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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Nine Central Washington University students were sickened in an off-Campus party in the House last month.
NEW: Manufacturer says that prohibition is based on "false information" energy drinks "Alcohol" resulted in 9 students to obtain treatment, police said "Four Loko" is a "casual-from a drinker dream", says Professor
(CNN)--Washington State Liquor Control Department on Wednesday prohibited the sale of alcoholic energy drinks after a group of students get sick from eating a drink nicknamed "break can one."
The prohibition, which shall enter into force on November 18, following hospitalization October nine underage Central Washington University students said got sick after drinking "Four Loko," a caffeinated liquor malt; Some students also mix canned beverages with other alcohols, including vodka were police.
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna has asked federal regulators to prohibit food drinks which said "have such high levels of stimulant that people have no idea how inebriated truly".
But Four Loko's manufacturer, Phusion projects in Chicago, Illinois, said the drink is just as safe as any other spirit drinks "when used responsibly.The company said it was "very disappointed" by the prohibition, which he said was "on the basis of false information and does not address the issue at hand."
"If the real concern was to safeguard public health, safety and general well-being, this prohibition should cover also caffeinated liquor products, containing three to four times as much alcohol as our products," said in a written statement by Phusion."Instead, under prohibition, these products will remain legal and accessible to the same subset of the population who chose not to consume our products responsibly, sold in stores where existing alcohol laws may continue to be neglected and abused in parallel with the same types of alcohol and other drug use that contributed to the incident at the University of Washington Central earlier this year."
The company called the University of Washington Central incident "alarming and unacceptable," but said moving Board liquor does nothing to address the ongoing challenge of underage drinking among college students and what she said the Council ignored the normal procedures, thus depriving affected businesses "every opportunity to be heard." In a previous statement, Phusion said Four Loko has approximately the same quantity of alcohol in wine or some beers vessels and approximately the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee from the chain Starbucks.
The incident caused by the ban took place in Roslyn, Washington, in early October. Police came to the conclusion that none of the students was drugged given alcohol without their knowledge, in accordance with a statement of school, but the conclusions convinced Gaudino University President James ban "alcohol energy drinks from the Campus.
"We need to make sure we send a strong message to students about the dangers of alcohol energy drinks and we need to know more about how that affects the health and behavior," said Gaudino.
Drink is "a casual-which dream because caffeine or other stimulants allows from a drinker complying greater amounts of alcohol without passing through," said the Chairman of the Department of physical education at school.
Professor Ken Briggs "be able to feel the effects of fatigue, loss of coordination and still passes or vomiting is the body defences against consuming doses of alcohol that will kill you," said last month. "Regardless, since alcohol reaches a certain level you can drop like a box of rocks. "
Alan Duke of CNN and Michael Martinez contributed to this report.View the original article here
