Last month, Lansing voters decided to decriminalize marijuana use, following a precedent set by other cities in Michigan.
"The City of Lansing has changed city ordinance to allow people that are at least 21 years old to possess to an ounce of marijuana on private property," Joshua Covert, a Lansing lawyer specializing in drug and alcohol related crimes, said.
However, this law only affects those on private property, not on public grounds.
If they're not on private property, they're not protected," Thomas Lavigne, a lawyer for Cannabis Council based in Detroit, Michigan said. "But these most recent local ordinances are one step ahead than the ones that passed last year. They include protection of transfers on private property."
Covert explained that the law affects anyone in Lansing, not just residents.
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