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Michigan's Public Health Code classifies Heroin as a Schedule 1 drug. [9] Possession of heroin is a felony. Possessing any mixture containing heroin is punished according to how many grams the mixture contains. Punishments are as follows: less than 50 grams: up to 4 years in prison or up to $25,000 in fines, or both.
Prescription drug monitoring programs, or PDMPs, are an example of one initiative proposed to alleviate effects of the opioid crisis. [1] The programs are designed to restrict prescription drug abuse by limiting a patient's ability to obtain similar prescriptions from multiple providers (i.e. “doctor shopping”) and reducing diversion of controlled substances.
On November 6, 2018, Michigan voters approved Proposal 1 by a 56–44 margin, making Michigan the 10th state (and first in the Midwest) to legalize cannabis for recreational use. [ 17 ] The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act allows persons age 21 and over to possess up to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 ounces (71 g) of cannabis in public, up to 10 ...
This week, Freep readers weighed in on current events and ways Michigan lawmakers can enact change. Michigan Legislature should decriminalize drug paraphernalia during lame duck | Letters Skip to ...
A Michigan bill would make it clear that a new generation of cancer drugs must be covered by state health plans. Scripps News-ProPublica investigation sparks Michigan cancer drug bill Skip to main ...
The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II. The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.
A Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO, pronounced rio), also called a Health Information Exchange Organization, is a multistakeholder organization created to facilitate a health information exchange (HIE) – the transfer of healthcare information electronically across organizations – among stakeholders of that region's healthcare system.
The law's passage is the product of many years of work by legislative champions, patients, their loved ones, and advocacy organizations, including MPP, Compassionate Care NY, and the Drug Policy Alliance. The new law will protect certain seriously ill patients who use marijuana pursuant to their doctors' advice from civil and criminal penalties.