The Detroit City Council’s Internal Operations Committee declined Wednesday to vote on amending a city ordinance that would allow anyone 21 and older to legally possess less than 1 ounce of marijuana on private property. The issue is now headed to the Detroit Election Commission for approval of the ballot language.
Advocated by the Coalition for a Safer Detroit — the group that successfully got medical marijuana placed on the ballot in 2004, which passed — the ordinance would amend Chapter 38 of the city code regulating controlled substances.
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