The City of Detroit plans to continue its effort to keep a local marijuana decriminalization initiative off the city ballot despite recently losing the case in the Michigan Court of Appeals. The city plans to appeal the ruling to the State Supreme Court. From Mlive.com: Krystal Crittendon, corporation counsel for the Detroit law department, says [...]

The residents of Detroit may get to vote this summer on a city ballot initiative that would remove all city-based criminal penalties for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for people over 21.  Voters had been denied the chance to vote on this in 2010, but last Friday in a 2-1 decision the [...]