Marijuana reform initiatives on the ballot in 2012 - Official Results Thread

[jct74]

Looks like the legalization initiatives in Colorado and Oregon have a real good chance to pass according to some recent polls, this may get very interesting. Does anyone know of any other marijuana reform initiatives on the ballot in November? Or even any other broader drug reform or local city-wide drug reform initiatives, post them in this thread if you know of any.

From NORML Smoke The Vote, Stop the Drug War, and other sources:

Colorado: Amendment 64 (marijuana legalization)

Campaign website: www.regulatemarijuana.org

Amendment 64 would allow adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of marijuana or six marijuana plants, three of which could be mature. It would create a system of state-licensed cultivation, manufacturing, and testing facilities and state-licensed retail stores. Local governments would have the option of regulating or prohibiting such facilities. The amendment would also require the state legislature to enact legislation governing industrial hemp cultivation, processing, and sale, and to create an excise tax on wholesale marijuana sales. The first $40 million of that annual revenue would be dedicated to building public schools.

Polls:

[TABLE="width: 800, class: grid"]
[TR][TD]Pollster[/TD][TD]Subject Polled[/TD][TD]

Support​

[/TD][TD]

Oppose​

[/TD][TD]

Lead​

[/TD][TD]

Date​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]Amendment 64[/TD][TD]

52​

[/TD][TD]

44​

[/TD][TD]

+8​

[/TD][TD]

11/03 - 11/04​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Denver Post / SurveyUSA[/TD][TD]Amendment 64[/TD][TD]

50​

[/TD][TD]

44​

[/TD][TD]

+6​

[/TD][TD]

10/28 - 10/31​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]Amendment 64[/TD][TD]

53​

[/TD][TD]

43​

[/TD][TD]

+10​

[/TD][TD]

10/23 - 10/25​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Denver Post / SurveyUSA[/TD][TD]Amendment 64[/TD][TD]

48​

[/TD][TD]

43​

[/TD][TD]

+5​

[/TD][TD]

10/9 - 10/10​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Quinnipiac / CBS / NYT[/TD][TD]legalizing marijuana[/TD][TD]

45​

[/TD][TD]

46​

[/TD][TD]

-1​

[/TD][TD]

10/4 - 10/9​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]University of Denver / Seltzer[/TD][TD]Amendment 64[/TD][TD]

50​

[/TD][TD]

40​

[/TD][TD]

+10​

[/TD][TD]

10/4 - 10/5​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Denver Post / SurveyUSA[/TD][TD]Amendment 64[/TD][TD]

51​

[/TD][TD]

40​

[/TD][TD]

+11​

[/TD][TD]

9/09 - 9/12​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]Amendment 64[/TD][TD]

47​

[/TD][TD]

38​

[/TD][TD]

+9​

[/TD][TD]

8/31 - 9/02​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]Amendment 64[/TD][TD]

47​

[/TD][TD]

38​

[/TD][TD]

+9​

[/TD][TD]

8/02 - 8/05​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]Amendment 64[/TD][TD]

46​

[/TD][TD]

42​

[/TD][TD]

+4​

[/TD][TD]

6/14 - 6/17​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Rasmussen Reports[/TD][TD]regulating marijuana like alcohol[/TD][TD]

61​

[/TD][TD]

27​

[/TD][TD]

+34​

[/TD][TD]

6/06​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]legalizing marijuana[/TD][TD]

49​

[/TD][TD]

40​

[/TD][TD]

+9​

[/TD][TD]

Dec. 2011​

[/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]

Vote YES on Amendment 64.


RESULT: PASSED!

100% reporting

[TABLE="width: 200, class: grid"]
[TR][TD]YES[/TD][TD]

1,291,771​

[/TD][TD]

54.8%​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]NO[/TD][TD]

1,064,342​

[/TD][TD]

45.2%​

[/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]


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Washington: Initiative 502 (marijuana legalization)

Campaign website: www.newapproachwa.org

Initiative 502 would legalize the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by adults 21 and over, but does not allow for personal cultivation, except by or for medical marijuana patients. It would license marijuana cultivation and retail and wholesale sales, with restrictions on advertising. Regulation would be the remit of the state liquor control board, which would have to come up with rules by December 2013. The measure would create a 25% excise tax on marijuana sales, with 40% of revenues dedicated to the general fund and 60% dedicated to substance abuse prevention, research, and healthcare. It would create a per se driving under the influence standard of 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood.

