October 31, 2018 Deadline for Caregivers and The Changing Marihuana Dynamic in Michigan
Caregivers and the DoDo Cannabis and extinct birds would seemingly never come up in any conversation. However, in speaking to our marijuana clients, much of them are inquiring about the feasibility of the Caregiver model, specifically as it was promoted many years. What many in the sector have 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 known it for several years here in Michigan. While Caregivers will continue to have the ability to grow and market to their registered patients, and for themselves, if they are also registered qualifying patients, the "gray market" where they were marketing their excess, and making a fairly good earnings, is coming to an end. What was the "Caregiver Model?" Under the old "Caregiver Model," a Registered Caregiver can grow up to seventy-two (72) marihuana plants, if they h...