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East Lansing voters to consider marijuana proposal May 5

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 07:03

EAST LANSING – Advocates of marijuana decriminalization, like East Lansing lawyer and activist Jeffrey Hank, are sometimes surprised at how far their efforts have come.

“That is quite an interesting picture of the times we live in, when sensible marijuana law reform is agreed on by everyone and is the least controversial subject on the ballot,” Hank wrote in an e-mail. “Fifteen or 20 years ago that would have been unthinkable.”

One of three proposals on the May 5 ballot for East Lansing voters would repeal the city’s marijuana laws and allow the use, possession and transfer of up to 1 ounce of the drug on private property by people 21 and older.

Lansing voters approved a similar amendment in 2013 and numerous cities across the state have passed decriminalization measures, including Detroit, Ferndale and Kalamazoo.

The measure would not permit use in public or anywhere on the Michigan State...

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