Miscellaneous
Update, Friday, April 27 at 10:40 a.m.: On Thursday, Michigan Board of Canvassers approved the petition to place the marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot. House Speaker Tom Leonard says he doesn't foresee the Legislature adopting the measure in the next 40 days. "There is not much support it in the caucus," he said. "I do not personally support it, so I think this something that ultimately voters are going to have to decide.” Original story from Monday, April 23: Sensing that legalizing marijuana in Michigan might be inevitable, some Republicans want to get in front of the issue to try to avoid political catastrophe in November. A petition campaign to legalize marijuana in Michigan has cleared a bunch of hurdles. The group pushing the initiative says they have turned in enough signatures to get on the ballot in November. Recent surveys show that Michiganders are growing more accepting of the idea of legalizing marijuana in the state. Four years ago an EPIC-MRA poll