New Michigan marijuana law getting rewrite from State Senate Republicans

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4. No, it is the law now...

An indirect initiated state statute has the following characteristics:

(1) It is citizen-initiated, through the collection of signatures.
(2) Once the signatures are collected, the proposed law is sent to that state's state legislature.
(3) Depending on the specific laws in that state, the state legislature typically can either choose:

Not to act on the measure at all, in which case the measure is placed on the state's statewide ballot and the voters decide its fate.
To pass the law as written by the group that initiated it.
To amend and then pass the law.
To come up with a law of its own addressing the same subject as the citizen-initiated measure and place that law on the ballot along with the citizen-initiated measure, allowing the state's voters to choose the version they prefer.

The state legislature decided not to act on the measure at all, leaving it up to the voters, we passed the proposal as law. After the votes are certified the law takes effect, slated to be December 6, 2018.

So as stated in Section 2 of the proposal;
Sec. 2. The purpose of this act is to make marihuana legal under state and local law for adults 21 years of age or older, to make industrial hemp legal under state and local law, and to control the commercial production and distribution of marihuana under a system that licenses, regulates, and taxes the businesses involved. The intent is to prevent arrest and penalty for personal possession and cultivation of marihuana by adults 21 years of age or older; remove the commercial production and distribution of marihuana from the illicit market; prevent revenue generated from commerce in marihuana from going to criminal enterprises or gangs; prevent the distribution of marihuana to persons under 21 years of age; prevent the diversion of marihuana to illicit markets; ensure the safety of marihuana and marihuana-infused products; and ensure security of marihuana establishments. To the fullest extent possible, this act shall be interpreted in accordance with the purpose and intent set forth in this section.