Can Michigan Legalize it?


There is a new petition going around right now, needing 50,000 signatures to make all out legalization of cannabis in michigan a proposistion on November's ballot.
Below I have included the actual amendment, please read what changes could take effect:
INITIATIVE PETITION
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
A PETITION TO LEGALIZE AND REGULATE MARIJUANA WITHIN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN BY AMENDING ARTICLE 4 OF THE MICHIGAN CONSTITUTION TO ADD A SECTION 55 WHICH WOULD READ AS FOLLOWS:

Article 4, Section 55
Except as provided in this section, no law or regulation shall be enacted or enforced which restrains or abridges the right of any person who has reached the age of 21 years from the personal cultivation or possession of marijuana or marijuana products. A marijuana product is any product containing marijuana plant parts.

Industrial hemp is defined as marijuana plant parts or products containing less than a 0.3% delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration and shall not be regulated by any governmental body or agency in Michigan, except that any law, ordinance, or regulation which applies generally to the possession, cultivation, manufacturing, processing, production, or sale of a product may be applied to the possession, cultivation, manufacturing, processing, production, or sale of industrial hemp.

Marijuana may be provided to persons in Michigan under 21 years of age for treatment prescribed by a physician licensed in Michigan. If the person is under the age of 18, marijuana shall only be provided with the consent of such person’s parent or legal guardian.

Any Michigan resident who has reached the age of 21 years may apply to the liquor control commission for a certificate to cultivate marijuana in Michigan for sale to authorized retailers and manufacturers within Michigan. The cost of such certificate shall not exceed $1,000.00 and may not be denied except for age or residency.

Any Michigan resident who has reached the age of 21 years may apply to the liquor control commission for a certificate to manufacture marijuana products in Michigan from marijuana grown in Michigan for sale to authorized retailers within Michigan. The cost of such certificate shall not exceed $1,000.00 and may not be denied except for age or residency.

Any retailer legally authorized to sell alcoholic beverages is authorized to sell marijuana grown in Michigan or marijuana products from marijuana grown and processed in Michigan to any person in Michigan who has reached the age of 21 years, during the hours so authorized to sell alcoholic beverages. No governmental body or agency of Michigan shall set prices on marijuana or marijuana products and total taxes shall not exceed thirty-five (35%) percent of retail prices. The liquor control commission shall require retailers of marijuana and marijuana products to have a copy of the growers’ and manufacturers’ certificates on hand and manufacturers of marijuana products to have a copy of the growers’ certificates on hand and to require all retail packaging of marijuana and marijuana products to include the appropriate Michigan certificate number(s).

Nothing in this section shall limit the legislature or a political subdivision from prohibiting or regulating the cultivation, possession or use of marijuana on any land or in any building or other facility owned, rented or operated by Michigan, or any city, county, public college, university, community college, school district, or other political subdivision or governmental body or agency.

Nothing in this section shall limit the power of the legislature or a political subdivision from prohibiting a person from operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of marijuana or while impaired by marijuana, from smoking marijuana in a public place, or from being in a public place while visibly under the influence of marijuana.

Nothing in this section shall limit the right of the owner of any property from prohibiting the cultivation or possession of marijuana or marijuana products on the owner’s property.

If you would like to get involved with this local initiative,
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