Welcome To The Michigan Caregiver Network!

Alert! Open Enrollment Has Ended!

You must be referred by a current member who is active and in good standing in order to qualify for enrollment.

Don’t Get Left Out In The Cold!

You are one step away from gaining access to the most in-depth, exclusive library chalked full of information about becoming a registered Michigan Medical Marijuana Caregiver with Full Immunity for assisting legitimate medical marijuana patients.

Are You Ready To Be Bullet Proof?

Join Us To Get To The Next Level!

Members of the Michigan Caregiver Network gain exclusive access to amenities such as:

Networking:

  • Expand and spread your knowledge and resources throughout The Union. Help each other succeed by lending a hand, or just passing on some advice. Our mailing system is completely confidential and legally protected.
  • The Exchange allows you to share ideas and resources with other Trusted Registered Caregivers.

Education:

  • When you sign up to Join The Union for you membership sign-up receive a FREE COPY of the hardback printed book, “The Michigan Caregiver Bible Volume 1“. Never be behind the ball again. We’ll keep you up to date on current events, and even share with you our secrets to the industry. Union members who gain access to the book receive Unlimited Revisions for Life.
  • All member levels receive a special discounted price on any informational or educational media materials offered through MCN.

Interactive Video:

  • Our educational videos will show you first hand everything you need to know to be a “Bullet Proof Caregiver” with Full Immunity.
  • Step-By-Step cultivation videos with some of the best growers in Michigan.
  • Interviews with the most influential members of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Program.
  • Guest lectures and videos from exclusive medical marijuana events.

Access To Expert Legal Advice:

  • Receive access to the most professional, dependable, and trustworthy legal experts who help our registered caregivers navigate the often hard-to-understand rules of the MMMA and make sure they have Full Immunity as they build their success in the booming medical marijuana industry.

Classes:

Let’s Get Ready To Grow! Gain exclusive access to attend growing classes and learn from the experts. These teachers have been growing for years and are offering their own knowledge to our registered caregivers who are interested in learning to grow the highest quality medical marijuana.

Free Entry To Regularly Scheduled Events:

  • We like to see everyone come together to discuss current events, review any new developments, share ideas, and exchange educational resources. Our events are wildly popular but very exclusive to only our members and sometimes a guest of their choice. Food and drinks are always provided by The Union and members are encouraged to bring a dish of their own to pass.
  • We also hold Special Events that are exclusive to certain members who demonstrate a higher passion for providing compassion. You may be invited to one of these events through a referral process.
  • Free entry to any MCN Events and Sponsored Events .

BONUSES:

  • As a Registered Caregiver & Union Member You Will Be Entered Every Month During Our Union Member Give-Away For A Chance To Win Huge Prizes.
  • Union Members Receive Discounts on Patient Matching & Retained Search Services.
  • Exclusive Access To The Caregiver’s Marketplace via our Member’s Only Forums & Live Events.
  • Steep Discounts & Better Deals On The Best Growing Equipment & Supplies From Our Grow Store Partners.
  • Only Union Members Will Have Exclusive Access To Grow Gear Provided By MCN.

Alert! Open Enrollment Has Ended! 

You must are referred by a current member who is active and in good standing in order to qualify for enrollment.

Don’t Get Left Out In The Cold!

You are one step away from gaining access to the most in-depth, exclusive library chalked full of information about becoming a registered Michigan Medical Marijuana Caregiver with Full Immunity for assisting legitimate medical marijuana patients.

Are You Ready To Be Bullet Proof?

Join Us To Get To The Next Level!

Michigan Medical Marijuana Program Up 53% In Two Years

New statistics released by Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs put final numbers on the state medical marijuana program participants: 182,091 patients and 34,269 caregivers are currently enrolled.

A pair of reports were issued on January 4, 2016, containing the enrollment and expense figures for Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Program (MMP). The MMP took in $7,091,550 from patient and caregiver registration fees, and spent $3,872,590 in administering the program during Fiscal Year 2015.

