http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/02/poll_michigan_voters_would_bac.html
GRAND RAPIDS A recent poll showed that Michigan voters would again approve the state's medical marijuana law.
The poll, conducted by Marketing Resource Group, Inc., showed that 59 percent of voters would approve the law, while 35 percent would not. Two percent leaned toward approving, while 2-percent leaned against.
The poll results were announced by Marijuana Policy Project, which helped draft the law. In November 2008, 63-percent of voters approved medical use of marijuana.
This poll proves that a strong majority of Michigan voters stand firmly behind the compassionate medical marijuana law they enacted two years ago, Karen OKeefe, director of state policies for the Marijuana Policy Project and lead drafter of Michigans medical marijuana law, said in a statement.
The law has spawned controversy, including multiple lawsuits. Just last week, a federal judge in Grand Rapids ruled that Joseph Casias, who used medical marijuana for a brain tumor, was not protected by the law when fired by Walmart for violating its anti-drug policy.
Another case is pending here: Can the federal government obtain confidential patient information from the state as part of a drug investigation?
E-mail John Agar: jagar@grpress.com
GRAND RAPIDS A recent poll showed that Michigan voters would again approve the state's medical marijuana law.
The poll, conducted by Marketing Resource Group, Inc., showed that 59 percent of voters would approve the law, while 35 percent would not. Two percent leaned toward approving, while 2-percent leaned against.
The poll results were announced by Marijuana Policy Project, which helped draft the law. In November 2008, 63-percent of voters approved medical use of marijuana.
This poll proves that a strong majority of Michigan voters stand firmly behind the compassionate medical marijuana law they enacted two years ago, Karen OKeefe, director of state policies for the Marijuana Policy Project and lead drafter of Michigans medical marijuana law, said in a statement.
The law has spawned controversy, including multiple lawsuits. Just last week, a federal judge in Grand Rapids ruled that Joseph Casias, who used medical marijuana for a brain tumor, was not protected by the law when fired by Walmart for violating its anti-drug policy.
Another case is pending here: Can the federal government obtain confidential patient information from the state as part of a drug investigation?
E-mail John Agar: jagar@grpress.com
