Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 from the federal parliament. Consequently, the federal parliament retains the right to legislate for the territory, including the right to territory laws. In practice, it very rarely exercised that right. On 25 March 1997, the federal parliament passed the "Euthanasia Laws Act 1997", which, although not technically repealing the "Rights of the Terminally Ill Act", for all practical purposes rendered it of no legal effect. Rather than repeal the Act directly, the law instead amended the "Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978", the act under which the Commonwealth Parliament has delegated legislative power to the Northern Territory Parliament—effectively the territory's "constitution"
Cannabis in Michigan Cannabis in Michigan In 2008, the Michigan Compassionate Care Initiative, establishing a medical cannabis program for serious and terminally ill patients, was approved by the House but not acted upon, and defaulted to a public initiative on the November ballot. "Prop 1" was approved by 63% of voters, making Michigan the 13th state to legalize medical cannabis. In November 2017, supporters submitted 365,000 signatures to get legal recreational cannabis on the 2018 ballot. In January 2018, it was determined the initiative would appear on the ballot. Michigan voted to legalize Marijuana recreationally on November 6 as proposition 1. Since the