In the vote, 11 members supported a resolution opposing decriminalization of marijuana for any purpose. Three opposed, two members abstained.

The council sent a letter to the Commission to Combat Drug Abuse asking for their opposition to legalization of marijuana in any form.

Jim McClelland, executive director for drug treatment, prevention, and enforcement, says it’s all hands on deck in this fight.

The temporary group was created to respond to the growing drug abuse epidemic. Now, a new commission will take its place.

Gov. Mike Pence created the Drug Enforcement, Treatment and Prevention Task Force last summer to respond to the state’s drug crisis. Lawmakers and the governor’s office now want to make the task force permanent with a bill establishing the Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse.