Michigan Voters Can’t Regulate Marijuana Locally, Court Says

Michigan voters are almost completely barred from changing city charters to impose new regulatory and licensing rules for recreational marijuana sales, the state Court of Appeals said as it ruled clerks in four Detroit suburbs were correct to reject petitions to place measures on the November ballot.

State law says that while the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act gives municipalities some power to regulate, that power must be exercised through legislation, the court ruled Tuesday. The one exception is that voters can dictate how many dispensaries can operate in a city’s limits or prohibit them altogether, Judge Michelle ...