Marijuana Legalization In North Dakota: Will Medical Cannabis Appear On The

A 2012 medical marijuana initiative was rejected from being placed on the ballot following the submission of thousands of fraudulent signatures by paid petition circulators, including several North Dakota State University football players. “People see that was a college kids’ mistake”, Morgan said. It lists cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder, glaucoma and other illnesses as examples of debilitating conditions, according to a copy of the initiative obtained by The Associated Press.

The initiative would make it legal for North Dakota residents to possess up to 3 ounces of marijuana for medical purposes. “We want to soften it and eliminate any negative connotations”. Those more than 40 miles from a licensed facility would be able to grow up to eight marijuana plants after providing notification to law enforcement as long as they’re grown in an enclosed facility. This should end the threat of a splintered legalization movement losing next year, as well as the opposite-end threat of two legalizing initiatives passing, which would give the state legislature a chance to sort out conflicts between the two. Morgan said the proposed 22-page “North Dakota Compassionate Care Act” is modeled mainly after Delaware’s law but also draws language from Arizona and Montana statutes.

Marijuana has not been approved as a medication by the Food and Drug Administration. He noted the secretary of state’s website offers a template for drafting a petition, which Morgan acknowledged he didn’t use.

She’s teaming up with Bill Wilhelm, who has Crohn’s Disease and Charcot Marie Tooth Disease, and Ray Morgan, who suffers from debilitating back pain, to try to let North Dakota’s voters decide whether the drug is right for the state. He said he has never used marijuana as a pain reliever but would like the option of doing so. The submitted petition also lacked an affidavit page and pages for collecting signatures.

Morgan said the group plans to use strictly volunteers to collect the signatures.