Welcome Caregivers
Marihuana Caregivers is not run by attorneys and we can not give you legal advice. We actually must recommend against marihuana usage or posession due to many risks. However, there has been much anectdotal evidence that marihuana helps relieve many symptoms and we have some personal recommendations and precautions for providing marihuana safely to patients.
Do you enjoy perfecting the growing of marihuana? How about taking great risks in order to help patients use marihuana medically for symptom relief? If you're prepared to offer compassionate, professional assistance and small amounts of usable marihuana to a small group of people that want your help, you may want to become a primary caregiver under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA).
What You Should Know
Marihuana can not be prescribed by a doctor, and it is not a pharmaceutical drug. Instead, registered patients under the MMMA must grow and prepare their own marihuana or designate a primary caregiver to assist them with this. Primary caregivers will provide marihuana products and professional services for up to five patients. Primary caregivers will likely want to consult an attorney for legal advice due to the legal risk of providing a product that is meant to be flammable, smoked, and ingested. A primary caregiver may want to establish business as an LLC and purchase appropriate business insurance.
Marihuana, although legal for medical purposes in Michigan, is still not legal under U.S. federal law. In theory, a U.S. Marshall, FBI, DEA, or other federal agent could arrest a legal Michigan medical marihuana primary caregiver. Primary caregivers should be aware of these risks and contact a competent attorney for legal advice.
Due to the high demand of marihuana for illegal use, the posession of marihuana or being in the presence of marihuana will make you a target for burglary and theft, which are a threat to your personal safety and that of your family and neighbors.
Getting Started
Please visit the web site of the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDHC) for more information on the MMMA.
In general, a qualified patient under the MMMA will need to register with the MDHC. At the same time, or later, that patient can register a primary caregiver and can allow that caregiver to be in posession of the patient's maximum 12 marihuana plants under the state law. When you are registered as a qualified patient's primary caregiver you will receive a registry identification card from the MDHC allowing you to be on posession of up to 2.5 ounces of usable marihuana per registered patient and up to 12 plants per registered patient that has designated you as their grower.
The legislation is clear that the marihuana must be grown in a locked room or container (a closet might do), and that simply having it in your locked apartment or home is not sufficient. This should make sense, as you may have company over or live with people that are not registered caregivers that should not be allowed access to the plants or product. We highly recommend that you not have marihuana in the home if you also have children in the home.
Note that if your status as a caregiver changes, you may only have a short time to find another patient or destroy the extra plants. Having more than one patient can help prevent suddenly losing your registered status as a primary caregiver and can help ensure that you are able sell the extra plants should you lose status with a patient. However, having more patients also increases your risk as more people are aware of your growing, and you may need to be in possession of more marihuana. As a business, having more patients can increase your profitability, and you will need to leverage your desire for a business against the risks.
As a business, the price you will be able to charge for your products and services will depend on your qualifications, certifications, training, and experience. You will need to provide a comfortable experience for your patients and provide quality usable marihuana in the form that your patients require.
Once you have your registry identification card, or before you even consider becoming a primary caregiver, we recommend consulting with a Michigan attorney for legal advice.
Although you may have up to 2.5 ounces of usable marihuana per patient, we highly recommend keeping no more than two ounces per patient and using the additional half ounce as protection against errors in weighing.
Many medical marihuana users indicate that a single puff from a water pipe every 2-4 hours helps relieve many symptoms. With this light usage, the 2 ounces of usable marihuana should last a patient a long time.
Using our Services
We recommend using this site to list your products and services, so that you can maintain your desired number of patients.
This site's intent is not to have caregivers compete on price, so please don't list your price. Growing marihuana is not easy and is not safe, and not listing price will ensure that your risk is valued appropriately. We recommend that you never discuss your patients' identities or addresses with anyone, and that you do not reveal yourself as a member of the MDHC program.
Additionally, we recommend against bringing patients to your home or grow house (where marihuana is grown) and instead recommend charging for delivery service.
For privacy and security (including our own) We do not ask for any personally identifiable information when you register. There is no directory of patients. Doctors, caregivers, attorneys, and vendors will not be able to search through a directory of patients, but patients will be able to search through a directory of doctors, caregivers, and attorneys. Only a patient number will be provided to you by us when a patient contacts you. Only if you and a patient decide to proceed and establish a caregiver relationship should you provide your full name and address. Please do not break your anonymity at any other time, on this site. If you decide to use a doctor or attorney's services, please contact them offline.
Your accepted patients will be able to leave positive reviews of your products and service. Negative reviews are not allowed, but multiple member complaints could result in account suspension.
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