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Ariz. Pro-Marijuana Group Halts 2016 Legalization Effort


A grassroots Arizona cannabis-legalization campaign halted its drive for a 2016 ballot measure on Wednesday after failing to reach its signature-collection goals.

Campaign manager Jason Medar confirmed in an April 12 blog post that Arizonans for Mindful Regulation wasn't gathering petitions fast enough to make the July 7 deadline to turn in more than 150,000 valid voter signatures. Yesterday, in an unsigned article on the group's website, the group announced that it's throwing in the towel for this year but will return with a vengeance in 2018.

And, as Medar and other supporters have long threatened, AZFMR is launching a "vote no" campaign against its most-hated enemy: the well-funded Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Arizona, which is backed by the national Marijuana Policy Project and local dispensaries.

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