Michigan Pot Law Doesn’t Bar Large Amount Possession Felonies

Michigan’s law legalizing recreational marijuana doesn’t prevent prosecutors from charging suspected drug dealers with illegally possessing large amounts of marijuana under another law, the state appeals court ruled.

The legalization law doesn’t conflict with statutes under Michigan’s Public Health Code, which makes it a felony to possess between five and 45 kilograms of marijuana, Court of Appeals Judge James Robert Redford wrote Monday for a three-judge panel. The decision upheld a decision by a lower judge to bind over for trial a defendant arrested in 2022. Police allegedly found about 20 pounds of marijuana in a home, which they were ...