By Casey Newton Gov. Jan Brewer is lending her support to the campaign against medical marijuana, saying that passing Proposition 203 would create new public-safety risks. Brewer announced her opposition to the initiative Wednesday at a news conference at the Talking Stick Resort on the Salt River Reservation. Brewer has not campaigned for or against [...]
ARIZONA CHAPTER OF AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS OPPOSED TO PROPOSITION 203 PROPOSITION 203: Medical Marijuana Initiative has been before the voters in the past. This initiative would allow stores throughout the state to sell marijuana to people, including kids, if they had a note from a provider stating that they need marijuana to treat pain. Also, [...]
By Robert Robb I have always been a supporter of medical marijuana. There are two reasons for this. The first is a personal experience many years ago. A son in a family very close to ours came down with cancer. He was having a real tough time with the treatments. A doctor told his parents [...]
AACOP STATEMENT IN OPPOSITION to PROPOSITION 203 It is well known that drug abuse and crime go hand in hand. Marijuana is currently the leading cause of substance dependence other than alcohol in the U.S. and legalization will increase the numbers of both users and abusers. The incidence of drug-impaired driving will also increase if [...]
Editor’s note: This story is the third in a series explaining the 10 propositions that will appear on the Nov. 2 general-election ballot. PROPOSITION 203: Arizona Medical Marijuana Act Proposition 203 would legalize marijuana for medicinal use. Licensed physicians would be able to recommend medical marijuana to patients with debilitating medical conditions, which include cancer, [...]
Viewpoints: Doug MacEachern Proposition 203: “Medical Marijuana.” I am very sympathetic to those who wish to reclaim the billions of dollars in profits back from the drug cartels by decriminalizing marijuana. I am not in favor of using the law in duplicitous ways, including pretending the main focus of this law is to help glaucoma [...]
Prop 203 protects pot-smokers in ways we’d never tolerate for people who abused alcohol or prescription drugs. Prop 203 says marijuana cardholders can’t be prosecuted for DUI based solely on “the presence of metabolites or components of marijuana that appear in insufficient concentration to cause impairment.” An employer can’t discipline an employee or send him [...]
Prop 203 will increase crime, not decrease it as its supporters claim. Here’s why: Nearly all addictive drugs cause crime and violence, including alcohol, and almost all the crime in this country is drug- and alcohol-related. Most of this crime, approximately 60 percent, is simply because people who are drunk or high do stupid, violent [...]
If Prop 203 passes, there will be more DUIs and more fatal auto accidents. The research on stoned driving and the reports from states with medical marijuana laws make it clear, when it comes to driving, marijuana poses all the same problems that alcohol does. Marijuana is the culprit in one-third of Montana’s DUI traffic [...]
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The article on “medical pot” in the Sept. 22 Explorer failed to inform its readers of several key provisions of Prop 203. Although Prop 203 ...
From their website: Prop 203: Medical marijuana (No) This is the only citizen-backed initiative on the ballot. And while we’re not insensitive to the needs ...
