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| Arizona voters approve medical marijuana |
| 2010-11-14 |
| ARIZONA voters have approved a measure that will legalise medical marijuana use in the state for people with chronic or debilitating diseases. Final vote tallies showed that Proposition 203 won by a tiny margin of just 4341 votes out of more than 1.67 million votes counted. The measure had started out losing on election day by about 7200 votes, but the gap gradually narrowed in the following 10 days. "Now begins the very hard work of implementing this program in the way it was envisioned, with very high standards," said Andrew Myers, campaign manager for the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project. No pun intended "We really believe that we have an opportunity to set an example to the rest of the country on what a good medical marijuana program looks like." Arizona is the 15th state to approve a medical marijuana law. California was the first in 1996, and 13 other states and Washington, DC, have since followed suit. The Arizona measure will allow patients with diseases including cancer, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C and any other "chronic or debilitating" disease that meets guidelines to buy 71g of marijuana every two weeks or grow plants. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 Interesting that an "R" state did this, eh? Actually, it's more a libertarian state than an 'R' state. Its first governor was a populist. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-11-14 23:11 |
| #4 The administration will probably demand a "marijuana windfall tax" from Arizona. Then use the money to encourage more illegals to move to Arizona. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-11-14 13:58 |
| #3 Not a snowball's chance in hell of a DOJ lawsuit against Arizona over THIS one! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-11-14 12:43 |
| #2 Ahh, those poor Kalifornians, what to do, what to do? Move out and toke or stand by your principles? Interesting that an "R" state did this, eh? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2010-11-14 12:35 |
| #1 I found myself metricaly challanged this morning. I had to look it up, 71g is about 2.5 ounces. It's a chronic and debilitating condition it is. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-11-14 08:42 |