Polls:

[TABLE="width: 800, class: grid"]
[TR][TD]Pollster[/TD][TD]Subject Polled[/TD][TD]

Support​

[/TD][TD]

Oppose​

[/TD][TD]

Lead​

[/TD][TD]

Date​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

53​

[/TD][TD]

44​

[/TD][TD]

+9​

[/TD][TD]

11/01 - 11/03​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]King 5 / SurveyUSA[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

56​

[/TD][TD]

37​

[/TD][TD]

+19​

[/TD][TD]

10/28 - 10/31​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]KCTS 9 Washington[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

55​

[/TD][TD]

38​

[/TD][TD]

+17​

[/TD][TD]

10/18 - 10/31​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Elway Research[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

48​

[/TD][TD]

44​

[/TD][TD]

+4​

[/TD][TD]

10/18 - 10/21​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Strategies 360[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

54​

[/TD][TD]

38​

[/TD][TD]

+16​

[/TD][TD]

10/17 - 10/20​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]King 5 / SurveyUSA[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

55​

[/TD][TD]

36​

[/TD][TD]

+19​

[/TD][TD]

10/12 - 10/14​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]KCTS 9 Washington[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

47​

[/TD][TD]

40​

[/TD][TD]

+7​

[/TD][TD]

10/1 - 10/16​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]King 5 / SurveyUSA[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

57​

[/TD][TD]

33​

[/TD][TD]

+24​

[/TD][TD]

9/28 - 9/30​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Elway Research[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

50​

[/TD][TD]

38​

[/TD][TD]

+12​

[/TD][TD]

9/08 - 9/12​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]King 5 / SurveyUSA[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

57​

[/TD][TD]

34​

[/TD][TD]

+23​

[/TD][TD]

9/07 - 9/09​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]King 5 / SurveyUSA[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

55​

[/TD][TD]

32​

[/TD][TD]

+23​

[/TD][TD]

7/16 - 7/17​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

50​

[/TD][TD]

37​

[/TD][TD]

+13​

[/TD][TD]

6/14 - 6/17​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

47​

[/TD][TD]

39​

[/TD][TD]

+8​

[/TD][TD]

2/16 - 2/19​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Elway Research[/TD][TD]Initiative 502[/TD][TD]

48​

[/TD][TD]

45​

[/TD][TD]

+3​

[/TD][TD]

Jan. 2012​

[/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]

Vote YES on Initiative 502.


RESULT: PASSED!

74.9% reporting

[TABLE="width: 200, class: grid"]
[TR][TD]YES[/TD][TD]

1,340,196​

[/TD][TD]

55.4%​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]NO[/TD][TD]

1,079,200​

[/TD][TD]

44.6%​

[/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]


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Oregon: Measure 80 (marijuana legalization)

Campaign website: www.vote80.org

Measure 80, the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA), would create an Oregon Cannabis Commission to regulate the cultivation and sale of marijuana, but not industrial hemp, which would be allowed, but not regulated by the commission. The commission would grant licenses to cultivate marijuana for sale to it by "all qualified applicants" and would sell marijuana at state retail stores at prices it determines. Medical marijuana patients would have their medicine provided at cost. The OCTA would supersede all state and local laws regarding marijuana, except for impaired driving laws, leaving personal possession and cultivation by adults unregulated.

