"Ariz. voters OK medical-marijuana bill" by Associated Press / November 15, 2010
PHOENIX — By a narrow margin, Arizona voters have given their OK to legalized medical marijuana for people with chronic or debilitating diseases.
The decision makes Arizona the 15th state to approve a medical-marijuana law. California was the first in 1996, followed by 13 other states and Washington, D.C.
Proposition 203 won by just 4,341 votes out of more than 1.67 million ballots counted, according to final tallies Saturday.
Approval came as somewhat of a surprise after the measure started out losing on Election Day by about 7,200 votes.
And I'll bet the media projected....
The gap gradually narrowed until yes votes surged ahead during Friday’s count by more than 4,000 votes....
“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,’’ said Andrew Myers, campaign manager for the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project.
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 2.5 ounces of marijuana every two weeks or to grow marijuana plants.
It's the grow your own thing that has the chemical controllers in a quandary.
The patients must get a doctor’s recommendation and register with the Arizona Department of Health Services. The law allows for no more than 124 marijuana dispensaries in the state....
Backers of Proposition 203 have argued that thousands of patients faced “a terrible choice’’ of suffering with a serious or even terminal illness or going to the criminal market for pot.
Politicians don't care.
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Yeah, they get there stuff okay.
They collected more than 252,000 signatures to put the measure on the ballot — nearly 100,000 more than required.
And it narrowly one, huh?
ALL ELECTIONS are SKEWED and RIGGED here in Amerika!
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Related: Legalize-marijuana measure loses in California
Also see: South Carolina's Saving Grace
What has happened to AmeriKa's liberal coasts?
Redneck America(?) showin' you up!
