Metro Times is proud to announce the second annual Higher Ground: A Home Grown Event.

Higher Ground will take place on Friday, June 24 at Eastern Market Shed 3 beginning at 6 p.m. and running until 10 p.m. Higher Ground will focus on showcasing the metro area medicinal marijuana culture and hydroponics businesses as well as a live panel discussion moderated by Metro Times News Editor Curt Guyette.

Panel topics covered will range from culture to legality issues from law enforcement to the politics of pot. The panel will look at the people involved, the activists, the patients, the entrepreneurs, the critics and more.

Cover charge is $5. A portion of the proceeds and beverage sales will benefit Higher Ground, a local HIV/Aids Awareness Group. Founded in 2002, Higher Ground's mission is to empower people living with HIV/AIDS by providing holistic support that develops and maintains the body, mind, spirit, and dignity of the whole person.

"Higher Ground is happy to partner up with Metro Times once again this year for the Higher Ground: A Home Grown Event" Rick Henning, founder of Higher Ground HIV/AIDS Awareness Group. "We are very happy that we can be a part of this fun and informative event that brings the Michigan Medical Marijuana community together. Higher Ground is a 100% all volunteer organization that helps people living HIV/AIDS in the Metro Detroit Area."

Henning is a Detroit City Council 2007 Spirit of Detroit award winner. For more information on Higher Ground, please visit http://www.hghiv.org.

Summer Higher Ground Panelists:

John Reiser is an assistant prosecuting attorney for Wayne County. He previously served in the same position for Oakland County.

Matt Abel is a Detroit attorney whose firm Cannabis Counsel specializes in marijuana related cases. Clients include patients, doctors, caregivers and cultivators, and religious adherents.

Brandy Zink is an ambassador for the group Americans for Safe Access, an organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens who promote the safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research.

Maurice "Moe" Cheetham is founder and director of the Midtown Detroit Cannabis Compassion Club.

Higher Ground Launch Event Pictures from Fall 2010

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