Marijuana Law Reform – NORML
By a huge margin, 3,008,980 to 1,792,870, Michigan’s voters approved a ballot measure legalizing physician directed medical marijuana, making it America’s thirteenth state to legalize medical marijuana. State medical marijuana laws now cover over 25 percent of the nation’s population. Michigan became the first Midwest state to join this growing green fraternity.A review the Michigan State Auditor’s website and their county-by-county election results proves interesting reading. Medical marijuana won in every single county! All 83 counties in the state of Michigan—urban, suburban, or rural passed the measure, and by a margin of over a million votes. It had won in farming, logging, mining, and manufacturing counties! Everywhere the question was asked in Michigan on November 4, the electorate said yes to medical marijuana. In the state’s five largest urban counties, the margins were enormous, an eye-popping 2:1 vote for marijuana.
Medical marijuana received 130,000 more votes in Michigan than even the Obama victory did.
Of the twelve states or districts that have put cannabis medicine to a vote since 1996, eleven of them passed medical marijuana, with only South Dakota defeating the measure with a low of 48% support. The other measures passed with votes from 54% to 69%. (1996: CA 56%, AZ 65%; 1998 OR 55%, WA 59%, AK 58%, DC 69%; 1999 ME 61%; 2000 CO 54%, NV 65%; 2004 MT 62%; 2006 SD 48%; 2008 MI 63% – Arizona’s and DC’s laws are inoperable, though, since Arizona relies on federal prescriptions and DC was blocked from implementing the law by the Barr Amendment.)
Due the that hard time that we all have gone through i feel the growing of Medical Marijuana is what the usa needs to find there inner peace. Yes there has been problems with peolpe using Marijuana for things that hurt others un the past but with the way the world is whats a joint or to help with the pain of loss and other Medical reasons this world needs change what will you do to make it a better place
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Russ or anyone, do we know the Gov of Michigans stance on this issue? She seems to be on oBAMAs allstar committee as well. She was standing behind him in his first presser and she seems to be representing him on the news stations, while being mentioned for his cabinet.
I would think she, with numbers passing like that, she will be forced to side with the people and if she is whispering in oBAMAs ear, maybe that could bode well for us and this issue.