North Dakota Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Medical Marijuana

2016 Election Shaping Up as Watershed Moment for Movement to End Marijuana Prohibition

North Dakota voters have approved Measure 5, which legalizes the medical use of marijuana for conditions such as cancer, AIDS, hepatitis C, ALS, glaucoma, and epilepsy, and other debilitating medical conditions.

Patients will be permitted to possess up to 3 ounces of marijuana. The initiative instructs the Department of Health to issue ID-cards for qualified patients and regulate non-profit compassion centers which will serve as dispensaries for patients. Individuals living more than 40 miles from a dispensary will be permitted to grow up to eight plants in their home.

November 8, 2016

Drug Policy Alliance

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