Ottawa Compassionate CareMedical Marijuana clinic opens in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, Mich — The first full-time medical marijuana clinic in southwest Michigan is open today in Kalamazoo.
Michigan Holistic Health is run by Dr. David Crocker, 44, will open at 500 W. Crosstown Parkway. It will be open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
How the examination works: You will bring your paper work from your current doctor or fax it over and make an appointment. Then you will have an exam and it will be determined by your conditions if you qualify for medical marijuana. You will pay $200 for the exam but only if you actually qualify.
People who come to the clinic will be asked to fill out a medical-history questionnaire just like your regular doctor, provide any medical records, and receive an exam.
Michigan’s medical-marijuana law was passed by voters in November 2008 and went into effect in December 2008 though the first qualifying cards were not distributed until April 2009. The MIDCH is the main regulatory office in Michigan for the Medical marijuana program. They take in the applications, make sure they are accurate, and submit the cards. The law allows registered patients to grow up to 12 plants and possess up to 2.5 ounces or have a registered caregiver grow them for the patient in an enclosed and locked facility.
There are a few medical marijuana clinics in Jackson, Farmington Hills and Southfield and some offer traveling clinic services like the THCF that visits other cities on a schedule.
I am a licensed grower and am really wondering where the average patient is learning just what kind of marijuana to use for your illness, very few Dr’s are saying smoke a certian strain of weed. All strains work differently, Sativa is used more in connection with mental health and epilepsey, while Indicus is used more for pain control. One is forced to do their own research for what to use if they REALLY want to help their particular ailment and even then if one grows their own they are stuck between a rock & a hard place when it comes to getting stock.
This is very true Dan. We aren’t allowed to do proper analytical research here in the US because the Government is standing in the way. That makes it difficult to find the correct match for each patients needs. Obviously physicians in the US know very little about cannabis and it’s efficacy so they sure wouldn’t know how to recommend what to use. They are very used to the drug companies coming to their conferences and pitching their product and telling what to use it for. It is often a one way street of info Drug companies > Doctors.