October 31, 2018 Deadline for Caregivers and The Changing Marihuana Dynamic in Michigan
Caregivers and the DoDo Marijuana and extinct birds would seemingly never ever show up in any conversation. However, in speaking with our marijuana clients, most of them are asking about the stability of the Caregiver model, especially as it was pushed for several years. What many in the industry have referred to as the "Caregiver Model" is going the way of the Do-Do bird on October 31, 2018. Halloween this year will certainly be the extinction event for the caregiver model as several have actually recognized it for several years here in Michigan. While Caregivers will certainly continue to have the ability to grow and offer to their registered patients, and for themselves, if they are also registered qualifying patients, the "gray market" where they were offering their overages, and making a pretty good revenue, is coming to an end. What was the "Caregiver Model?" Under the old "Caregiver Model," a Registered Caregiver might grow up to seventy-t...