Arizona marijuana initiative heads to November ballot
Arizona residents will soon be voting yes or no on marijuana use.
The Arizona Secretary of State officially certified The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol's petition to legalize marijuana in Arizona, which means the measure will be placed on November's ballot as Proposition 205.
"It's exciting, it's a step forward, but it's not surprising," J.P. Holyoak said. "We did things the right way, we did things properly."
Those in favor of "Yes on 205" say it would allow adults 21 and older to possess limited amounts of marijuana and establish a system in which marijuana is regulated similarly to alcohol.
"I think you actually take the criminal element out of it, there's no longer underground, it's above ground just like alcohol during a prohibition era," said Mike Capasso, a former DEA agent. "Once it ended, there was no more Al Capon, there was no more of that. Coors and...
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