Natalie Barfuss
Proposition 2 is a law that relates to medical cannabis in Utah that will be either passed or not be passed on November 6th2018. As of right now the currentUtah law requires the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food to ensure by January 1, 2019, that marijuana (cannabis) is grown in the state of Utah and can be sold to research institutions or terminally ill patients with less than six months left to live. Proposition 2 although indicates other things, ballotpedia wrote “Proposition 2 was designed to legalize medical marijuana for individuals with qualifying conditions. Individuals could receive a medical marijuana card with a recommendation from a physician. Under the measure, a medical marijuana cardholder could not smoke or use marijuana or use a device to facilitate the smoking of marijuana. During any one 14-day period, an individual would be allowed to buy either 2 ounces of unprocessed marijuana or an amount of marijuana product with no more than 10 grams of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or cannabidiol.” Although if if prop 2 passes, there will be some major adjustments to prevent problems. Medical use of marijuana is legal in 31 states and is going up every year. 6 other states are voting right now for proposition 2 in their states. The chance of it being legal throughout the country within some years is very high. More than less have medical marijuana legalized and a few even have recreational marijuana legalized. Many people in Utah had a few issues with prop 2 but the chances of it passing is surprisingly high based on some compromises. FOX 13 NEWS wrote, “Governor Gary Herbert announced he will call the Utah State Legislature into special session to pass a "compromise" bill on medical marijuana.” They also wrote, “The bill was the product of weeks of closed-door talks between groups ranging from the Utah Medical Association and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (who oppose Prop. 2) to the libertarian-leaning think tank Libertas Institute and Utah Patients Coalition, Prop. 2's sponsor.” The bill has a few changes to the law and if this law does pass there will be some amendments made. Deseret News wrote about some of the amendments that will be added, some of which include that no one with an autoimmune disease will be able to get a medical card, no one with gastrointestinal disorder will be able to get a card, and you can also not use medical marijuana in place of opioids if you only have a 2 week subscription for them, but if your prescription is longer and you are at risk of addiction it is allowed. Another compromise will be that Under Proposition 2, a patient may personally grow up to six of their own marijuana plants if they live more than 100 miles from the nearest dispensary, but that is not allowed in the compromise bill.Deseret News also wrote, “Aside from that, the only authorized forms of medical marijuana under the compromise bill would be a capsule, tablet, concentrated oil, liquid suspension, topical substance, sublingual pill, chewable or dissolvable pill, skin patch, or in limited circumstances, a resin or wax. The compromise bill does not allow patients to use edible marijuana products, whereas there is no such restriction in Proposition 2.” In conclusion, if it passes there will be compromises made by the state legislature in a way to prevent people from smoking and harming their lungs, there will be limited dispensaries, and there will be limited illnesses you can get it for. Whether it passes or not it will still be illegal for people underage and without a medical card. Medicinal marijuana will be monitored and taxed by the government.
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