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Metro Times, 19 Dec 2012 – A Question Of Priorities For Federal And State Officials The preliminary reaction from the federal government regarding legally regulated marijuana in Colorado and Washington state seems fairly benign. During an exclusive interview with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama that aired on ABC’s "20/20" on Friday evening, Barbara Walters asked him if marijuana should be legalized.

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Traverse City Record-Eagle, 09 Dec 2012 – You might think last month’s presidential election proved one thing: That there are no longer any racial barriers to success in America. But last weekend, author Michelle Alexander came to Detroit and told a spellbound audience that while she once shared that illusion, this happy image is anything but true. Instead, in a powerful speech and a best-selling book, she argues that America has created a new "racial caste system that is the moral equivalent of Jim Crow."

The Oakland Press, 02 Dec 2012 – Well Greens, a medical marijuana dispensary poised to open its doors in Holly’s Hamilton Plaza, 15190 N. Holly Road, won’t be able to do it just yet after Holly’s Village Council failed to approve its business license during a Nov. 20 council meeting. Deemed to be non-controversial, the matter had originally been placed on the meeting’s consent agenda for council’s approval. However, the matter was discussed after Councilwoman Jackie Campbell asked that the issue be added to the agenda.

The Voice, 29 Nov 2012 – At the Nov. 20 Algonac City Council meeting, City Manager Doug Alexander proposed a first reading of a proposed ordinance amendment to the marijuana ordinance. City Attorney James Downey, Jr., in a letter to Alexander, stated his office had prepared a proposed ordinance in response to St. Clair County Sheriff Tim Donnellon for the city council’s approval: "It was triggered by a review of the city code performed in connection with the transition of police services to the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department."

The Voice, 30 Nov 2012 – The New Baltimore City Council is now left with no ordinance or moratorium addressing medical marijuana. On Nov. 26 the council again turned down a proposed ordinance that would have allowed the growth and sale of marijuana in specified sites for caregivers and patients. This ordinance was more reflective of what the Planning Commission wanted; it did not allow the growth of marijuana in any place but the industrial district in the city.

The Voice, 30 Nov 2012 – A judge admitted skepticism but is allowing two men convicted of distributing marijuana to continue using the drug for medical purposes. Dean Ferretti, 38, of Utica, and Kent Currie, 40, of Kimball Township, were sentenced to two years probation Thursday by Judge David Viviano of Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens.