Cannabis lawyers in Michigan are fighting back over the state’s “wet marijuana” law.
Medical marijuana caregivers and cultivators in the state cannot process their plants due to the law. According to a Court of Appeals ruling on July 19th in case People v. Vanessa Mansour, “wet marijuana” is not covered by state law.
Wet marijuana is basically marijuana that’s harvested from the plant but not dried out yet.
“Now, they’ve made it so you can’t even comply with the law,” remarked Matthew Abel, senior partner of Cannabis Counsel LLC.
“Obviously, it doesn’t go immediately from being a plant to being dried cannabis.
There has to be a drying, or curing process. I think this court lacks some understanding.”
In the case, People v. Vanessa Mansour, Mansour who is a medical marijuana patient, had her defense argue that the marijuana that was drying in her home was not usable — and therefore qualified her for immunity under state law and should not be considered as authorities drew up their charges. Police had raided her home and found marijuana buds in various stages of drying as well as dried marijuana buds.
Medical marijuana defense lawyers argue that it is almost guaranteed that during the growing process their plants will become illegal while they dry.
