Potholes loom on road to legal marijuana

Absent the discovery of some previously undisclosed health hazard, marijuana is virtually certain to become more widely available.

Would you smoke marijuana if it were legal?

Backers of two rival ballot initiatives to decriminalize the cultivation, purchase and use of marijuana are betting that a significant percentage of Michigan adults — at least 12% — would, generating upwards of $200 million a year in tax revenue once the state has established the ground rules for a legal market.

But what if you knew your employer could fire you for having chemical traces of marijuana in your bloodstream — even if you used it only on your own time, and in your own home?

It's a question those hoping to legalize recreational marijuana in Michigan will have to confront in the wake of the Colorado Supreme Court's unanimous ruling that employers in their state may dismiss employees who smoke...

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