LANSING, Mich. — A plan to stop untested medical marijuana from being sold to provisioning centers was overturned Thursday by The Medical Marijuana Licensing Board.
"We don't have enough growing into the system right now to fill and provide all the production. Instead of cutting it out at the end of March, this will allow the caregivers to sell their product into those growers and processors to get their product from there and then into the provision centers. " Said Medical Marihuana Licensing Board Chairman Rick Johnson
Johnson says it's about taking care of patients who really need it.
The board voted 3-1 on the new resolution.
After that March, 31st deadline, the licensed provisioning centers will be able to sell it until they run out.
However, they won't be able to purchase more from caregivers unless they have it tested, entered it into the states tracing database and use secured transporters.
"Caregivers are not going to participate at the level that anyone thinks they are, just because of that reason they may not get paid." Said Medical Marihuana Licensing Board Member Don Bailey
Bailey also voted against the measure saying it went against the intent of the law.
He says it also won't be good business for the caregiver.
"So if I'm a caregiver with ten pounds of marijuana that I want to sell to a grower or a processor, is the grower going to pay me up front and then find out that the product tested bad and has to be destroyed. " Said Bailey
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has already signed off on that resolution.
There is one more scheduled meeting for The Medical Marihuana Licensing Board before it is expected to disband.
Whitmer decided to eliminate the board that was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder.
The legislature still has the opportunity to reject that executive order.
