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Michigan Marijuana Campaign Gets Off The Ground

Advocates of legalizing recreational marijuana will quickly begin collecting signatures needed to send the bills to lawmakers and maybe voters.

The Board of State Canvassers approved the petitions. The pro-pot ballot committee must gather about 252,000 valid voter signatures within a six-month period to submit the bills to the Republican-led Legislature. If the lawmakers refuse to vote on it, marijuana would be on a statewide ballot in November 2018.
A new ballot committee, Keep Pot out of Neighborhoods and Schools, has emerged to oppose the drive.