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Jeff Parrott In January 2020, as southwest Michigan towns were about to see their first recreational marijuana shops open, St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter, south of the Indiana line, was meeting with police officers at their shift change roll calls. Cotter told officers in South Bend, Mishawaka and the county to watch for Hoosiers driving to the new shops, getting high and driving back home. “We wanted to let them know that this is something that we take very seriously, and I believe...

Traffic arrests, crashes jump as marijuana operations sprout in southwest Michigan. Is it all high drivers? Jeff Parrott © Robert Franklin, South Bend Tribune In this Tribune file photo, a Michigan state trooper shows a cartridge used in a portable unit that tests a driver’s saliva for the presence of drugs. In January 2020, as southwest Michigan towns were about to see their first recreational marijuana shops open, St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter, south of the Indi...