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Anyone have a link to confirm this? I know it was ahead last night but when I google news articles nothing comes up that would tend to confirm.

http://www.examiner.com/medical-marijuana-dispensaries-in-portland/with-passage-of-prop-203-arizona-becomes-15th-medical-marijuana-state

 

With passage of Prop 203, Arizona becomes 15th medical marijuana state

 

* November 13th, 2010 12:20 am PT

 

As of Friday November 12th, at 5:35 pm, it appears that Arizona's Proposition 203 has passed, by the slim margin of only 4421 votes, making Arizona the 15th state to allow the medical use of marijuana.

 

Under Proposition 203, doctors in Arizona will be able to 'recommend' medical marijuana to patients suffering from certain "debilitating medical conditions." Proposition 203 also creates dispensaries to supply these patients with their medical marijuana, enabling patients to purchase up to 2-1/2 ounces every two weeks; the number of dispensaries are liimited to one dispensary per 10 pharmacies. If patients do not live within 25 miles of a dispensary, then they will also be able to grow their own medical marijuana.

 

It hasn't been certified yet... however it looks very good. It is also outside the range to require a recount...

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http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2010/11/13/news/breaking_news/doc4cde3c44c2589199624355.txt

 

As of the last update from the Arizona Secretary of State's office early Friday evening, the proposition is passing by 4,421 votes out of more than 1.6 million cast.

 

According to the Maricopa County Recorder's Office, about 10,000 ballots, 8,000 early and 2,000 provisional, still need to be counted in Maricopa County. All of the ballots in Arizona's 14 other counties have been counted. The vote in Maricopa County has nearly been a dead heat, and if the trend continues Arizona will become the 15th state that allows the use of medical marijuana.

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http://www.examiner....marijuana-state

 

 

 

It hasn't been certified yet... however it looks very good. It is also outside the range to require a recount...

 

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters have approved a measure that will legalize medical marijuana use in the state for people with chronic or debilitating diseases.Final vote tallies showed Saturday that Proposition 203 won by a tiny margin of just 4,341 votes out of more than 1.67 million votes counted. The measure had started out losing on Election Day by about 7,200 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. "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, D.C., 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 2 1/2 ounces of marijuana every two weeks or grow plants.

 

The patients must get a recommendation from their doctor and register with the Arizona Department of Health Services. The law allows for no more than 124 marijuana dispensaries in the state. After ballots are canvassed Nov. 29, the state has 120 days before the law goes into effect.

 

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. They collected more than 252,000 signatures to put the measure on the ballot — nearly 100,000 more than required.

 

All Arizona's sheriff's and county prosecutors, the governor, attorney general and many other politicians came out against the measure.

 

Carolyn Short, chairwoman of Keep AZ Drug Free, the group that organized opposition to the initiative, said her group believes the law will increase crime around dispensary locations, lead to more people driving while impaired and eventually lead to legalized pot for everyone.

 

She noted that the major financial backer of the new measure, the Washington-based Marijuana Policy Project, makes no bones about its ultimate goal: national legalization of marijuana for everyone.

 

"All of the political leaders came out and warned Arizonans that this was going to have very dire effects on a number of levels," Short said after the measure pulled into the lead late on Friday. "I don't think that all Arizonans have heard those dire predictions."

 

Arizona voters overwhelmingly approved a medical marijuana law in 1996 and 1998, but it never went into effect because of problems with its wording. Then in 2002, voters rejected a sweeping initiative that would have decriminalized possession of up to 2 ounces of marijuana for any user and required state police to hand out the drug to seriously ill people.

 

The measure that went before voters this month began Friday losing by about 1,500 votes, then surged ahead by 4,421 votes.

 

Maricopa was the only Arizona county with ballots still outstanding on Saturday. The county finished counting all the remaining provisional and early ballots by late in the afternoon.

 

The final, unofficial count was 841,346 in favor of the measure and 837,005 opposed.

 

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2010-11-13-arizona-marijuana_N.htm

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Actually, Arizona voters passed medical marijuana initiatives in 1996 and again in 1998. This vote was to correct a fault in the last attempts.

 

 

Let's hope 3rd time is a charm!

 

According to the 'new' MMJ legislation in AZ (please verify) a Michigan 'card holder' can have on them 2 1/2 oz as is allowed to AZ card holders, However, a 'card holder' from another state CANNOT purchase 'meds' from a 'dispensary'.

 

Guess they want to make sure there's enough for the AZ folks.

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You can't grow for yourself if you are within 25 miles of a dispensary. Nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there. Basically, you can't grow your own.

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You can't grow for yourself if you are within 25 miles of a dispensary. Nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there. Basically, you can't grow your own.

 

Happy, I lived in AZ for five years and know the entire State pretty well, and believe me, there are going to be a LOT of people growing for themselves, outside the major cities you very often have to drive for hours just to get to a supermarket, not to mention a MMJ dispensary.

 

And with that AZ sun, some good soil and a little H2O... 'good meds!'

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Let's hope 3rd time is a charm!

 

According to the 'new' MMJ legislation in AZ (please verify) a Michigan 'card holder' can have on them 2 1/2 oz as is allowed to AZ card holders, However, a 'card holder' from another state CANNOT purchase 'meds' from a 'dispensary'.

 

Guess they want to make sure there's enough for the AZ folks.

Third Time a charm here in Mi...WOOT.. Congratulations AZ!! Blessings to all MM patients and caregivers!!

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