词条 | Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Initiative |
释义 |
The Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Initiative, appeared as the third question on the state's 2012 ballot as an indirect initiated state statute. The measure allows cannabis to be used for medical purposes in the state. The initiative—backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance, and the Committee for Compassionate Medicine—was filed with proponents turning in the required signatures to the Massachusetts Attorney General's office by the August 3, 2011 deadline. Those signatures were needed for the required ten qualified voters who submitted the original petition to put forward the full text of the law they want enacted.[1] The initiative passed with support from 63% of state voters.[2] Ballot languageThe ballot language of the measure reads as follows:[3] {{quote|A YES VOTE would enact the proposed law eliminating state criminal and civil penalties related to the medical use of marijuana, allowing patients meeting certain conditions to obtain marijuana produced and distributed by new state-regulated centers or, in specific hardship cases, to grow marijuana for their own use.A NO VOTE would make no change in existing laws.}} SupportThe following is information obtained from the supporting side of the ballot measure:
OppositionThe following is information obtained from the opposing side of the ballot measure:
Other perspectives
Legal challengeIn May 2012, The Massachusetts Prevention Alliance filed a petition to the state supreme judicial court requesting that the wording of the ballot question be changed. According to reports, the group claimed that the wording of the measure hid key provisions of the potential state statute. For example, the group argued that a network of dispensaries would be created to comply with the law, if enacted, but that this was not shown clearly by the wording.[10] Shortly after, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley moved to dismiss the petition. According to the Attorney General's office, the petition did not offer a valid alternative way to write the ballot question.[10] During the case hearings, associate justice of the state Supreme Judicial Court Robert J. Cordy was skeptical of the ballot measure's wording, indicating he was open to a re-writing of the proposal's language, asking the Attorney General, "If it was entitled, 'Medical use of cigarettes,' would you have a problem with that? What's your evidence there is a medical use of marijuana?"[11] Around June 8, 2012, the supreme judicial court ruled in favor of the opponents who filed the lawsuit, stating that the measure's language was misleading. The court ruled that Coakley rewrite the ballot language.[12] In a decision on July 2, 2012 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice Robert J. Cordy approved newly rewritten language of the measure. According to reports, the main part of the language that was rewritten was the "yes" statement reads that reads, "A yes vote would enact the proposed law eliminating state criminal and civil penalties related to the medical use of marijuana, allowing patients meeting certain conditions to obtain marijuana produced and distributed by new state-regulated centers, or, in specific hardship cases, to grow marijuana for their own use."[13] Polls
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References1. ^"Medical marijuana supporters considering 2012 ballot push" Boston Herald, 21 July 2011 {{Cannabis in Massachusetts}}2. ^Massachusetts voters approve ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana, Chelsea Conaboy, Boston Globe, 6 November 2012 3. ^Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2012 Information For Voters", Retrieved September 14, 2012 4. ^1 Committee for Compassionate Medicine, "Get the Facts", September 15, 2012 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004012026/http://www.compassionforpatients.com/get-the-facts/ |date=October 4, 2012 }} 5. ^Wicked Locall, "Medical marijuana center eyed for Wakefield if proposed ballot question passes", April 2, 2012 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/waltham/news/x1440174275/Endorsement-Vote-yes-on-Question-3 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-11-06 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110072447/http://www.wickedlocal.com/waltham/news/x1440174275/Endorsement-Vote-yes-on-Question-3 |archivedate=2012-11-10 |df= }} Endorsement: Vote yes on Question 3 By Waltham News Tribune 7. ^The Republic, "Mass. doctors oppose ballot question on medical marijuana in absence of scientific study", May 21, 2012 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602094722/http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/b40ee856ccb84338a1ee39f45bf22272/MA-Medical-Marijuana |date=June 2, 2012 }} 8. ^MassLive.com, "Medical marijuana would create 'huge headache,' Coakley says", April 12, 2012 9. ^Patriot Ledger, "OPINION: Let voters decide on medical marijuana", April 18, 2012 10. ^1 WGGB.com, "Coakley Moves to Dismiss Ballot Question Petition", Retrieved June 10, 2012 11. ^Mass Live, "Opponents seek changes to ballot question that could legalize medical marijuana in Massachusetts", June 4, 2012 12. ^[https://archive.is/20130129215759/http://www.necn.com/06/08/12/Mass-medical-marijuana-opponents-win-cha/landing_health.html?&apID=b2d25d23942f443d88fc8ef84b2afda2 NECN.com, "Mass. medical marijuana opponents win challenge", June 8, 2012] 13. ^Massachusetts Live, "Wording of medical marijuana ballot question approved by Massachusetts judge", July 2, 2012 14. ^http://www.boston.com/multimedia/2012/09/30poll/poll_web_sunday.pdf Boston Herald Poll 5 : Massachusetts ballot measures, 2012|Cannabis ballot measures in the United States|Cannabis law in Massachusetts|Drug control law in the United States|2012 cannabis law reform |
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