Voters in Flint (Michigan) say yes to medical marijuana

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from the Flint Journal:


Pot vote symbolic: Backers say passage may help cause statewide
FLINT
THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
By Shantell M. Kirkendoll
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Vote totals

Yes: 1,777

No: 1,101

FLINT - Advocates of medical marijuana received a big show of support from city voters Tuesday, winning overwhelming approval of a measure to make it legal to smoke pot here for health reasons.

Exultant supporters chanted, "Free the Weed!" after final results gave the proposal 62 percent of the vote.

The measure is considered mostly symbolic since pot usage - medicinal and recreational - remains illegal under both state and federal laws.

But backers hope the vote in Flint - the fifth community in Michigan to give such approval - will help give them momentum to take the issue statewide.

"I knew in my heart that people would vote to help sick and dying people, and that's what this is about," said Charles Snyder III, a Flint bone disease patient who spearheaded the local ballot proposal. ....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.mlive.com/news/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/news-42/1172677802264300.xml&coll=5