Regulate Michigan Issues SOS

Unless the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol can muster up $200,000 in donations within a matter of days, the campaign could disappear due to sudden financial changes. So far, Oklahoma is the only state with a cannabis-related legalization initiative on its ballot in 2018.

The initiative would legalize possession, cultivation and consumption of cannabis for adults. iT would also legalize industrial hemp, license recreational cannabis businesses and set a 10 percent excise tax and six percent sales tax on cannabis sales.

Robin Schneider, Finance Director for Regulate Michigan sounded the alarm. “Don’t be surprised if the Committee to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol shuts down a few days after you read this email,” Schneider wrote in a Wednesday email. “Despite all the progress we’ve made, a lack of funds may keep us from putting an initiative that would end marijuana prohibition in Michigan on the November 2018 ballot.” Regulate Michigan is working with the Marijuana Policy Project to raise the funds that are needed.

Regulate Michigan needs 366,000 gross signatures by November 22, 2017, in order to get the initiative on the November 2018 ballot. The campaign is three-quarters done collecting signatures, however the drive could be suspended unless they are able to raise approximately $200,000.

Take action and support fellow cannabis consumers in Michigan by donating here. Every penny goes directly to signature-gathering efforts. People who donate over $1,000 or $100 per month receive a glass jar with the Marijuana Policy Project’s logo, which is only for “Club of 1,000” donors.

The initiative competes with the proposal from the Abrogate Prohibition Michigan of Midland, which was approved by the Board of State Canvassers on August 17. Both bills would legalize cannabis, but the Abrogate bill would go one step further and make a constitutional amendment. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has been regarded by some locals as the safer, more realistic initiative.