Michigan Medical Marijuana Law

Status

Operational

Law Signed:

2008

QUALIFYING CONDITIONS

Alzheimer’s disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Arthritis
Austism
Cachexia or wasting syndrome
Cancer
Cerebral palsy
Colitis
Chronic pain
Crohn’s disease
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Hepatitis C
Nail patella
Nausea
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Parkinson’s
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Rheumatoid arthritis
Seizures
Severe and persistent muscle spasms
Spinal cord injury
Tourette’s syndrome
Ulcerative colitis

PATIENT POSSESSION LIMITS

Two and one-half ounces of usable marijuana

HOME CULTIVATION

Yes, no more than 12 marijuana plants kept in an enclosed, locked facility. OR, outdoor plants must not be “visible to the unaided eye from an adjacent property when viewed by an individual at ground level or from a permanent structure” and must be “grown within a stationary structure that is enclosed on all sides, except the base, by chain-link fencing, wooden slats, or a similar material that prevents access by the general public and that is anchored, attached or affixed to the ground, located on land that is owned, leased, or rented” by the registered grower and restricted to that grower’s access.

STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES ALLOWED

Yes. Dispensaries may also engage in home delivery.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA STATUTES

Mich. Comp. Law § 333.26424(j) (2008)
Mich. Comp. Law §§ 333.26423; 333.26426(d) (2008)
Public Acts 281-283 of 2016

CAREGIVERS

Yes, primary caregiver is a person who has agreed to assist with a patient’s medical use of marijuana. The caregiver must be 21 years of age or older. The caregiver can never have been convicted of a felony involving illegal drugs, or must not have been convicted of any felony within the last ten years, or any violent felony ever.. Each patient can only have one primary caregiver. The primary caregiver may assist no more than 5 qualifying patients with their medical use of marijuana. State-qualified caregivers must not have been convicted of any felony within the last ten years, or any violent felony ever.