Pubdate: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 Source: Detroit Free Press (MI) Copyright: 2010 Detroit Free Press Contact: http://www.freep.com/article/99999999/opinion04/50926009 Website: http://www.freep.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/125 Referenced: The ballot proposal http://www.saferdetroit.net/legallang.php Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?275 (Cannabis - Michigan) LEGALIZATION OF POT WON'T BE ON CITY BALLOT The Detroit Election Commission voted 3-0 Monday to reject a Nov. 2 ballot proposal that would have asked Detroit voters to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. Members of the commission said they were following a recommendation by the city's Law Department, which said the proposal was pre-empted by state law forbidding possession of the drug. Detroit attorney Matt Abel, a petition organizer, said: "This would have sent a message to the police that they should focus on more serious crime." Abel said he and others behind the proposal were considering filing an appeal in Wayne County Circuit Court. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake