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With all votes now counted, Arizona passes medical marijuana initiative

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this new CNN piece, which is headlined "Arizona voters approve medical marijuana law," it now appears almost official that Arizona voters approved the state's medical marijuana initiative earlier this month. Here are the specifics (along with a roll-call of states in which medical pot is now legal): Almost two weeks after polls closed, Arizona voters have approved a medical marijuana law, state officials said Monday.  The close vote -- by a margin of 4,341 votes -- will be certified by the Arizona Secretary of State's Office on November 29, said spokesman Matthew Benson.  A ballot count from Maricopa County over the weekend allowed state officials to provide the results, he said. Arizona becomes the 15th state, along with the District of Columbia, to have passed a medical marijuana law since 1996, said a spokesman with the advocacy group Medical Marijuana Project...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 15, 2010 (boomark / email).