A man in Michigan recently lost custody of his son over felony marijuana charges, despite his possession of a valid medical marijuana card. Max Lorincz is now in a legal battle, fighting to clear his name after being accused of possessing synthetic marijuana. He claims he suffers from a back injury, and that marijuana has significantly improved his symptoms. Lorincz’s case is expected to influence marijuana prosecutions in Michigan.
Police caught Lorincz after arriving at his house on an unrelated medical emergency. Prosecutors then charged Lorincz with a felony after a crime lab labeled his hash oil from “origin unknown,” meaning it could be synthetic. According to Michigan law, only leaves and flowers are legal, concentrates of the oil are against the law. Lorincz tells reporters that his case is currently going through the system, and while he is in court, he will have to switch back to powerful, highly addictive painkillers.
“The doctors are telling me one thing, the judge is saying another, and when I followed my doctor’s recommendations, that’s when my health started to get better,” said Lorincz. “Going back and following what the judge is saying, my health’s just been deteriorating ever since.”
The worst of the case is the custody loss of Lorincz’s six-year-old son. In court, a social worker testified against him, saying that his use of medical marijuana made him an unfit parent. Lorincz’s layer Michael Komorn believes that this decision is more political than case based. He claims that prosecutors influence the lab, in order to misreport results and get more convictions. What’s worse is that a former lab director confirmed Komorn’s claims.
John Collins, who used to be a lab director, said: “it was in my experience, it was just a nonstop political game that really got frustrating, and it wore down the morale of our staff, and quite honestly it wore me down.”
Currently, Lorincz and his wife reunited with their son after a judge dismissed the felony charge on account of there being a lack of evidence to prove that the hash oil was synthetic. The Michigan Prosecuting Attorneys Association has denied claims from Lorenz and Komorn.
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