Polls:

[TABLE="width: 800, class: grid"]
[TR][TD]Pollster[/TD][TD]Subject Polled[/TD][TD]

Support​

[/TD][TD]

Oppose​

[/TD][TD]

Lead​

[/TD][TD]

Date​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]The Oregonian / Elway Research[/TD][TD]Measure 80[/TD][TD]

42​

[/TD][TD]

49​

[/TD][TD]

-7​

[/TD][TD]

10/25 - 10/28​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]KATU / SurveyUSA[/TD][TD]Measure 80[/TD][TD]

36​

[/TD][TD]

43​

[/TD][TD]

-7​

[/TD][TD]

10/16 - 10/18​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]KATU / SurveyUSA[/TD][TD]Measure 80[/TD][TD]

37​

[/TD][TD]

41​

[/TD][TD]

-4​

[/TD][TD]

9/10 - 9/13​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]legalizing marijuana[/TD][TD]

43​

[/TD][TD]

46​

[/TD][TD]

-3​

[/TD][TD]

6/21 - 6/24​

[/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]

Vote YES on Measure 80.


RESULT: FAILED

100% reporting

[TABLE="width: 200, class: grid"]
[TR][TD]YES[/TD][TD]

810,538​

[/TD][TD]

46.8%​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]NO[/TD][TD]

923,071​

[/TD][TD]

53.2%​

[/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]


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Massachusetts: Question 3 (medical marijuana)

Campaign website: www.compassionforpatients.com

Question 3 would allow people suffering from a debilitating medical condition to use medical marijuana upon the recommendation of a doctor with whom they have a bona fide relationship. Patients could possess up to a 60-day supply -- what constitutes that supply will be determined by the Department of Health. The initiative would also set up a system of nonprofit medical marijuana cultivation and distribution centers.

Polls:

[TABLE="width: 800, class: grid"]
[TR][TD]Pollster[/TD][TD]Subject Polled[/TD][TD]

Support​

[/TD][TD]

Oppose​

[/TD][TD]

Lead​

[/TD][TD]

Date​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Suffolk University / 7NEWS[/TD][TD]Question 3[/TD][TD]

55​

[/TD][TD]

36​

[/TD][TD]

+19​

[/TD][TD]

10/25 - 10/28​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Boston Globe / UNH Survey Center[/TD][TD]Question 3[/TD][TD]

63​

[/TD][TD]

28​

[/TD][TD]

+35​

[/TD][TD]

10/24 - 10/28​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]Question 3[/TD][TD]

57​

[/TD][TD]

31​

[/TD][TD]

+26​

[/TD][TD]

10/9 - 10/11​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Boston Globe / UNH Survey Center[/TD][TD]Question 3[/TD][TD]

69​

[/TD][TD]

22​

[/TD][TD]

+47​

[/TD][TD]

9/21 - 9/27​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Suffolk University / 7NEWS[/TD][TD]Question 3[/TD][TD]

59​

[/TD][TD]

35​

[/TD][TD]

+24​

[/TD][TD]

9/13 - 9/16​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]Question 3[/TD][TD]

58​

[/TD][TD]

27​

[/TD][TD]

+31​

[/TD][TD]

8/16 - 8/19​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]legalizing medical marijuana[/TD][TD]

57​

[/TD][TD]

33​

[/TD][TD]

+24​

[/TD][TD]

6/22 - 6/24​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]generic proposal to legalize MMJ[/TD][TD]

53​

[/TD][TD]

35​

[/TD][TD]

+18​

[/TD][TD]

3/16 - 3/18​

[/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]

Vote YES on the Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Initiative.


RESULT: PASSED!

99.9% reporting

[TABLE="width: 200, class: grid"]
[TR][TD]YES[/TD][TD]

1,895,340​

[/TD][TD]

63.3%​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]NO[/TD][TD]

1,097,797​

[/TD][TD]

36.7%​

[/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]


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Arkansas: Issue 5 (medical marijuana)

Campaign website: www.arcompassion.org

Issue 5 would allow patients suffering from specified diseases or medical conditions to use marijuana with a doctor's recommendation. It envisions a system of state-licensed nonprofit dispensaries, and would allow patients or their caregivers to grow their own only if they are not within five miles of a dispensary. In that case, patients could grow up to six flowering plants. Patients could possess up to 2 ½ ounces of marijuana.

