Michigan Mom Faces Child Abuse Charges For Giving Sons Marijuana For Medical Reasons
A woman from northern Michigan faces child abuse and other charges after authorities say she gave her 10- and 12-year-old sons marijuana for medical reasons.
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A woman from northern Michigan faces child abuse and other charges after authorities say she gave her 10- and 12-year-old sons marijuana for medical reasons.
The evidence seemed solid in a marijuana case, but a "personal diatribe" against Michigan's medical marijuana law by an Upper Peninsula prosecutor spoiled the conviction, the state appeals court said.
Most called for the legalization or decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana for personal use.
The Michigan appeals court says workers can qualify for unemployment pay if they're fired for using medical marijuana.
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The woman told police her 16-year-old son had marijuana and would smoke it in front of her other children.
A marijuana legalization proposal will not appear on the ballot in East Lansing this November.
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To date, eleven communities across the state have attempted decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana, and all eleven have succeeded.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found an encampment and two Hispanic men with guns tending the plants.
Voters in two Detroit-area communities have approved ballot proposals legalizing marijuana for personal use.
Tim Beck is known as the "godfather" of marijuana in Michigan, had successfully led the state-wide initiative five years ago to legalize the use of medical marijuana.
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Supporters of marijuana decriminalization have submitted petitions to place the issue before voters in two northern Detroit suburbs.
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The chief justice of the state Supreme Court says he's seen enough medical marijuana cases.
More than five years after Michigan voters legalized medical marijuana, advocates say gaps in the law cause needless confusion and prosecution.
Six people are facing charges following raids last June on three medical marijuana dispensaries in southern Michigan.
Marijuana can be used to relieve post-traumatic stress disorder in Michigan, the first new condition since voters approved pot for medicinal use in 2008.
The bill would prohibit medical marijuana users from growing or smoking weed in rental properties, including hotels.
German researchers say they've identified two people who died just from smoking pot.
The criminal complaint says officers found pills and about 300 grams of high-quality marijuana in his vehicle.
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Families with children who spent time in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Detroit Medical Center's Sinai-Grace Hospital reunited with the doctors and nurses who cared for them on Saturday.
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