At an event in Detroit’s Second Ebenezer Church,
SAM Action Outreach Associate Will Jones joined others from Healthy and Productive Michigan to discuss the impact marijuana legalization would have on communities of color. “People often say we should regulate marijuana like alcohol and that’s actually what frightens me,” said Jones. “For many that live in neighborhoods like where I live, it’s not going to be a good thing. It’s going to have a negative health effect.” To see a video highlighting more about how marijuana legalization would harm these communities,
click here.
To read more and see Mr. Jones’ interview with local news,
click here.
Poll Finds Michigan Voters Opposed to Recreational Marijuana
According
to a poll conducted by Target Insyght, Michigan voters would oppose legalization of recreational use of marijuana if the vote were held today. “These results are not surprising,” stated Scott Greenlee, President of
Healthy and Productive Michigan.
“The more that people find out about
drug cartels buying houses in Colorado and California, and the fact that Michigan would become the marijuana capital of America (Michigan pot taxes would be the lowest in the country and the proposal would allow people to have more pot on them and in their homes than anywhere in the country), along with the business, law enforcement, and medical challenges it would cause, the more they are quick to oppose a massive commercialized drug-addiction industry.”
