[URL]http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/GR-voters-decriminalize-marijuana[/URL]
[quote=]GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - Getting caught with some pot in Grand Rapids is now a civil infraction similar to a parking ticket after voters OK'd the city-wide Proposal 2.With 74 percent of votes in, Proposal 2 showed 60 percent of Grand Rapids residents voted 'yes' on the proposal, while 40 percent voted 'no'.
Modeled after Ann Arbor's decades-old law, [B]Proposal 2 makes a first-time pot possession offense a $25 fine[/B], $50 for a second offense and $100 for the third (and any subsequent) offenses.
It would [B]not change the law regarding selling marijuana[/B].
"We're spending $2.5 million a year to arrest people usually between the ages of 18 and 25, which results not only in lost money because we're not getting much positive again out of it. We're not curbing use rates," [B]Michael Tuffelmire, the director of Decriminalize GR[/B], told 24 Hour News 8 in October.
In September, Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell, former Mayor John Logie, current city commissioners and State Rep. Brandon Dillon all appeared at a press conference put on by Decriminalize GR organizers to support the plan.[/quote]
One step at a time.
Late
Where?
[QUOTE=Keegs;38352507][URL]http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/GR-voters-decriminalize-marijuana[/URL]
One step at a time.[/QUOTE]
with all the news I've been seeing it's like 5 steps at a time
there's 5-ish headlines in this subforum about decriminalization of marijuana already
I didn't expect any of this to happen, but hey, cool. I'll take free progression.
What about Federal laws?
Don't they supersede state law.. O.o
I heard about this proposal this morning, oh if only I lived a couple miles north! Oh well, at least it passed!
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