WHAT THE MICHIGAN MEDICAL MARIJUANA ASSOCIATION DOES

The Michigan Medical Marijuana Association (M3A) was organized as an
umbrella group to serve the entire state of Michigan. We are
incorporated as a non-profit and aspire to be Michigan's leading
advocate for medical marijuana patients and the community. We provide
education, advocacy and open communication to our members, uniting
ourselves into one community and one state. But we are not a
substitute for local action.

To serve those local communities M3A Compassion Clubs have began
meeting in libraries and back rooms around the state. The first
meeting of the Lansing Compassion Club met recently at Hydrobiz along
Barnes Avenue with plans to continue meeting bi-weekly. A second
group expects to begin meeting soon at Gone Wired Caf. And activists
from surrounding counties attended the kick-off to learn how to
launch Compassion Clubs in their own communities. It only takes a spark.

M3A Compassion Clubs are patient support groups. A place for medical
marijuana patients, their caregivers and those who care about them to
safely meet and offer mutual support -- no different than any other
condition-based patient support group. Compassion Clubs are sources
of information, emotional support and referrals. Things people do as
a community.

M3A Compassion Clubs are neither medical marijuana hook-up sessions
nor are they a place to swap seeds or clones. It wouldn't be
appropriate for patients at an HIV/AIDS support group to break out
their medications and start swapping around. It's not appropriate at
our meetings either. Transfers of medical marijuana and genetic
material are private matters best done in private. By the same token,
what members talk about or do in private away from the meeting is
none of our business either.

Any recreational marijuana user attending an M3A Compassion Clubs
looking to score will be sorely disappointed. Our meetings are open
to the public and are often held in public places. The Michigan
Medical Marijuana Act prohibits smoking medical marijuana in public
and smoking anything -- just like tobacco products -- is illegal
inside public buildings anywhere in Michigan. These are not smoke
sessions; they are a place where people who have lived in the shadows
for too long can finally come together and openly support each other.

To find out the time, date and location of M3A Compassion Clubs,
visit our website at: www.MichiganMedicalMarijuana.org or contact us
at: info@MichiganMedicalMarijuana.org