The MILegalize Board of Directors is announcing a short-term extension of its 2015 petitioning campaign. All petitioners are encouraged to turn in all petitions by Dec. 21st, and to continue petitioning beyond Dec. 21st until further notice from the campaign. MILegalize is still paying petitioners for signatures collected beyond December 21st under current payment arrangements. The campaign directs petitioners to immediately contact the campaign to send in carefully completed, signed and dated petitions to the Lansing headquarters, and urges supporters not to resign the petition a second time.

HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Police in a township in Michigan want to know who left pot brownies in the teacher's lounge of Spring Mills Elementary School.

“We tested the brownie and it was positive for marijuana, cannabis." Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told WJBK.

The surprise dessert appeared Tuesday and three teachers who ate the brownies said they felt slightly ill.

Teachers' Lounge

But one of the teachers became so sick after school she was transported to an area hospital.

Doctors asked the teacher if there had been "anything unusual" about her day. She said that she had sampled a "free treat" in the teacher's lounge from a pan of brownies.

HIGHLAND TWP., MI (FOX 2)- Police in Highland Township wants to know who left some pot brownies in the teacher's lounge of an elementary school.

At least one teacher got sick and was sent to the hospital at Spring Mills Elementary in Highland Township, north of M-59.

In the teacher's lounge a surprise dessert surfaced. Just after school on Tuesday a teacher at Spring Mills Elementary became ill.

At the hospital, doctors asked, "Was anything unusual about your school day?" She responded that she enjoyed a "free treat" in the teacher's lounge from a pan of brownies.

GRAND RAPIDS (AP) - Grand Rapid's marijuana law approved by voters in 2012 will stand, after the Michigan Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the Kent County Prosecutor. The amendment to the city charter makes possession of small amounts of marijuana a civil offense similar to a traffic ticket.

Grand Rapids officers don't have to report marijuana cases to the prosecutor unless they involve someone with more than 2.5 ounces, the person is committing another crime, or it involves a grow operation.

The appeals court upheld the law, saying Grand Rapids voters amended the City Charter - not through an ordinance. It's a critical distinction under Michigan law.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The city's 2012 amendment to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana has cleared a final legal challenge.

State Supreme Court justices, in a split decision, declined to hear an appeal from Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth in a ruling issued Saturday, Dec. 12.

Since voters approved the measure in 2012 — making possession of less than 2.5 ounces of marijuana a civil infraction — Forsyth has sought to have it overturned.

He argued the amendment wrongly prohibits Grand Rapids police from enforcing state law, or reporting marijuana offenses to county prosecutors.

Whether a Bangor Township couple broke the law by having too much "usable" pot in their medical marijuana growing operation is the point of contention in ongoing legal proceedings.

Sandra K. Dabrowski, 63, and David A. Dabrowski, 64, both are charged with delivering or manufacturing marijuana. The charge is a four-year felony. A preliminary examination for the couple commenced Tuesday, Dec. 8, in Bay County District Court.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Women Grow, a national group of women dedicated to legally growing and marketing marijuana and marijuana-related products and services, is forming a West Michigan chapter. 

The group will host an initial networking event from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7 at Peppino's,130 Ionia Ave. SW, in downtown Grand Rapids. Tickets are $20 in advance or $30 on the week of the event. 

"I would love to help communities learn how to embrace this instead of fighting it," said Jamie Goswick, organizer of the event.

BAY CITY, MI — Whether a Bangor Township couple broke the law by having too much "usable" pot in their medical marijuana growing operation is the point of contention in ongoing legal proceedings.

Sandra K. Dabrowski, 63, and David A. Dabrowski, 64, are both charged with delivering or manufacturing marijuana. The charge is a four-year felony. A preliminary examination for the couple commenced Tuesday, Dec. 8, in Bay County District Court.

Sen Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge(Photo: Dale G. Young / Detroit News file)

Lansing — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Rick Jones said Tuesday he plans to advance a package of bills clarifying the legal status of medical marijuana dispensaries and “edible” forms of pot before the Legislature adjourns for the year.

Whether there will be a full Senate vote yet this year on the House-passed bills, said Jones, remains to be decided by Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, and the GOP majority caucus in the Senate.

Jones backs the legislation, which he said is necessary to clear up problems with Michigan’s medical marijuana law.

LANSING, MI — Michigan would create a tiered system for medical marijuana growers, distributors and retailers under evolving legislation up for a likely vote Tuesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, said Monday medical pot bills approved by the House earlier this year will be amended in his committee to prevent an owner from being licensed to operate multiple types of medical marijuana businesses.

The state regulates alcohol in a similar, three-tiered fashion.