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Ferndale may once again be at the front lines of the battle to decriminalize marijuana.
Pot advocates filed petitions Tuesday in Ferndale to ask voters in November to decriminalize pot in the city.
"This is America and I feel like freedoms are being taken away from of us every day," said Andrew Cissell, 25, of Ferndale, who submitted the petition signatures at City Hall. "People are going to smoke weed if they want."
The move is part of a statewide effort and activists said they also were filing petitions for ballot proposals to decriminalize marijuana in Jackson on Tuesday, and in Lansing by Aug. 6.
A recent University of Michigan Dearborn graduate, Cissell said he studied finance and is involved in a legal marijuana-related business.
Cissell said he collected about 600 petition signatures – nearly twice the 364 required to get the pot proposal on the ballot in Ferndale.
Cissell was joined at City Hall by former Ferndale Mayor Craig Covey and longtime marijuana activist Tim Beck, who was a prime mover in the statewide Medical Marijuana act that Michigan voters passed in 2008.
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Source: dailytribune.com
Author: Michael P. McConnell
Contact: Oakland County News - MI News | Daily Tribune
Website: Pot decriminalization votes pushed in Ferndale, Jackson, Lansing - Daily Tribune
Pot advocates filed petitions Tuesday in Ferndale to ask voters in November to decriminalize pot in the city.
"This is America and I feel like freedoms are being taken away from of us every day," said Andrew Cissell, 25, of Ferndale, who submitted the petition signatures at City Hall. "People are going to smoke weed if they want."
The move is part of a statewide effort and activists said they also were filing petitions for ballot proposals to decriminalize marijuana in Jackson on Tuesday, and in Lansing by Aug. 6.
A recent University of Michigan Dearborn graduate, Cissell said he studied finance and is involved in a legal marijuana-related business.
Cissell said he collected about 600 petition signatures – nearly twice the 364 required to get the pot proposal on the ballot in Ferndale.
Cissell was joined at City Hall by former Ferndale Mayor Craig Covey and longtime marijuana activist Tim Beck, who was a prime mover in the statewide Medical Marijuana act that Michigan voters passed in 2008.
News Hawk- Truth Seeker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: dailytribune.com
Author: Michael P. McConnell
Contact: Oakland County News - MI News | Daily Tribune
Website: Pot decriminalization votes pushed in Ferndale, Jackson, Lansing - Daily Tribune
