MINORML Demands That Danny D. Trevino's 15 year sentence for Federal Marijuana "Crimes" be commuted immediately by the President of the United States of America

Daniel Dario Trevino from Lansing Michigan is the longest serving Medical Marijuana prisoner in the United States of America. He is currently serving a 15 year federal prison sentence for the following crimes.

On August 23, 2019 Danny Trevino was found guilty by a jury of his "peers" in Federal Court in Grand Rapids Michigan on 10 counts of:

• Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises, 

• Conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with the intent to sell marijuana. 

  
  

Mr. Trevino was convicted of possessing 100 or more plants under federal law. The business name was Hydro-World with locations in Lansing and Jackson Michigan operating under state law as defined by the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act of 2008. HIs business was harassed and raided 26 times by local by the Michigan State Police. He was found not guilty in all of the cases in state court. This policy was promoted by Attorney General Bill Schuette and 1st ward Lansing City Council-member Jodi Washington. It targeted mostly minority business owners and, others who did not have the capital assets to stay in business in 2010 under the Snyder administration.

This action enraged former State Attorney General Bill Schuette so much that he went Judge shopping at the Western District Federal Court in Grand Rapids Michigan. On January 28, 2020, Trevino was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison for medical marijuana from Judge Paul L. Maloney.

We are demanding that our elected Federal legislators perform an onsite visit to his facility to expedite his release. Every Senator and Representative is authorized to visit a federal facility as a part of their oversight duties of federal facilities. This message is for entire Michigan Congressional Delegation (2 Senators and 13 Representatives) to take action and get this man released immediately.

While Mr. Trevino is in a Federal Prison Cell in Terre Haute Indiana, Marijuana has become a billion dollar industry in 40 out of 50 States in the United States of America. It takes 38 states to change the constitution for Federal Legalization of Cannabis. Additionally, we are deeply disappointed by President Joe Biden for not pardoning Mr. Trevino. We hope that President Donald Trump can pardon Mr. Trevino immediately to make things right.

It is high time to bring our P.O.Ws.(Prisoners Of Weed) out of federal prison and remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances List.

Contact Information

DANIEL DARIO TREVINO #22241-040

Located at: FCI Terre Haute Indiana www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/tha/

Release Date:  12/29/2033

Representative Tom Barrett - Mr. Trevino's Constituent www.barrett.house.gov

US Attorney's office of the Western District of Michigan - Press Release US vs Daniel Dario Trevino

Senator Elissa Slotkin www.slotkin.senate.gov

Senator Gary Peters www.peters.senate.gov

MINORML Opposes Saliva Testing Legislation in Michigan

We are urging Governor Gretchen Whitmer to veto House Bills 4930 and 4931 because testing a persons saliva as a measurement of impairment generates an abnormal number of false positive results. This will harm many innocent people with higher insurance rates, wrongful incarceration, and vendors of the testing machines making large profits on the pockets of Michigan citizens.

Roadside oral fluid (saliva) testing has been promoted as a tool for detecting recent drug use by drivers. However, saliva testing does not measure impairment, only the presence of trace metabolites or active compounds. This distinction is crucial. In the case of THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, presence in saliva does not correlate with intoxication or actual driving impairment.

The Michigan legislature decision to fast-track this legislation only demonstrates the reckless greed of special interests such as the manufacturers of the testing equipment and, legislators who have a vested interest in the revenue generated by the increased arrests and conviction of Michigan Citizens. We urge the Michigan Senate and Governor Whitmer to soundly reject this attack on responsible consumers of cannabis users in the State of Michigan.

In conclusion, the use of roadside saliva tests is scientifically unsound, constitutionally risky, and socially unjust. Michigan NORML calls on all lawmakers to reject these flawed proposals and instead support evidence-based policies that protect both public safety and civil liberties.

We urge the Michigan Legislature to vote NO on any bill that would authorize roadside saliva testing for cannabis.