This article was originally published in The Midwest Cultivator, summer issue
Ed Boyke, a former General Motors employee who served in the Navy, became disabled in 1996 after undergoing two brain surgeries due to a tumor and epilepsy.
Boyke was approved for medical marijuana due to a pinched nerve that causes him severe back pain. He is his own caregiver and also a state-sanctioned caregiver for one additional patient.
On April 15, Boyke stepped outside of his Saginaw Township home and was surrounded by Saginaw County Sheriff’s deputies and U.S. DEA Agents. With weapons drawn, they served Boyke with a federal warrant to search his residence, based on confidential information that he had violated marijuana laws. They handcuffed Boyke while they executed the warrant.
