The way I see it, if we want to legalize cannabis it should be drafted by the people, petitioned by the people and approved by the people. We don't want a model like CO or CA. We want people like you and me to cultivate and dispense the cannabis, not a company with enough capital to purchase heftily priced cultivation licenses, pharmaceutical giants like Pfizer, or even a pharmacy. Bureaucratic legalization is nothing more than regulation and taxation, and I would prefer to avoid both as much as possible. Its giving the people what they want, and more importantly deserve, and the government taking what they want. Quid pro quo in a lopsided fashion, its not meeting in the middle. We should have the right to grow and dispense our own cannabis how we see fit, within the reasonable limits of criminal law. Clean and simple, or we will seemingly be giving up more rights than we are gaining. And while we're at it, why exactly is hemp illegal to cultivate for industrial use? Ahhh yes, because it would damage other less efficient industries which deal with unsustainable harvesting of resources like paper and timber.
A Petition to amend the Michigan Constitution Article 1, to add: Article 1 Section 28. Repeal of Marihuana Prohibition.
For persons at least 21 years of age who are not incarcerated, marihuana cultivation, possession, bodily internal possession, sale, acquisition, transfer, delivery, transportation, religious, medical or personal use, or possession or use of paraphernalia shall not be prohibited, abridged, or penalized in any manner; nor subject to civil forfeiture; provided that no person shall be allowed to operate a motor vehicle while impaired by any substance.