Four of the six statewide marijuana initiatives appearing on the November 2012 ballot are solidly favored among likely voters.
Voters in six states
- Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana, Oregon, and Washington -
will be deciding on marijuana-specific ballot measures this November.
In Massachusetts, voters will decide on Question 3,
a statewide proposal that seeks to allow for the physician-recommended
possession and state-licensed distribution of cannabis for therapeutic
purposes. Arkansas voters will decide on a similar measure, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act of 2012. Montana voters will decide on Initiative Referendum 124, which is a referendum on Senate Bill 423 - a 2011 measure that seeks to restrict the state's 2004 voter approved medical cannabis law.
Colorado voters will decide on Amendment 64,
which immediately allows for the legal possession of up to one ounce
of marijuana and/or the cultivation of up to six cannabis plants by
those persons age 21 and over. Longer-term, the measure seeks to
establish regulations governing the commercial production and
distribution of marijuana by licensed retailers.
Oregon voters will
decide on Measure 80, the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act,
which provides for the state-licensed production and retail sale of
cannabis to adults. The measure does not impose state-licensing or
taxation requirements upon those who wish to cultivate cannabis for
non-commercial purposes.
Finally, in Washington, voters will decide on Initiative 502,
which seeks to regulate the production and sale of limited amounts of
marijuana for adults. The measure also removes criminal penalties
specific to the adult possession of up to one ounce of cannabis for
personal use.
According to the most recently available polling, several of these
measures hold firm leads among likely voters. In Colorado, 51 percent
of respondents say that they are backing Amendment 64, according to the
latest SurveyUSA telephone poll
of 615 likely voters. In Massachusetts, a strong majority of likely
voters support Question 3. A newly released Suffolk University/7News poll
of 600 likely voters finds that 59 percent of respondents support the
initiative versus 35 percent who oppose it.
In Montana, a majority of
likely voters do not support
enacting limits on the state's medical marijuana law, according to a
just-published poll of 656 likely voters.
And in Washington, nearly six out of ten
voters say they intend to decide in favor of I-502, according to a
Survey USA poll released late last week. Fifty-seven percent of
respondents said that they will vote 'yes' on the measure, versus only
34 percent who said they would vote 'no.' Nine percent remain
undecided.
In Oregon, a July poll not specific to the initiative conducted by Public Policy Polling reported that only 43 percent of Oregonians believed that cannabis use should be legal, versus 46 percent who endorsed it remaining illegal. A more recent Survey USA poll
of 552 likely voters reported that 37 percent of respondents favored
Measure 80, while 41 percent said that they opposed it. Democrat
voters said that they backed the measure by a vote of 2 to 1, while
Republicans opposed it by a margin of 4 to 1.
NOTE: Speaking for 502 in Washington state, this is not legalization, this is ultra state & federal control that will increase taxes 25%, render DUI jail terms for current medical users and highly restrict medical usage. VOTE NO ON 502
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