Friday, 28 March 2014

Detroit marijuana expo boasts 100 vendors and a magic bus ride to try out wares

At the fourth annual medical marijuana expo — being held through Sunday at Detroit’s Roostertail catering facility — a $15 admission fee lets patrons visit the booths of more than 100 vendors of medical-marijuana supplies, including costly gear for raising the plants as well as apparel and curios that celebrate the pot-loving lifestyle.


And according to an online promotion for the THC Expo, attendees who possess a state medical-marijuana card “will also be able to ride the magic vapor bus to a designated medicating site.”


But, as in previous years, that site’s location is kept secret to avoid difficulties with curious law-enforcement officers as well as news reporters, organizers said.


Expo impresario Tom French of Roseville said he hoped to attract 10,000 patrons this weekend, doubling the 5,000 attendance figure from last year’s THC Expo. The letters stand for the compound in marijuana thought to impart the drug’s effects and some of its medicinal qualities.


“I’m hoping a lot of people come out … because we’ve got new laws to think about,” French said.


One that went into effect April 1, 2013, requires anyone seeking a doctor’s approval for medical marijuana do so in a “bona fide doctor-patient relationship.” French’s expo offers on-site doctor approvals for those sending applications to Lansing, offered by the same physician who provides exams year-round at French’s business, American Medical Marijuana Professionals. French charges $150 for the doctor’s exam and assistance with state paperwork, he said.


That complies with the state law because French retains records for every patient and encourages follow-up exams, he said — in contrast with so-called pot doctors who set up temporary sites in motels and provide approvals after cursory exams.


A bill pending in Lansing would allow Michiganders to possess so-called medibles — the nickname for edible forms of medical marijuana, such as brownies infused with the drug. Passage of the bill is crucial to many medical-marijuana users, who often don’t wish to smoke the drug but instead consume it orally, said state Rep. Eileen Kowall, R-White Lake Township, the originating sponsor of the bill.


But Michigan state police have objected that they can’t tell whether a person is over the state-allowed limit of 2.5 ounces of usable medical marijuana if they’ve mixed the cannabis in a large quantity of foodstuffs, Kowall said Thursday.


She said she is working to resolve the issue.


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Detroit marijuana expo boasts 100 vendors and a magic bus ride to try out wares

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