Places That Have Decriminalized Non-medical Cannabis in The United States - Michigan

Michigan

Cannabis is not decriminalized on a statewide basis for non-medical purposes, but with the November 2008 election, Proposal 1 was passed by a majority of voters allowing medical marijuana to be cultivated, possessed, and used by individuals who apply for and receive a state ID issued on the basis of one of an enumerated list of chronic medical conditions. As of August 2012 according to LARA, the state license agent for medical use, has issued over 220,000 licenses.

In Ann Arbor, since a 1974 voter referendum, cannabis possession, control, use, and giving away or selling in the city has been subject merely to a small civil-infraction fine. City police charge violators under the local law rather than under the far stricter state laws. The amount of the fine has been altered in subsequent referenda, and as of 2008 stands at $25 for a first offense, $50 for a second offense, and $100 for the third and subsequent offenses. In 2004, Ann Arbor voters reaffirmed the civil-infraction penalty, passing Proposal C, by a vote of 75-25 percent. The measure capped penalties for the third offense and subsequent offenses at $100.