October 31, 2018 Deadline for Caregivers and The Changing Marihuana Dynamic in Michigan
Caregivers and the DoDo Cannabis and extinct birds would seemingly never show up in any conversation. However, in speaking with our cannabis clients, a lot of them are inquiring about the feasibility of the Caregiver model, specifically as it was pushed for years. What many in the industry have actually described as the "Caregiver Model" is going the way of the Do-Do bird on October 31, 2018. Halloween this year will certainly be the extinction event for the caregiver model as several have actually known it for several years here in Michigan. While Caregivers will continue to be able to grow and sell to their registered patients, and for themselves, if they are also registered qualifying patients, the "gray market" where they were marketing their overages, and making a fairly good profit, is coming to an end. What was the "Caregiver Model?" Under the old "Caregiver Model," a Registered Caregiver might grow up to seventy-two (72) marihuana plants,...