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 kind of discussion. Nonetheless, in speaking to our marijuana clients, most of them are inquiring about the feasibility of the Caregiver model, specifically as it was pushed for several years. What several 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 be the extinction event for the caregiver model as many have actually understood it for several years here in Michigan. While Caregivers will certainly 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 offering their overages, 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)...