I wonder if the Michigan lawmakers ever dreamed that their medical marijuana law would come to this. This is just another of many examples that medical marijuana laws are nothing but a big fucking farce.
EXPECTING A HIGH TURNOVER: MICHIGAN HEALTH SHOP OFFERS ‘FREE MARIJUANA IF YOU REGISTER TO VOTE’
Mail Online
July 29, 2011
Many people do say that politics has gone to pot.
But in this American health clinic that is exactly what has happened, as they are offering customers free marijuana if they register to vote.
The Your Healthy Choice Clinic of Lansing, Michigan, had been offering a half gram for each applicant ahead of a vote for city council seats.
This idea came after the council approved capping the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in the area and set a $1,000 application fee for each one.
Clinic owner Shekina Pena is fighting the plan but maintains she is not trying to buy votes by handing out drugs.
'We really got to fight to get the voters out there because the polls are showing there's 4-5,000 people in Lansing that are patients or caregivers,' she said.
'So we need those 4-5,000 people to come forth to the polls and vote for whomever they feel is in support of what they want for access.'
'We let them know how we feel, we don't tell them who to vote for,' she added.
'We definitely want to support the ones (city council members) who are supporting us.'
But it appears the incentive may soon go up in smoke.
On Wednesday, Michigan's attorney general, at the prodding of a state senator, said he was looking into whether the clinic crossed a legal line.
Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope said if the clinic tied the offer to voting for or against a particular person then it would definitely have crossed the legal line.
But Mrs Pena insisted that wasn't the case, yet Mr Swope says a line might have been crossed, noting that a website tagline — 'Vote for us and we'll vote for you.' — which suggested a close tie to candidates.
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