Utah Patients Coalition working to get medical marijuana on the ballot in Utah:
As a local, I think it'll pass. Enough people support medical marijuana (even with the Reefer Madness attitude among the halls of power in the state) that if they can get it to the ballot, it'll win. The most recent campaigns have even been headed by active Mormon moms who are a far cry from the stereotypical view of a medical marijuana user.
Hmmm... that's pretty interesting.
Any feedback yet from the LDS leadership on this potential ballot initiative yet?
Assuming based upon what you have posted that it would be a high CBD/ Low THC scene?
Based upon your experience and knowledge of Utah politics, how difficult would it be to get this initiative on the ballot to meet the signature requirements?
You're in luck, because it turns out the LDS Church
put out this statement yesterday:Basically, they're on the MOAR RESEARCH BUT SERIOUSLY, REEFER MADNESS GUYS train. Though they have actually supported extremely limited, low-THC cannaboid oil treatments for sick kids.
And I don't know much about CBD and THC, but from what I understand, all serious efforts to legalize it in Utah have focused on low THC treatments.
As for getting the initiative on the ballot, it's
rather difficult, but doable. A decade ago, we managed to force lawmakers to put vouchers on the ballot (when they wanted to pass it secretly in the legislature) and then crushed vouchers by a ballot vote, so its certainly doable if the will is there. And even with the LDS Church's refusal to really support medical marijuana, I think it will pass. Most Mormons don't even think of marijuana as Reefer Madness anymore, and a lot of people have sick relatives and friends who could use medical marijuana. Heck, recent efforts have been spearheaded by faithful Mormon moms, as I said.
And only tangentially related, but Utah
was the deciding state to
overturn Prohibition, despite the then LDS Church President Heber J Grant being vocally and politically in favor of Prohibition.
