Medical marijuana patients are dead serious when they are saying we need our medication. The sterotype of marijuana users and the dispensaries, collectives and cooperatives that allowing marijuana patients to obtain their medication needs to be stopped. These people have serious ailments and have the right to get their medication.

Studies have shown time after time that medical marijuana has siginifcant medicinal value and can help people around the world.

LANSING -- Nearly 1,000 people gathered on the steps and lawn of the state Capitol on Wednesday to decry attempts to change the law passed by voters in 2008 that allows for the use of medical marijuana.

With the distinct aroma of marijuana in the air and signs declaring, "Let My People Grow," and "Fight Criminals, not Sick People," the gathering was one part Hash Bash and one part protest rally.

Speaker after speaker decried a Court of Appeals ruling that said medical marijuana dispensaries are illegal and the subsequent raids on dispensaries. They lashed out at the Legislature and Attorney General Bill Schuette for bills that would make the law more restrictive. About 63% of voters approved the law.

Six legislators said last month they would introduce bills that would prohibit felons from becoming caregivers, clarify what is a debilitating condition, prohibit dispensaries within 500 feet of a church, school or day care center and require a full physician workup -- including medical histories -- before a doctor can certify someone as a medical marijuana user.