Polls:

[TABLE="width: 800, class: grid"]
[TR][TD]Pollster[/TD][TD]Subject Polled[/TD][TD]

Support​

[/TD][TD]

Oppose​

[/TD][TD]

Lead​

[/TD][TD]

Date​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Talk Business-Hendrix College[/TD][TD]Issue 5[/TD][TD]

38​

[/TD][TD]

54​

[/TD][TD]

-16​

[/TD][TD]

10/18​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]University of Arkansas[/TD][TD]Issue 5[/TD][TD]

44​

[/TD][TD]

52​

[/TD][TD]

-8​

[/TD][TD]

10/9 - 10/14​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Talk Business-Hendrix College[/TD][TD]Issue 5[/TD][TD]

47​

[/TD][TD]

46​

[/TD][TD]

+1​

[/TD][TD]

7/19​

[/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]

Vote YES on Issue 5.


RESULT: FAILED

97.7% reporting

[TABLE="width: 200, class: grid"]
[TR][TD]YES[/TD][TD]

501,359​

[/TD][TD]

48.6%​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]NO[/TD][TD]

530,964​

[/TD][TD]

51.4%​

[/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]


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Montana: Initiative Referendum 124 (medical marijuana REPEAL)

Campaign website: www.patientsforreform.org

Initiative Referendum 124 would undo the gutting of the state's medical marijuana program through the passage last year of Senate Bill 423. That bill replaced the voter-approved medical marijuana program, which allowed for dispensary sales, with a new scheme that limited providers to serving only three patients, prohibited providers from accepting anything of value in exchange for products or services, granted local governments the power to regulate providers, tightened standards for demonstrating chronic pain, and demanded reviews of doctors who certified more than 25 patients in a one-year period.

Polls:

[TABLE="width: 800, class: grid"]
[TR][TD]Pollster[/TD][TD]Subject Polled[/TD][TD]

Support​

[/TD][TD]

Oppose​

[/TD][TD]

Lead​

[/TD][TD]

Date​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]Initiative Referendum 124[/TD][TD]

44​

[/TD][TD]

30​

[/TD][TD]

+14​

[/TD][TD]

10/8 -10/10​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Mason Dixon[/TD][TD]Initiative Referendum 124[/TD][TD]

44​

[/TD][TD]

31​

[/TD][TD]

+13​

[/TD][TD]

9/22 (?)​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Public Policy Polling[/TD][TD]Initiative Referendum 124[/TD][TD]

46​

[/TD][TD]

29​

[/TD][TD]

+17​

[/TD][TD]

9/10 - 9/11​

[/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]

Vote AGAINST IR-124 / SB 423.


RESULT: PASSED

93.6% reporting

[TABLE="width: 200, class: grid"]
[TR][TD]YES[/TD][TD]

235,444​

[/TD][TD]

56.6%​

[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]NO[/TD][TD]

180,521​

[/TD][TD]

43.4%​

[/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]


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Local Initiatives



Detroit, MI - Proposal M seeks to remove criminal penalties for possession on private property of up to one ounce of marijuana by adults by adults age 21 and older.

Website: http://saferdetroit.net/index.php

RESULT: PASSED with 65% of vote!


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Flint, MI - Voters will decide whether to remove criminal penalties for possession on private property of up to one ounce of marijuana (or marijuana paraphernalia) by adults age 19 and older.

RESULT: PASSED with 57% of vote!


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Grand Rapids, MI - Proposal 2 seeks to allow local law enforcement the discretion to ticket first-time marijuana offenders with a civil citation, punishable by a $25 fine and no criminal record.

Website: http://decriminalizegr.org/

RESULT: PASSED with 60% of vote!


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Ypsilanti, MI - Voters will decide whether to make the local enforcement of marijuana possession offenses the city’s lowest law enforcement priority.

RESULT: PASSED with 74% of vote!


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Kalamazoo, MI - Voters will decide whether to allow the opening of 3 medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.

RESULT: PASSED with 64% of vote!


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California - A number of towns, mostly in the San Diego area, will vote on local initiatives to allow medical marijuana dispensaries. Those include Del Mar, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove, and Solana Beach, as well as Palo Alto. The town of Dunsmuir will vote on whether to loosen cultivation regulations.

