Prop 205: Arizona Marijuana Legalization Measure Qualifies for Ballot

Initiative to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Arizona Qualifies for November Ballot as Proposition 205; Advocates to Launch Yes on Prop 205 Campaign Thursday

PHOENIX, AZ State officials have informed supporters of the initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol in Arizona that a sufficient number of voter signatures were collected to qualify for the November ballot.

The Arizona Secretary of State is expected to officially certify their petition on Thursday, at which time the initiative will be placed on the ballot as Proposition 205.

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol will officially kick off the Yes on 205 campaign followinga news conference Thursdaymorning at 10 a.m.in Phoenix.

Campaign leaders will be joined by a Scottsdale physician, a Mesa teacher, and a 23-year veteran of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), who will discuss why they support replacing marijuana prohibition with a system in which marijuana is regulated and taxed similarly to alcohol.

Eighty-three years ago, Arizona voters approved a ballot measure to repeal the failed policy of alcohol prohibition, said J.P. Holyoak, chairman of the Yes on 205 campaign. This November, we will have the opportunity to end the equally disastrous policy of marijuana prohibition. Prop 205 would establish a more sensible ...