Michigan marijuana legalization proposals - and a potential race to the ballot - in the works for 2016

Michigan marijuana legalization proposals - and a potential race to the ballot - in the works for 2016 | MLive.com: 
"LANSING, MI -- Two separate -- and potentially competing -- groups are laying the groundwork for 2016 ballot proposals that would seek to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana in Michigan.
...While planning has only just begun, Hank said the new Michigan coalition will seek to protect and improve the state's medical marijuana law, create a legal system for taxable sales to adults and allow industrial hemp farming.
Marijuana activists from around the state are expected to gather this weekend to discuss more specifics about potential ballot language, petition circulation and fundraising efforts.
...Suzie Mitchell, President and CFO of the East Lansing-based Mitchell Research & Communications firm, filed paperwork with the state last month to create a new nonprofit corporation called the Michigan Responsibility Council.
...She confirmed the company is an "advocacy group for the cannabis industry" that will likely transition to a ballot committee later in the year.
"It's very preliminary at this point," she said. 
"All we can say is that the goal is full legalization for 2016.""