Arizona Medical Marijuana Program Revenue Allocation Initiative (2014)
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An Arizona Medical Marijuana Program Revenue Allocation Initiative did not make the November 4, 2014 ballot in Arizona. The measure would have redirected money for medical marijuana research. Twenty percent of the annual money collected from the medical marijuana program would have been allocated to support university-based medical marijuana research.[1][2]
Support
- Improving the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program[2]
- Theodore Brinkofski, Chairman of Improving the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program
- Xi Media, an Arizona Lobbying Firm
Theodore Brinkofski was the applicant and chairman for two potential initiatives in Arizona for 2014: this measure regarding medical marijuana and Securing the Border Initiative. He was also the president of the nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary Non Profit Patient Center, which, as of 2014, operated Grasshopper Junction Dispensary near Golden Valley, Arizona. Brinkofski "pledged to never receive $1 from the dispensary." Xi Media, a lobbying firm which Brinkofksi started, was also supporting both measures.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Arguments
Improving the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program argued that public corporations were exploiting the then-current medical marijuana act. They argued that passage of this measure would end that exploitation and reduce the costs of medical marijuana by keeping the corporations from using stock manipulation.[2]
Path to the ballot
Supporters had to collect 172,809 signatures by July 3, 2014 if the measure was to appear on the 2014 ballot. Ultimately, no signatures were submitted for this initiative.[8][9]
External links
- Full text of the initiative
- Xi Media
- Grasshopper Junction dispensary website, Leafly page, Facebook page and Twitter feed
See also
- Arizona 2014 ballot measures
- 2014 ballot measures
- Arizona Legislature
- List of Arizona ballot measures
Footnotes
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State: Election Information, "2014 Initiatives, Referendums & Recalls," accessed May 16, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Arizona Secretary of State: Election Information, "Application for Eliminating Waste in the Medical Marijuana Act initiative petition," accessed May 16, 2014
- ↑ Xi Media, "Interests," accessed May 19, 2014
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, Assistant Staff Writer, "Telephone conversation with Theodore Brinkofski," May 20, 2014.
- ↑ Bitcoin Forum, "Topic: Lobbyist from Arizona," February 20, 2014
- ↑ Brinkofski's authorship of this Bitcoin Forum post was confirmed in the May 20, 2014 phone conversation with Margaret Koenig.
- ↑ Phonix Bidbut, "New Medical Marijuana MMJ Dispensary (Grasshopper Junction)," accessed May 20, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Capital Times, "No citizen initiatives will make ballot for first time since 1978," July 3, 2014
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, Assistant Staff Writer, "Telephone conversation with Theodore Brinkofski," July 3, 2014.
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