Schuette backs prosecutor in marijuana appeal

TRAVERSE CITY (AP) -- Michigan's attorney general is urging the state appeals court to reverse a decision that could help a medical-marijuana user beat a driving offense. Attorney General Bill Schuette says some Traverse City judges are misinterpreting the medical-marijuana law. He says any marijuana in a driver's body is a crime. Two judges have refused to instruct a jury that way in the case of Rodney Koon, who was charged last year with driving while under the influence of drugs. He has a medical-marijuana card and admitted he smoked pot before being stopped for speeding. A blood test confirmed it. The case is on hold while the Grand Traverse County prosecutor appeals a decision that requires him to prove that marijuana actually impaired Koon. Published: Mon, Mar 21, 2011