The decision makes the fifteenth State have approved a medical marijuana law Arizona. California was the first in 1996, followed by 13 other States and the District of Columbia.
Ballot measure asked proposition 203, won by just 4,341 votes from more than 1.67 million votes counted, according to final results announced on Saturday.
The approval came as something of a surprise.At one point on election day, the measure approx. 7200 votes schleppte.Die gap narrowed gradually, until it edged ahead, while the count at the Freitag.Die was final tally 841,346 in favor and 837,005 opposed.
"We really believe that we have the possibility, an example for the rest of the country on how a good medical marijuana program looks to put", said Andrew Myers, Campaign Manager for the Arizona medical marijuana policy project.
The Arizona action allows patients with diseases such as cancer, AIDS, hepatitis C and all other "chronic or debilitating" disease that guidelines for plants to grow or buy two and a half ounces marijuana corresponds to every two weeks.
Patients must receive a recommendation from your doctor and the Arizona Department of health services registrieren.Das law allows for no more than 124 marijuana dispensaries in the State.
Supporters of the proposition 203 argues that thousands of patients suffering from a "terrible choice" with a serious or even terminal illness or konfrontiert.Sie go to the criminal marijuana market measure on the ballot, collected more than 252,000 signatures, put almost 100,000 more than necessary.
The measure prosecutors, the Governor, the State Attorney general and many other politicians was opposed by all Arizona Sheriff and County.
Carolyn short, keep AZ drug free, the group, the opposition to the initiative, organised, said her group believed that the law would raise crime to outpatient clinic locations, to drive more people lead while impaired and finally to the legalized marijuana for all lead.
She said that it is clear the marijuana policy project, based in Washington, to his ultimate goal the new measure in the major financial backer of: national legalization.
"" All the leaders came out and warned Arizona who was going have very serious impact on a number of levels ", said Mrs short once votes for the measure in the lead late Friday drawn.""I don't think that all Arizona heard these gloomy predictions."
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