US CO: Column: Ready To Light Up? Not So Fast

Fruita Times, 22 Nov 2012 – Colorado voters on Election Day approved Amendment 64 by nearly 55 percent of the votes, joining Washington as the first states in the nation to legalize marijuana use, possession of up to one ounce, authorization to grow up to six plants per residence and made way for retail sales. So, let’s get out in the garden, open up retail pot shops and openly light up that joint whenever or wherever we feel like it.

US CO: Commissioners Say ‘No’ To Pot

Fruita Times, 16 Aug 2012 – The Mesa County commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution opposing Colorado Amendment 64, an amendment to the Article 18 of the Colorado state constitution legalization of recreational use of marijuana in Colorado. Voters will get a chance to address the measure on the November ballot and will consider the Amendment as follows:

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US MI: Court Slaps Down Local Ordinances

Sault Ste. Marie Evening News, 02 Aug 2012 – Marijuana cultivation cannot be regulated by local municipalities Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. – Wednesday’s ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals overturning local ordinances prohibiting the cultivation of medical marijuana should have little impact on Sault Ste. Marie residents, according to City Manager Spencer Nebel.

US MI: Appeals Court: Michigan Cities, Townships Can’t Ban Growing

Detroit Free Press, 02 Aug 2012 – LANSING – Michigan cities and townships cannot bar the cultivation and use of medical marijuana, a state appellate court has decided in a case involving an ordinance adopted by the city of Wyoming and challenged by a patient there. In an opinion released this morning, a unanimous three-judge panel of the court said the local ordinance was clearly pre-empted by the medical marijuana state law, and that local governments could not use the federal prohibition on marijuana as an excuse to ban it.