Pubdate: Wed, 11 Aug 2010
Source: Detroit Free Press (MI)
Copyright: 2010 Detroit Free Press
Contact: http://www.freep.com/article/99999999/opinion04/50926009
Website: http://www.freep.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/125
Referenced: The ballot proposal http://www.saferdetroit.net/legallang.php
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?275 (Cannabis - Michigan)

LEGALIZATION OF POT WON'T BE ON CITY BALLOT

The Detroit Election Commission voted 3-0 Monday to reject a Nov. 2 
ballot proposal that would have asked Detroit voters to legalize 
possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Members of the commission said they were following a recommendation 
by the city's Law Department, which said the proposal was pre-empted 
by state law forbidding possession of the drug. Detroit attorney Matt 
Abel, a petition organizer, said: "This would have sent a message to 
the police that they should focus on more serious crime." Abel said 
he and others behind the proposal were considering filing an appeal 
in Wayne County Circuit Court. 
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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake