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Arizona Industrial Hemp Initiative (2018)
| Arizona Industrial Hemp Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Food and agriculture | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Arizona Industrial Hemp Initiative was not on the ballot in Arizona as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have legalized the cultivation, possession, processing, selling, and buying of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) containing no more than 0.4 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in Arizona. The measure would have recognized industrial hemp as an oilseed. The measure would have also declared the federal prohibition on industrial help as null and void.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Developments in federal marijuana policy
- See also: Federal policy on marijuana, 2017-2018
Although the Department of Justice under Presidents Trump (R) and Obama (D) has not prosecuted most individuals and businesses following state and local marijuana laws as of January 2018, both medical and recreational marijuana are illegal under federal law. In November 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R)—a Trump nominee—told Congress that the policy of his office would stay fundamentally the same as that of the previous two attorneys general, Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch. On January 4, 2018, however, Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo, a 2013 directive that deprioritized the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states where marijuana had been legalized. This allows federal prosecutors to decide whether or not to enforce federal law regarding marijuana.[2][3]
Path to the ballot
The initiative was filed on February 27, 2017, by the group Hemp Economy. The petition filing designated Nicolas Guillermo as chairperson and Tracy Molina as treasurer of the campaign. Supporters of the initiative were required collect 150,642 valid signatures by July 5, 2018.[1] No signatures were filed.
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