Is Marijuana a Controlled Substance?
Yes – When you don’t follow the rules and regulations allowed by the powers at be they may refer you back to the public health code or federal laws and charge you with the laws still on the books.
Controlled Substances Schedule 1
PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978
333.7212 Schedule 1; controlled substances.
Except as provided in subsection (2), Marihuana, including pharmaceutical-grade cannabis
(2) Marihuana, including pharmaceutical-grade cannabis, is a schedule 2 controlled substance if it is manufactured, obtained, stored, dispensed, possessed, grown, or disposed of in compliance with this act and as authorized by federal authority.
There’s more…
(d) Synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extractives of cannabis and synthetic substances, derivatives, and their isomers with similar chemical structure or pharmacological activity, or both, such as the following, are included in schedule 1:(i) /\1 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers.(ii) /\6 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers.(iii) /\3,4, cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers.(e) Synthetic cannabinoids. As used in this subdivision, “synthetic cannabinoids” includes any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that is not otherwise listed as a controlled substance in this schedule or in schedules II through V, is not approved by the federal food and drug administration as a drug, and contains any quantity of the following substances, their salts, isomers (whether optical, positional, or geometric), homologues (analogs), and salts of isomers and homologues (analogs), unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers, homologues (analogs), and salts of isomers and homologues (analogs) is possible within the specific chemical designation:
There are references to a lot of chemical compound and mixtures here in the Michigan Public Health Code they can throw into your alleged marijuana charges…
333.7212 Schedule 1; controlled substances.
Controlled Substance List Schedule 2
PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978
(e) Marihuana, but only for the purpose of treating a debilitating medical condition as that term is defined in section 3(b) of the Michigan medical marihuana act, 2008 IL 1, MCL 333.26423, and as authorized under this act.
Controlled Substances Benchbook–Revised Edition 2023
This benchbook is not intended to be an authoritative statement by the justices of the Michigan Supreme Court regarding any of the substantive issues discussed.
Several cases in this book have been reversed, vacated, or overruled in part and/or to the extent that they contained a specific holding on one issue or another. Generally, trial courts are bound by decisions of the Court of Appeals “until another panel of the Court of Appeals or [the Supreme] Court rules otherwise[.]”
MJI – Controlled Substances Benchbook (michigan.gov)
NOTE:
This information is current as of May 2023 and may change or may not change. It is best to consult an Attorney for any charges related to this subject.
Cannabis Regulatory Agency
Links for updates and information
