Is marijuana legalization possible at the municipal level?

Not really - so long as both the Federal and State governments classify marijuana as a controlled substance, any city or county that tried, independently, to make it legal would be on very tenuous legal standing. read more

What a city or county can do, however, is to decide that enforcement of existing marijuana laws becomes a very low priority - this is what the City of Seattle and King County did with basic possession several years before the initiative passed that made marijuana "legal" in WA state. read more

“Both jobs expressed great interest in hiring me until they received my background check,” said Zito of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey. Zito told the Assembly Judiciary Committee such convictions complicate life. Lawmakers have a bill that would expunge convictions for low-level marijuana possession. read more

Wisdom: Pray for wisdom for your municipal leaders, to know how to effectively craft bylaws and regulations that would minimize the damage legalization will cause. Prohibition where possible: If your province allows municipalities to prohibit the retailing of marijuana (B.C., Saskatchewan and Manitoba), pray that they would do so. read more