Re: MAPS: Question: Arizona Prop 200

[Jim Hogshire <pagg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Prop 200 in Arizona was approved by a little more than two thirds of the voters
and "decriminalized" *all* substances.  It permitted a doctor to prescribe any
substance on earth so long as another doctor concurred.  It was *not* aimed at
marijuana exclusively.  For this reason it was ignored by -- among other groups
-- NORML.  The George Soros front group that promoted the initiative in
California did not deign to support the Arizona proposal, either.

The only thing the Arizona proposition did was to remove all obstacles to the
entire range of medicinal substances without favoring any one of them.  It is
"tougher" in that it required two MDs to prescribe whatever substance and it got
a larger percentage of votes than the lukewarm California version.

I believe the Arizona legislature took immediate steps to hamstring the law,
using the excuse that "the voters didn't know what they were doing."  So far as
I know they have been successful.  Thus, Broder is just that much more in error.

Jim Hogshire

On Sat, 8 May 1999, tracy mclellan wrote:

> Syndicated columnist David Broder recently published a column in which
> he made the statement that "(Proposition 200 in Arizona) decriminalized
> marijuana and a wide variety of hard drugs...").  Broder breezes right
> by this fact as if it's common knowledge, and proceeds to build an
> argument for his brand of harm-reduction (almost exclusively drug
> testing, with tougher and tougher penalties for those failing such
> tests)on this phony foundation.  I want to respond, but I want to be
> sure I'm right.  Didn't Prop. 200 either decriminalize marijuana, or
> only decreed that it should be made available by doctor's prescription,
> i.e., rescheduled from 1 to 2?
> Please help...
> 
> Tracy McLellan
> 
> 
> 
> _________________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
> 
> 
> ------------------
> MAPS-Forum@xxxxxxxx, a member service of the Multidisciplinary Association
> for Psychedelic Studies (to become a member, see www.maps.org/memsub.html).
> To [un]subscribe, email the message text,
> [un]subscribe maps-forum youraddress to majordomo@xxxxxxxx
> 


------------------
MAPS-Forum@xxxxxxxx, a member service of the Multidisciplinary Association
for Psychedelic Studies (to become a member, see www.maps.org/memsub.html).
To [un]subscribe, email the message text,
[un]subscribe maps-forum youraddress to majordomo@xxxxxxxx