OTTAWA COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — Recreational marijuana is technically legal in Michigan, as of today, Dec. 6, 2018.
Adults 21 and older can legally carry up to 2.5 ounces on them and up to 10 ounces at home, if it’s locked up.
Smoking, eating or otherwise consuming it needs to be done in private, meaning you can’t smoke weed on your front porch, in your driveway, in your car, on sidewalks, or anywhere the public can access.
Despite decriminalization of the drug, a positive drug test can get you fired, if your employer has policies against drug use.
Holland joined many Michigan communities in agreeing to ban marijuana facilities. Councilman and Mayor pro tem Mike Tretheway said council’s unanimous vote on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, boiled down to a key point of law.
“If you get right down to the brass tacks,” Tretheway told WHTC, “this is still an illegal drug in the eyes of the federal government.”
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