Idaho Voters Reject Ballot Measure That Would Have Restricted Their Own Ability To Legalize Marijuana
Idaho voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have restricted their own ability to legalize marijuana in the future.
Cannabis Law Report · · 1 min read
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Idaho voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have restricted their own ability to legalize marijuana in the future.
The proposed constitutional amendment was trailing by a 66-34 margin on Wednesday morning, with an estimated 94 percent of ballots counted, according to The Associated Press.
If approved, the measure would have made it so that “only the legislature of the state of Idaho shall have power and authority to legalize the growing, producing, manufacturing, transporting, selling, delivering, dispensing, administering, prescribing, distributing, possessing, or using of marijuana, narcotics, or other psychoactive substances.”
That would have meant that voters could never collect signatures to place an initiative on the ballot to legalize marijuana or other drugs for medical or recreational purposes.
Adam J. Smith, executive director for the Marijuana Policy Project, said that “Idaho voters have scored a major victory for citizen-led advocacy and common sense by soundly rejecting HJR 4.”
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