONS WILL BE DEEMED INVALID IF WRITTEN OR PERFORMED BY PHYSICIANS PROVIDING MEDICAL SERVICES OUT OF MEDICALLY UNSOUND ENVIRONMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: EFFICIENCIES, HOTELS, GARDEN STORES (HYDROPONIC, LUMBER, OR GROW STORES), TOBACCO AND HEAD-SHOPS, MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES, OR ANY PLACE DEEMED UNFIT TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE AND/OR FOLLOW-UP CARE."

Not sure if you qualify? The consultations are always risk free, and if for some reason you are not approved then there is no fee.

In order to qualify for the program, patients must have a qualifying condition under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act

Patients must suffer from a debilitating medical condition, such as :

Cancer, Glaucoma, or positive status for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Hepatitis C, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Crohn's Disease, Agitation of Alzheimer's Disease, Nail Patella, or PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder)

Or a chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition, or its treatment, that produces one or more of the following:

Cachexia, or Wasting Syndrome, Severe and Chronic Pain, Severe Nausea, Seizures, including but not limited to those caused by Epilepsy, or Severe or Persistent Muscle Spasms, including but not limited to those which are characteristic of Multiple Sclerosis. Or any other medical condition or treatment for a medical condition adopted by the department by rule such as PTSD.

New Conditions Approved!

The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Director Shelly Edgerton has approved adding eleven new medical conditions to the list of debilitating medical conditions set forth in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act of 2008.

You can now also be approved for the following conditions:

Arthritis, Autism, Chronic Pain, Colitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Parkinson’s, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spinal Cord Injury, Tourette’s Syndrome, Ulcerative Colitis