RESULTS: Measures in Del Mar, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove, and Solana Beach to allow dispensaries all FAILED by a relatively wide margin. Measure in Dunsmuir to loosen regulations FAILED with 47%.


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Colorado - Berthoud will be voting on whether to ban dispensaries, and Fort Collins will be voting on whether to overturn the ban on dispensaries voted in last November.

RESULTS: Berthoud's measure FAILED with only 43% supporting a ban on dispensaries. The measure in Fort Collins to overturn a ban on dispensaries PASSED with 55%.


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Massachusetts - In a continuation of work done in the past six election cycles, voters in a number of legislative districts will be asked a non-binding public policy question. In the First Essex and Middlesex Senate District, the Eighth Essex House District, and the Twenty-Second Essex House District voters will be asked whether they support repeal of the "federal prohibition of marijuana, as the 21st Amendment repealed national prohibition of alcohol, so that states may regulate it as they choose?" Voters in the Second Middlesex Senate District, the Middlesex and Suffolk Senate District, and the Second Berkshire House District will answer a similar question.

RESULTS: All measures PASSED by a wide margin. See here for details.


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Washington - Voters in six cities -- Bellingham, Bremerton, Everett, Kent, Olympia, and Spokane -- will vote on initiatives to make marijuana the lowest law enforcement priority and prohibit local officials from cooperating with federal marijuana law enforcement activities.

RESULTS: couldn't find any information, but marijuana is now legal in WA anyways

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[mrsat_98]

Arkansas SOS was presented with double the number of signatures required. They have not commented as if the count was verified.

 

[COpatriot]

I will be voting for 64 in Colorado. I'm thinking we'll get this one right.

 

[trey4sports]

they said the same thing in CA last cycle. It was polling favorably for the whole damn election cycle and in the last 2 weeks the favorability tanked and it didn't end up passing. I'm hoping that doesn't happen again but i'm not counting on it getting passed in any state yet.

 

[trey4sports]

I think what would be even MORE interesting is how would the President deal with a state that has legalized and regulated marijuana. Would a president Obama who no longer is seeking reelection crackdown on state-licenses marijuana dispensaries or not? I have no doubt Mitt would break-up the party.

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

I heard that Washington's is facing some backlash from the medical community because of the limits on driving (since it stays in your system for so long none of them could drive) and things might turn out like California did.

They're just now drafting the bill for MMJ in NC. Better late than never I guess?

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEATTLE_HEMPFEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-17-18-23-06

The measure has garnered opposition from the medical cannabis community, and some say its driving-under-the-influence provisions are so strict that it could prevent them from driving at all.

Others say the measure doesn't go far enough because it wouldn't allow people to grow their own pot for recreational use, although medical patients still could; it doesn't contemplate the industrial growing of hemp; and it would not allow recreational use for those between 18 and 21.

Because of the split, Hempfest - now in its 21st year of advocating legalization - is taking no official position on the measure, something McPeak called "very painful and very awkward."

Alison Holcomb, campaign manager for the measure's sponsor, New Approach Washington, said she was disappointed, too.

"We've got a legalization measure on the ballot right now," Holcomb said. "Seattle Hempfest, which has been carrying the legalization banner for 21 years, ought to be celebrating."

Both sides of the debate were aired at the festival, as supporters and opponents set up tents and vied for the attention of potential voters.

At the No on I-502 tent, activist Arthur West said he's been attending Hempfest since the late 1990s and never imagined that he'd be here to oppose a legalization measure. But then, he and fellow activist Poppy Sidhu said they don't consider I-502 legalization at all.

"We're all for legalization, but legalization, for me, is being able to grow as much as I want and being able to walk down the street to Starbucks smoking my joint," Sidhu said.

Conner Michaels, 24, of Bellingham, approached with a thick, burning blunt in his hand and asked for a No on I-502 button.

"This is sick," he said. "I'm not going to be able to drive if this passes."

