October 31, 2018 Deadline for Caregivers and The Changing Marihuana Dynamic in Michigan
Caregivers and the DoDo Marijuana and extinct birds would seemingly never turn up in any discussion. Nevertheless, in speaking to our marijuana clients, much of them are asking about the stability of the Caregiver model, especially as it was pushed for many years. What many in the market 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 many have understood it for 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 likewise registered qualifying patients, the "gray market" where they were offering their overages, and making a pretty good revenue, 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 had 5 ...