Opponents of a measure to legalize medical marijuana in Arizona saw their advantage grow slightly Monday as election officials continue to count ballots.
Proposition 203 is failing by more than 6,500 votes out of more than 1.5 million counted. Opponents' advantage grew by more than 1,000 votes from Saturday night to Monday.
However, thousands of early ballots and provisional ballots remain to be counted across the state and the initiative remains too close to be called by The Associated Press.
Medical marijuana proposals in 1996 and 1998 were approved but they never took effect. A more sweeping 2002 proposal lost.
This proposal would allow the use of the drug only for serious diseases including cancer.
Poorman posted at 10:21 am on Tue, Nov 9, 2010.
Don't know why we should even be voting on this issue,it passed twice before. I guess if it passes again,someone will have to come up with a way to not implement it again.
teachingaz posted at 9:14 pm on Tue, Nov 9, 2010.
There is nothing more terrible than those evil cancer patients trying to find a way to relieve their suffering with minimal side effects. Who do they think they are anyway? Many years ago the lepers didn't have anyone sympathizing with them, except that guy who happened to be the leader of the religion that currently seems to be so strongly against ending the suffering.
Btw, if you did not pick up on the sarcasm, you are probably not literate enough to see the hypocrisy in those who voted against the law anyway.