Medical marijuana dispensaries are largely also opposed, in part, because of the licensing requirements in the measure, said Brian Ray, the goateed, dreadlocked owner of One Love Collective, a dispensary in South Seattle. Many dispensaries are doing well under the current system, and there's no reason to rush into a legalization scheme that might be flawed, he said.

"It appears like it's going to shut down the entrepreneurial spirit of these small businesses," Ray said.

 

[jct74]

Arkansas SOS was presented with double the number of signatures required. They have not commented as if the count was verified.

Thanks, I didn't know about that one. It is an effort to get medical marijuana on the ballot in Arkansas, and it looks like they have collected enough valid signatures.

Medical marijuana push submits 74,000 more signatures

Submitted by The City Wire Staff on Mon, 08/13/2012 - 7:31pm
story by Roby Brock, a TCW content partner and owner of Talk Business

A group pushing to legalize medicinal marijuana turned in an additional 74,406 signatures today in what supporters hoped would be enough to qualify the proposal for the November ballot.

The group, Arkansans for Compassionate Care, fell about 26,000 signatures short of a required 62,507 valid voter signatures on July 6. With the new collection effort, their odds are good that the proposal will qualify for voter consideration.

The medical marijuana proposal would allow for up to 30 nonprofit dispensaries in Arkansas. Local cities and counties could choose to ban them.

Marijuana would only be available to people with a prescription for certain health conditions, including cancer, glaucoma, Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDs, Alzheimer’s disease and several other conditions. The proposal allows for a patient to have up to 2.5 ounces of usable marijuana without the threat of prosecution.

...

read more:
http://www.thecitywire.com/node/23440#.UDGUnWFSTh4

 

[jct74]

looks like medical marijuana will probably be on the ballot in North Dakota too.

ND likely to debate medical marijuana proposal

August 7, 2012 10:10 AM

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota voters are likely to have a chance this fall to decide whether marijuana may be used legally as a pain reliever, an option the Legislature has never addressed and that South Dakotans have rejected twice.

Supporters of medical marijuana have been circulating a citizen initiative to put the issue on the November ballot. On Monday, Dave Schwartz, campaign director for a pro-medical marijuana group called North Dakotans for Compassionate Care, delivered petitions that he said contained about 20,000 signatures to North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger's office.

The petitions need about 13,500 signatures from North Dakota voters for the initiative to qualify for a vote. Jaeger has about a month to review the petitions and decide whether they are valid.

The measure would allow someone who suffers from cancer, glaucoma, post-traumatic stress disorder and other debilitating illnesses to use marijuana if a doctor recommends it.

...

read more:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57488076/nd-likely-to-debate-medical-marijuana-proposal/

 

[ClydeCoulter]

So, does this help the HEMP situation? I don't want to be regulated, even though I don't smoke mary-jane anymore, haven't for decades (not that I wouldn't like to, but causes heart palpitations). But I would grow hemp for industrial uses though.

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

So, does this help the HEMP situation? I don't want to be regulated, even though I don't smoke mary-jane anymore, haven't for decades (not that I wouldn't like to, but causes heart palpitations). But I would grow hemp for industrial uses though.

It seems that only the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act 2012 will restore industrial hemp.

The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act 2012 is a citizen’s initiative campaign to regulate cannabis and restore industrial hemp. Our goal is to protect Oregon’s children and increase public safety by creating a series of regulations around the growth and sale of cannabis and industrial hemp. Just as ending alcohol prohibition and regulating that market has protected society, regulating cannabis will help keep cannabis away from children and ensure marijuana is only sold to adults over the age of 21.

Currently the state of Oregon spends $61.5 million in law enforcement, corrections, and judicial costs, just on the enforcement of cannabis related incidents. Not only would this Act eliminate most of those costs, it would generate over $140 million a YEAR by taxing commercial cannabis sales to adults.

The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act will restore the hemp industry. Hemp, made from the seeds and stems of the cannabis plant, can be used for food products, clothing, fuel, paper and more. This Act will continue Oregon’s legacy as a sustainability leader and create green jobs in a time when our economy is still struggling.