This is the first completely accurate reporting of patient and caregiver numbers in two years. A legislative change turned the MMP from a single year registry program to a two-year registration period, starting in 2013. The 2014 patient registration report showed  96,408 patient registrants in FY 2014.

Similarly, the document issued by LARA on November 30, 2015 titled, ‘Michigan Medical Marihuana Act Registry ID Cars Issued And Renewed By County For Fiscal Year 2015- contained data for only 2015 registrants. It listed the number of patients registering and renewing during FY 2015 as 84,785.

These documents published by LARA were each only a single year tally in a two year program. The LARA document from January 4, 2016, ‘Medical Marihuana Act Statistical Report For Fiscal Year 2015- shows the total program enrollment.

Compared to the last total enrollment figure available from the MMP, 2013, the patient population has grown by 63,000 members. That is an increase of 53.83% over two years.

Caregiver numbers have increased by 27% over that same period, from 27,046 in 2013 to 34,269 in 2015. The number of physicians certifying patients to use medicinal cannabis has been steady for three years in a row, hovering between 1,400 – 1,500 per year.

Counties with the greatest patient populations include Wayne (25,949), Oakland (18,656), Macomb (15,012) and Genesee (12,647), in that order.

Michigan Medical Marihuana Act – Program Information and Financial Data (FY 2015)

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Source: The Compassion Chronicles

High Times Documents Michigan’s Marijuana Legalization Movement

In the new issue, on newsstands now, High Times Editor-In-Chief Dan Skye says: “Cali and Colorado have nothing on the Great Lakes State…”

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by Rick Thompson/January 12, 2016

YPSILANTI– High Times has recently expanded their coverage of marijuana-related events in Michigan and the March 2016 issue sports an article by the top man at the magazine. Editor-In-Chief Dan Skye came to Michigan and wrote about the push to legalize the adult use of marijuana- and why now it the time for change.

In Michigan’s March to Legalization, Skye describes the need for an evolution in the state’s marijuana laws. He explores Michigan’s history with asset forfeiture, interference by the state Attorney General and law enforcement encounters both old and new.

Very new. As in, 24 hours ago new.

Skye visited Michigan in September and photographed a cannabis garden. The very next day that same garden was raided by local and state authorities. Skye’s description of events is both engaging and frightening at the same time, but he writes that these actions are all-too-common in Michigan.

The article follows the evolution of marijuana distribution and cultivation in Michigan in a broad way since 2009. It covers the emergence of early distribution centers, including 3rd Coast Medical Marijuana Dispensary of Ypsilanti and the now-defunct Big Daddy’s organizations, and the formation of Michigan’s first dispensary organization, the MACC.

The High Times article incorporates some horror stories of how Michigan’s medical marijuana era has been marred by an upswing in arrests and cops drunk on asset forfeiture dollars.  The numbers presented are shocking.

Skye ends the piece on a high note by discussing the current business climate and how some have managed to thrive. Distribution centers like 3rd Coast and Arborside of Ann Arbor are still able to make it if they have “tolerant city governments and local law enforcement.”

Skunkwerks, a Michigan company that makes nutrients for gardening, is featured. Company leader Josh Keasler gave possibly the article’s best quote when he said, “Since 2008, we’ve tried to operate professionally and move forward without clarification from our legislature, and we still don’t have it.”

Skye’s presentation gives the solution to the problem as the MILegalize movement. Described often as the state’s grass-roots marijuana legalization petition drive, MILegalize has collected over 200,000 signatures and looks to put the issue on the 2016 general election ballot.

MILegalize Board members Jamie Lowell and Rick Thompson (this author) are featured in the Skye article. Lowell described MILegalize fundraising and signature-gathering as “generous” and “terrifically successful.”

Keasler said, “I’m totally behind MILegalize, because the people of Michigan want this!”

Visit the High Times website at:

www.hightimes.com/

MILegalize is still paying for petition signatures. To contact the campaign, visit:

www.milegalize.com/