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Detroit Marijuana Legalization Backers Appeal Ballot Rejection

Will Detroiters be able to vote in November on legalizing marijuana? Petitioners gathered the required number of signatures to put the question onto the ballot, but an unexpected roadblock thrown up by a city commission has sent them to the courts.

ACTION ALERT: Is Your City on the "Ban List" ?

 

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Is Your City on the "Ban List"?

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Fight for Safe Access!

ALERT:  Many Colorado communities will have public votes this November to ban dispensaries-- and many others are considering enacting bans.  Sensible Colorado is working with local activists in communities across Colorado to fight these restrictions on safe access. If you live in one of these communities, the time to begin fighting these bans is now!

Here is a list of communities which either have a November vote planned, have a current ban, or are discussing a ban.

**URGENT** Broomfield

Activists in Broomfield are currently gathering signatures to overturn their local ban.  They have just a few weeks to collect almost 2000 signatures and need help gathering signatures today!

Contact: Pamela Gianola: 303 466 7420

Cities

Aurora, Loveland, Longmont, Windsor, Larkspur, Minturn, Grand Junction, Paonia, Broomfield

Counties

El Paso, Eagle, Larimer, Garfield, Granby, Fraiser, Douglas, Las Animas, Mesa, Ouray, Montrose

**If your community is being effected by a ban or you want to help fight these restrictions please contact us asap at [email protected] or 720 890 4247.

Sensible Colorado | PO Box 18768 | Denver CO 80218

Marijuana Petitioners to Appeal Ballot Decision

On Monday, the Detroit Election Commission voted to keep a proposal that would allow adults over the age of 21 to legally possess up to one ounce of pot on private property off the Nov. 3 city ballot. Leaders of the original petition drive filed an appeal yesterday in Wayne County Circuit Court to overturn the decision.
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DC City Hall

DC Issues Draft Regulations for Medical Marijuana [FEATURE]

District of Columbia voters overwhelmingly passed medical marijuana but waited 12 years for it to become law. Now the DC government is making them wait an extra five months before even beginning to set up a medical marijuana system, and the framework they've crafted has problems.
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Is it Illegal to Legalize Marijuana?

It may sound like a dumb question, but opponents of marijuana reform have been arguing for years that federal law somehow prevents states from enacting their own marijuana policies.