Michigan Legalizes Recreational Marijuana

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Michigan Legalizes Recreational Marijuana

Michigan voters have made their state the 10th in the U.S. to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes.

Michigan LegalizesProposal 18-1 has been given approval this evening by Michigan voters, with over 55% in support. Put forth by the Committee to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, the initiative legalizes the possession of up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana, or up to 10 ounces at a private residence, for those 21 and older. The measure also legalizes the personal cultivation of up to 12 marijuana plants.

In addition, the initiative legalizes a licensed and regulated system of marijuana retail outlets, which will be supplied by licensed cultivation centers. Marijuana will receive two taxes; a 10% excise tax plus the standard 6% sales tax.

Below is the official ballot summary that voters approved:

This proposal would:


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  • Allow individuals 21 and older to; purchase, possess a use marijuana and marijuana-infused edibles, and grow up to 12 marijuana plants for personal consumption.
  • Impose a 10-ounce limit for marijuana kept at residences and require amounts over 2.5 ounces be secured in locked containers.
  • Create a state licensing system for marijuana businesses and allow municipalities to ban or restrict them.
  • Permit retail sales of marijuana and edibles subject to a 10% tax, dedicated to implementation costs, clinical trials, schools, roads, and municipalities where marijuana businesses are located.
  • Change several current violations from crimes to civil infractions.

 

With the passage of Proposal 18-1, Michigan joins nine other states that have legalized marijuana for all uses. Those states are Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Alaska, Massachusetts, Maine, California, Nevada and Vermont. Of these states, only Vermont doesn’t allow marijuana retail outlets, and only Washington doesn’t allow marijuana to be cultivated for personal use.

For more information on Proposal 18-1, including the full text of the measure, click here.

5 Comments

  • Joe Eisler
    November 7, 2018

    Will this blog contain additional info ie; jobs, dispensaries, pot strains, ect..?

  • Anthony
    November 7, 2018

    So where do I go to buy weed then?

    • Will
      November 8, 2018

      I know a guy.

  • Donna Rickard
    November 8, 2018

    Is Wichita Kansas ever going to make it legal?!

  • Peter R. Gummerson
    November 20, 2018

    I wold like to know when the stigma will end of my people and I will not be put down for being a STONER..I suppose if I moved to Bellingham Washington on Nome Alaska the people would respect me. Because I am born in the upper pennsula of Michigan,you have 60% of the population that voted for the law 30% of those people are inot it for the mony….30% are legit smokers..Then you have the red necks that represent the other 40% of the population that love rhe idea of life consists of life in a bottle.The great thing is they will be dead in the next 3 to 10 years so they are history..That brings e back to the same point.I am a dead ringer to Einstein but that friKen stigma sign still around my neck saying STONER..

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