125,000 have signed Arizona’s medical marijuana petition
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Arizona Capitol Times: The next state general election will not occur until November, but backers of a ballot proposal to legalize the use of medical marijuana in Arizona claim to be well on their way to qualifying the measure for the 2010 ballot. Andrew Myers, a manager for the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project, said the campaign so far has collected approximately 125,000 voter signatures from 450 independently contracted collectors. That’s still below the needed 153,365 required signatures due with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office by next July. But plenty of time remains. “This is going incredibly well and better than I would have anticipated,” said Myers, who was a staffer for former Governor Janet Napolitano. Myers expects the group ultimately will amass 250,000 signatures. Under the proposal, Arizonans with qualifying medical conditions and symptoms would be permitted by Arizona Department of Health Services to obtain limited amounts of marijuana for personal use from state-regulated dispensaries.
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