A new area office is working to try and connect people with diseases covered by the Michigan Marijuana Program with participating doctors – and defeat the negative stereotypes associated marijuana use.
Christina Sheerin, of Lansing, has opened Green Today Cannabis Certification Services, 428 Corunna Ave., an office that provides medical marijuana certifications and renewals, patient-caregiver referrals and education classes on how to grow your own marijuana.
Many family doctors do not participate in the medical marijuana program, and therefore they do not write certifications for their patients to get marijuana. Sheerin said her business seeks to connect these patients with a doctor that is willing to write a certification.
"Not all patients can qualify through their own doctor," Sheerin said.
However, Sheerin said her business is not like others that simply write a medical marijuana certification in exchange for money. Green Today Cannabis Certification Services brings in a board-certified Lansing-area doctor who reviews a patient's medical files and works to determine if medical marijuana is a good fit for the patient.
Sheerin said first-time certifications cost $200, while renewals are $150. Although Sheerin said the prices might be higher than those of similar businesses, she said her office offers a safe secure location for patients – a promise other businesses can't make.
Apart from certifying patients, Green Today Cannabis Certification Services also help match patients with potential caregivers.
According to state law, state certified caregivers can legally grow up to 12 marijuana plants each for up to five certified patients.
Sheerin, who is a patient and caregiver herself, said this could be a beneficial activity for people that have been affected by the sour economy.
"I want to help bring jobs to the city," Sheerin said.
Sheerin said the business also helps refer patients to growing suppliers and paraphernalia suppliers, as well as offer help on how to grow their own personal medical marijuana.
She also said she is trying to bring in a guest speaker, Danny Trevino, to teach patients and caregivers how to grow marijuana.
Trevino is a medical marijuana instructor at the Lansing-based Hydrocollege, an organization that teaches people how to successfully grow marijuana and navigate the laws laid out by the Medical Marijuana Program.
Sheerin said she is trying to find roughly 40 people to participate in the class.
The Corunna Avenue office does not currently supply or store any marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia, but Sheerin said it could be something she might be interested in once the courts finalize rules on marijuana dispensaries.
Green Today Cannabis Certification Services is now accepting patients. To make an appointment or to enroll in a class call 725-6256.
NewsHawk: Ganjarden: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: The Argus-Press
Author: GARY RIDLEY
Contact: The Argus-Press
Copyright: 2010 The Argus-Press
Website: A new kind of green
* Thanks to MedicalNeed for submitting this article
Christina Sheerin, of Lansing, has opened Green Today Cannabis Certification Services, 428 Corunna Ave., an office that provides medical marijuana certifications and renewals, patient-caregiver referrals and education classes on how to grow your own marijuana.
Many family doctors do not participate in the medical marijuana program, and therefore they do not write certifications for their patients to get marijuana. Sheerin said her business seeks to connect these patients with a doctor that is willing to write a certification.
"Not all patients can qualify through their own doctor," Sheerin said.
However, Sheerin said her business is not like others that simply write a medical marijuana certification in exchange for money. Green Today Cannabis Certification Services brings in a board-certified Lansing-area doctor who reviews a patient's medical files and works to determine if medical marijuana is a good fit for the patient.
Sheerin said first-time certifications cost $200, while renewals are $150. Although Sheerin said the prices might be higher than those of similar businesses, she said her office offers a safe secure location for patients – a promise other businesses can't make.
Apart from certifying patients, Green Today Cannabis Certification Services also help match patients with potential caregivers.
According to state law, state certified caregivers can legally grow up to 12 marijuana plants each for up to five certified patients.
Sheerin, who is a patient and caregiver herself, said this could be a beneficial activity for people that have been affected by the sour economy.
"I want to help bring jobs to the city," Sheerin said.
Sheerin said the business also helps refer patients to growing suppliers and paraphernalia suppliers, as well as offer help on how to grow their own personal medical marijuana.
She also said she is trying to bring in a guest speaker, Danny Trevino, to teach patients and caregivers how to grow marijuana.
Trevino is a medical marijuana instructor at the Lansing-based Hydrocollege, an organization that teaches people how to successfully grow marijuana and navigate the laws laid out by the Medical Marijuana Program.
Sheerin said she is trying to find roughly 40 people to participate in the class.
The Corunna Avenue office does not currently supply or store any marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia, but Sheerin said it could be something she might be interested in once the courts finalize rules on marijuana dispensaries.
Green Today Cannabis Certification Services is now accepting patients. To make an appointment or to enroll in a class call 725-6256.
NewsHawk: Ganjarden: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: The Argus-Press
Author: GARY RIDLEY
Contact: The Argus-Press
Copyright: 2010 The Argus-Press
Website: A new kind of green
* Thanks to MedicalNeed for submitting this article
