Marijuana:
Michigan
Organizers
Hand
in
Signatures
for
Two
Local
Ballot
Initiatives
8/11/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/448/michigan_local_marijuana_initiatives_hand_in_signatures.shtml
Tim Beck of Michigan NORML reported via email Wednesday that two marijuana-related local initiatives had met their deadlines for handing in signatures. One initiative would make marijuana the lowest law enforcement priority, while the other one is a medical marijuana initiative.
In Niles, Southwest Michigan NORML chairman Don Barnes and campaign coordinator Greg Francisco presented the Niles city clerk Tuesday with 596 signatures to place a lowest priority initiative on the ballot. Under the initiative, possession or use of up to 1.1 ounces of marijuana by adults on private property would be the Niles Police Department's lowest law enforcement priority. They need 440 valid signatures to make the ballot. The city of Niles now has one week to announce whether enough valid signatures were turned in.
Also Tuesday, the Flint Coalition for Compassionate Care handed in over 2,000 signatures seeking to put a medical marijuana initiative before the voters there in November. The initiative would create a city ordinance granting medical marijuana users an exemption from the marijuana laws. The coalition needs 1,150 valid signatures and expects to have a yes or no by the end of next week.
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Issue #448
-- 8/11/06
Editorial:
Legalize
the
Drug
Trade
to
Cut
Off
Terrorism
Funding
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Feature:
South
Dakota
Medical
Marijuana
Patient
Sues
Attorney
General
Over
Bad
Ballot
Summary
Language
|
Feature:
Federal
Sentencing
Reform
Goes
NASCAR
|
Feature:
Signature
Drive
for
Portland
"Lowest
Priority"
Marijuana
Initiative
Falls
Short
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Marijuana:
Colorado
Legalization
Backers
Turn
in
110,000
Signatures
in
Ballot
Bid
|
Marijuana:
Michigan
Organizers
Hand
in
Signatures
for
Two
Local
Ballot
Initiatives
|
Medical
Marijuana:
AFSCME
Endorses
Medical
Marijuana
|
Harm
Reduction:
Boston
About
to
Move
to
Supply
Addicts
with
Heroin
Antidote
|
Methamphetamine:
Tennessee
Judge
Throws
Out
Manufacture
Precursor
Cases
|
Middle
East:
Now,
Israelis
Call
for
Boycott
of
Hezbollah
Hashish
|
Web
Scan:
New
Video
from
"Emperor
Of
Hemp"
Creator,
Jim
Hightower
on
Marijuana
War,
Spitzer
Flakes
on
Medical
Marijuana
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