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Voters back city pot distribution
Patrick Hoge, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, November 6, 2002

San Francisco voters approved a measure Tuesday to have the city study growing and dispensing marijuana for medical purposes in response to federal crackdowns on medical-cannabis clubs. The measure directs city officials such as the mayor, supervisors, district attorney, city attorney and public health chief to look at everything from where pot could be grown, how to distribute it and the liability. The next step could be enacting legislation. The measure was placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors at the urging of Supervisor Mark Leno, who was handily winning Tuesday night as the Democratic nominee for the state Assembly seat representing the eastern half of San Francisco. San Francisco's public health chief, Dr. Mitch Katz, supported the ballot measure, Proposition S. He prescribes marijuana to some patients in his AIDS practice at San Francisco General Hospital, saying it has benefits that other drugs can't achieve.

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posted by A Curmudgeon 7:05 AM

 

Ohio Voters Just Say No to Drug Possession Referendum
By Jim Burns
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer - November 06, 2002

(CNSNews.com) - Ohio voters by a 2 to 1 margin defeated a proposed state constitutional amendment that would required judges to prescribe treatment instead of jail time for drug possession offenses. The defeat means nonviolent first and second time drug offenders in the Buckeye State can still face jail time. The proposal would have required judges to order treatment instead of jail time for qualifying offenders who requested it. The issue was opposed by law enforcement, some state Ohio judicial leaders and medical and drug treatment organizations. Election returns indicated 69 percent of Buckeye State voters were against the amendment. Ohio Republican Gov. Taft and first lady Hope Taft led the campaign to defeat the constitutional amendment. Democratic challenger Tim Hagan said he would vote for it, then turned down an offer from the issue's backers for help with his campaign.Taft defeated Hagan in Tuesday's election.

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posted by A Curmudgeon 8:55 AM

 

State voters reject legalizing marijuana
By ED VOGEL - REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU
CARSON CITY -- The drive to make Nevada the first state with legal marijuana failed overwhelmingly Tuesday as voters decisively defeated Question 9. Nearly complete statewide returns showed 61 percent of the voters opposed Question 9. Passage would have allowed adults to possess as much as 3 ounces of marijuana. Thirty-nine percent backed the initiative placed on the ballot through petitions circulated by Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement.

"We are elated," said Sandy Heverly, one of the leaders of the Coalition Against Legalized Marijuana. "I think the message we have sent to these people is never underestimate the power of good people who have a lot of passion." Heverly, executive director of STOP DUI, had emphasized throughout the campaign that Nevadans did not need another legal drug added to the problems already associated with alcohol abuse. She said 57 people have died in the last five years in accidents involving Nevada motorists who had used marijuana and that with legalization that number would increase. "Once you leave the glitz and glamor of the Las Vegas Strip, you will find families who go to work every day, go to church and who do not want their children subjected to more drugs in our society," she said. The move to make Nevada the first state with legal marijuana captured the nation's attention. Media flocked to Las Vegas to write accounts of the latest sin in Sin City and national drug czar John Walters made two trips to Nevada, calling marijuana a gateway drug that can destroy lives.

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posted by A Curmudgeon 6:01 AM