Keego Harbor, Michigan legalizes marijuana use, possession

Voters in Keego Harbor made marijuana legal for adults. It was among many key proposals that passed in Tuesday's election across metro Detroit.

The marijuana proposals -- legalizing the "usage, possession and transfer" of an ounce or less of cannabis by anyone 21 or older, and only within a private non-public space such as a house -- passed with 260 votes, or 55%, with 210 voters opposed, or 45%.

• Wayne County voting results

• Oakland County voting results

• Macomb County voting results

• Outstate voting results

The city in Oakland County's lakes district joins half a dozen other communities in the county and more than a dozen across Michigan to have legalized cannabis possession for adults or to have the drug made their community's lowest law-enforcement priority. A proposal very similar to the Keego Harbor measure also passed in the Kalamazoo County city of Portage.

Elsewhere in marijuana balloting, Ohio voters rejected a proposal that would have made the state the...

Rate this article: 

This marijuana news is brought to you by 420 Intel. For the latest breaking cannabis industry news, subscribe to the 420 Intel newsletter. If you'd like to promote your product or service in this area after every article, contact us.