90% of the proceeds will go into the state general fund, 7% for drug treatment programs, 1% each for drug education in public schools, and two new state commissions to promote hemp biofuel and hemp fiber and food

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

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[ClydeCoulter]

It seems that only the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act 2012 will restore industrial hemp.

Well, it seems if money is involved, you can move people to action. I wish it weren't so.

 

[DamianTV]

Did you know...

That Marijuana has a higher approval rating than either Romney or Obama, but not Ron Paul?

 

[Drex]

I think something like this will be on the ballot in Nebraska, no way it'll pass, but it's a start.

 

[Travlyr]

Why be in favor of regulating hemp? That is like being in favor of regulating gardens. The politicians are really not smarter than the people. There is no need to regulate hemp. It is a plant. It is the most Earth friendly green plant known to humankind. Your elected official will have thugs in uniforms with badges come to your door, bust it down, handcuff you, and throw you in prison for growing the most environmentally friendly green plant on Earth. Prison. A Cage. That's baloney. It doesn't need to be regulated or taxed. It needs to be legal to grow like tomatoes and peppers. Our elected officials need to be thrown in jail if they don't legalize it.

 

[Kelly.]

Why be in favor of regulating hemp? That is like being in favor of regulating gardens. The politicians are really not smarter than the people. There is no need to regulate hemp. It is a plant. It is the most Earth friendly green plant known to humankind. Your elected official will have thugs in uniforms with badges come to your door, bust it down, handcuff you, and throw you in prison for growing the most environmentally friendly green plant on Earth. Prison. A Cage. That's baloney. It doesn't need to be regulated or taxed. It needs to be legal to grow like tomatoes and peppers. Our elected officials need to be thrown in jail if they don't legalize it.

is regulated hemp production better then hemp prohibition?
i would say yes, as once you can get regulated hemp grown, and show people what it is capable producing (food fuel fiber etc), which will help lead to further deregulation. maybe that is just my wishful thinking.


i am more interested what the federal government will do when a states residence vote to legalize cannabis. will they override the citizenry? pull highway funding?
this will get interesting if we see any of these pass.

yes on 64

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

Why be in favor of regulating hemp? That is like being in favor of regulating gardens. The politicians are really not smarter than the people. There is no need to regulate hemp. It is a plant. It is the most Earth friendly green plant known to humankind. Your elected official will have thugs in uniforms with badges come to your door, bust it down, handcuff you, and throw you in prison for growing the most environmentally friendly green plant on Earth. Prison. A Cage. That's baloney. It doesn't need to be regulated or taxed. It needs to be legal to grow like tomatoes and peppers. Our elected officials need to be thrown in jail if they don't legalize it.

It's taken decades to get them to even consider regulating it. Do you have any idea how many more decades it will take to convince them not to tax it?

 

[jct74]

this is an ad that started airing in Washington 2 weeks ago, $1 million ad buy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/new-approach-washington-marijuana-ad_n_1751291.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aScUZgzFlTI

 

[RabbitMan]

It's definitely going to pass in WA. I've heard tales of polls showing 50%/40% a month and a half ago, now up to 60%/30%.

Dispensaries, and believe me these are the only people against the initiative, have been noting that you can get a DUI if you are driving erratically and have a certain level of THC in your blood. Here's all you need to know. This is a blood-test, i.e. they have to test you at the station. And if you get pulled over currently, you just get a DUI for any level of it. What's the difference? If you are driving erratically and smoked you deserve to get a DUI. Vote I-502!

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

It's definitely going to pass in WA. I've heard tales of polls showing 50%/40% a month and a half ago, now up to 60%/30%.

Dispensaries, and believe me these are the only people against the initiative, have been noting that you can get a DUI if you are driving erratically and have a certain level of THC in your blood. Here's all you need to know. This is a blood-test, i.e. they have to test you at the station. And if you get pulled over currently, you just get a DUI for any level of it. What's the difference? If you are driving erratically and smoked you deserve to get a DUI. Vote I-502!

Medical patients (or anyone who smokes frequently) will fail the test even if they aren't intoxicated apparently.