Michigan Abrogate Cannabis Prohibition Amendment (2016)

Michigan Abrogate Cannabis Prohibition Amendment
	Election date; November 8, 2016
	Topic; Marijuana
	Status; Not on the ballot
Type; Constitutional amendment	Origin; Citizens

The Michigan Abrogate Cannabis Prohibition Amendment was not on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Michigan as an initiated constitutional amendment.

The measure would have allowed for the personal, medicinal, agricultural, recreational, commercial, and industrial use of marijuana. The measure would have abrogated all prohibitions of cannabis and would not have imposed an excise tax or allow for any regulation to reduce usage. Children would have been permitted to use marijuana with parental or legal guardian approval.^[1]

Text of measure[edit]

Ballot summary[edit]

The ballot summary was as follows:^[1]

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This proposed constitutional amendment would make the use of the cannabis plant lawful in Michigan. Would allow for the agricultural, personal, recreational, medicinal, industrial, and commercial use. Would abrogate all prohibitions of cannabis in any form. Would impose no excise tax, nor fines, nor allow for any regulation to diminish use.^[2]

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Constitutional changes[edit]

The proposed amendment was designed to amend Article I of the Michigan Constitution by adding a new Section 28.^[1]

Section 28 of Article I of the Michigan Constitution
Section 28. (1) The agricultural, personal, recreational, medicinal, commercial and industrial use of cannabis in any form by any person shall be a lawful activity. (a) Cannabis use by any person who is; the ward of an adult, enrolled in K-12 school, a minor, shall be lawful activity requiring only parental or legal guardian authorization. (2) All prohibitions on the use of cannabis in any form by any person is hereby null and void, and henceforth abrogated. (3) "Use of Cannabis" shall include: (a) The growing, manufacture, delivery, purchase, consumption, and transport, of any seed, flower, leaf, mixture, derivative, extract, product, and or preparation of the cannabis for personal, recreational, medicinal, commercial and industrial purposes. (4) No tax, no fines, no regulation to diminish use, shall be levied or allowed for use of Cannabis. (5) Severabillty: if any section, subsection or part of this amendment is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining sections, subsections or parts of those shall not be affected but will remain in full force and effect.^[2]

Full text[edit]

The full text of the measure can be found here.

Support[edit]

The petition drive was led by the group Michigan Cannabis Coalition.^[3]

Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Michigan

Supporters filed the petition with the secretary of state on December 15, 2015.
The petition was approved by the Board of State Canvassers on December 29, 2015.
315,654 valid signatures were required for qualification purposes.
Supporters had a 180-day window that began at their choosing to collect the required signatures.
On July 10, 2016, supporters announced that the initiative would not qualify for the 2016 ballot.^[4]

Footnotes[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Michigan Secretary of State, "Initiative Petition Amendment to the Constitution," accessed January 12, 2016
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content
↑ The Weed Blog, "Self-Funded Michigan Legalization Campaign Adds $150K," April 27, 2016
↑ Facebook, "Abrogate Prohibition Michigan 2016," accessed July 28, 2016

[text-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Michigan Secretary of State, "Initiative Petition Amendment to the Constitution," accessed January 12, 2016

[quotedisclaimer-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content

[3] The Weed Blog, "Self-Funded Michigan Legalization Campaign Adds $150K," April 27, 2016

[4] Facebook, "Abrogate Prohibition Michigan 2016," accessed July 28, 2016

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Michigan Abrogate Cannabis Prohibition Amendment

Election date November 8, 2016
Topic Marijuana
Status Not on the ballot
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

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