Arizona Approves Medicinal Marijuana

Arizona is the 15th state to approve medicinal marijuana according to The New York Times online.

The medicinal marijuana will be made available for people suffering chronic or debilitating diseases. The votes ended up being 841,346 in favor and 837,005 opposed.

The state will only be allowed a maximum of 124 marijuana dispensaries.

A woman who has spoken out about this very much to the New York Times is Carolyn Short, chairwoman of Keep Arizona Drug Free. She has strong opposition and tells NYT:

“All of the political leaders came out and warned Arizonans that this was going to have very dire effects on a number of levels.I don’t think that all Arizonans have heard those dire predictions.”