Effective January 1, 2019, it is now a crime to operate a marihuana facility in Michigan without a license. The new law was signed by Governor Snyder on December 28, 2019 and was part of a host of changes made to the Michigan Medical Marihuana Licensing Act (MMMLA) just prior…
Reinstate License Online Michigan | Lawyers to Help Get License Back If your license was revoked due to multiple OWI convictions, then a license revocation lawyer will help maximize the chances of getting your license back. It is possible to do it yourself, but this is not recommended. Don’t let…
OWI and OUIL are acronyms describing two different ways a prosecutor can prove the crime of drunk driving in Michigan. The acronym OWI refers to the more general crime, while OUIL describes a specific way to prove a specific crime which is that of drunk driving. In other words, the…
Now that Michigan has legalized the recreational use of marijuana, many citizens want to know how they can possess and use recreational marijuana without running afoul of the law. It will take many years for the legislators and courts to sort this all out, and in the meanwhile, recreational users…
In the past decade, the United States Supreme Court has issued several opinions addressing a DUI defendant’s right to confront a breath or blood test used by the prosecution to prove intoxication at trial. In legal terms, the word “confront” essentially means cross-examine. An example of this confrontation right in…
No, according to Federal law, you are not allowed to both use medical or recreational marijuana and have a Michigan Concealed Pistol License (CPL). This is due to a conflict in state and federal law. Michigan is not the only state facing this dilemma. For example, a man in Pennsylvania…
Yes, when you’ve been stopped for drunk driving the police must read you your rights. In fact, the police may be required to read to you three separate sets of rights; one related to the roadside or preliminary breath test (PBT), the second set of rights related to the second…
It is an undeniable truth that police officers have a much more difficult time detecting stoned drivers when compared with the relatively easy task of detecting drunk drivers. There are many reasons for this and first among them is that marijuana does not impact driving anywhere near the way alcohol…
Recreational marijuana will soon be legal in Michigan. Known as proposal one, which passed by a large margin, marijuana won’t officially become “legal” until 10 days after the election is certified by the state board of Canvassers. This is expected to happen sometime in early December. However, the enabling legislation…
Now that the recreational use of marijuana is lawful in Michigan many area police departments are getting ready to identify and arrest more THC impaired drivers. For example, the Grand Rapids Police Department has requested federal funding that will allow them to send additional officers for DRE training. According to…