Really? Last time I went shopping at the grocery store, I bought a 6 pack of beer, I guess I failed to see the weed aisle. Funny too, that I didn't think I needed a special card to possess the beer...and the clerk didn't even check my ID. I guess I've been out of the loop for a while, when did the Feds make weed legal?
I said MOST ways. The card annoys me, but it's a bit of a trophy from being a footsoldier in this drug war at the same time. I'm well accustomed to being at war with the US.gov.
No, the problem is that, despite "Medical Marijuana" being passed by a majority of Michigan voters, the Republican Party (Governor, Atty General, Supreme Court, etc) has been having apoplectic fits over this law. The Attorney General and the Michigan Supreme Court have so restricted the "legal" use of medical marijuana that it is very difficult for a card-holder to not violate some un-"official opinion". It's the cop's bosses that let this happen. Yes, cops would hate to see weed be legalized; the "War on Drugs" has given officers powers well beyond constitutional limits. I am not saying all, or even a majority, abuse the law, just that the "War on Drugs" has truly decimated most 4th Amendment protections. An officer can claim he or she smelled marijuana and that gives them RAS to do what they want. No-knock warrants were rare until the police argued that the homeowner could be flusing weed down the toilet. But the blame for this lies clearly at the Republican Leadership(sic) in this state. If they would honor the will of Michigan's citizen's, the LEOs would most likely fall in line right behind them.
I do not disagree but with the last part of your post. No matter what, some LEO won't be able to get past it, just like some of them in their views on OC. It's human nature to some extent.
True.
Couple Michigan's law enforcement/ judicial system's disdain for medical marijuana with Michigan's "Shall issue", but really "May Issue", CPL law, I can't see this turning out well for the OP's nephew
