Tälläsestä asiastaha tosiaan ollaan paraikaa äänestämässä Alaskassa.
Alaska:
"Would legalize the cultivation, use and sale of marijuana for persons 21 and older; the state and local government would regulate marijuana like alcohol and tobacco; doctors would be able to prescribe drugs to all patients, including children; public use laws could be enacted by the government as well as laws in the interest of public safety."
Tällä hetkellä näyttää ettei Alaskassa tulla näkemään valoisampaa tulevaisuutta kannabiksella. Tilanne 43(yes)/57(no), kun 56 prosenttia äänistä laskettu.
Täällä voit katsoa tilanteen kehitystä. Tuloksen kehityksen löydät, kun scrollaat sivun aivan alas.
Montanassa ja Oregonissa ollaan myös äänestämässä kannabiksen tiimoilta. Näyttäisi, että Montanassa tultaisiin laillistamaan mutta Oregonissa ei. Täällä äänestys koskee pelkästään lääkinnällistä laillistamista. Tilannetta voi seurata täältä ja täältä. Alhaalla tarkempaa tietoa, mistä äänestetään.
Montana:
Registered patients with debilitating medical conditions could produce, possess and use marijuana; a patient or caregiver would need certification by a physician when applying for medical use; conditions specifically mentioned in the initiative are cancer, glaucoma and HIV/AIDS; patients with other conditions that produce chronic pain, seizures, severe muscle spasms would be considered; initiative says registered users can possess a "limited amount" of marijuana.
Oregon:
Amends and expands Oregon's medical marijuana laws; registered persons may possess up to 10 marijuana plants and one pound of usable marijuana (unless the person registers that he is growing one crop per year, in which case possession of up to six pounds per patient is allowed); marijuana dispensaries will be regulated and authorized by the state and must be non-profits; allows naturopaths and nurse practioners to sign a medical marijuana card application.
Legalizing Marijuana in Alaska
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Tämä alue on tarkoitettu kannabis- ja päihdepolitiikasta keskusteluun.
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Politiikka ja media
Tämä alue on tarkoitettu kannabis- ja päihdepolitiikasta keskusteluun.
Alue on erittäin tiukasti moderoitu; lue ohjeet ennen kirjoittamista. Alueelle kuulumattomat keskustelut siirretään Tuhkakuppiin.
Kirjoita viestisi asialliseen ulkoasuun. Ylläpidolla on oikeus muuttaa epäasiallisen viestin sisältöä tai poistaa viesti.
Re: Legalizing Marijuana in Alaska
Ikävää kun ei mennyt Alaskassa tuo laki läpi 
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myssy mynttinen
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Re: Legalizing Marijuana in Alaska
heipodei kirjoitti:Ikävää kun ei mennyt Alaskassa tuo laki läpi
Liekköhän mennyt edes tiukalle eli mitkähän on äänestys prosentit(%) olleet?
Eipä ole muuten tuosta äänestyksestä paljoa Suomen media ääntä pitänyt...
Re: Legalizing Marijuana in Alaska
myssy mynttinen kirjoitti:Liekköhän mennyt edes tiukalle eli mitkähän on äänestys prosentit(%) olleet?
No siinähän ne lukee perässä..
Amerikoissa äänestellään niin monesta asiasta kerralla kun siellä äänestetään ettei niistä paljoa puhuta, resitentti vaalit kun vievät kaiken uutisajan ja -tilan.
Eipä ole puhuttu täällä myöskään siitä että äänestellään saman sukupuolen keskeisistä avioliitoista, senaattoreista ja kaikista mahdollisista paikallisista asioista.
Se että yksi tai kaksi osavaltiota päättää myöntää luvan kannabiksen käytön lääkinnällisiin tarkoituksiin ei juuri suomen menoa muuta.
Tämä teksti taidetaan lisätä kirjoittamiini viesteihin.
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Re: Legalizing Marijuana in Alaska
http://www.cannabisnews.com/
Source: Anchorage Daily News (AK)
Author: Tataboline Brant, Anchorage Daily News
Published: November 3, 2004
Copyright: 2004 The Anchorage Daily News
Contact: letters@adn.com
Website: http://www.adn.com/
Funding: Backers of initiative spent huge sums to pass proposal.
A massive spending campaign by the fans of legalized marijuana in Alaska failed to convince voters.
With more than 80 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday night, voters rejected by a crushing margin the notion that pot should be legal for adults 21 and older to possess, grow, buy or give away. Backers of Ballot Measure 2 spent huge sums making their case in print and broadcast media, vastly outspending foes.
The proposal, which would have allowed for state regulation and taxation of pot, did not appear to be faring better than a similar but more ambitious initiative in 2000. People on both sides of the issue this year thought, or worried, Measure 2 had a fighting chance because it asked less of voters than the one in 2000.
Alaska voters leaving the polls Tuesday cited everything from the state's substance abuse problems to fears about stoned drivers or sending a mixed message to kids as reasons they voted against the measure.
David Finkelstein, treasurer of one of the main groups pushing for legalization, conceded defeat. He said the campaign had a lot of momentum until about mid-October, when federal officials, including a deputy White House drug czar, visited the state with an antidrug message.
"Then there was that horrific, gruesome murder story that was super depressing," he said, referring to the recent arrest in Anchorage of a 16-year-old who was charged with first-degree murder for killing his stepmother and dumping her in a freezer while high on marijuana. "It sort of derailed the message there for a while," Finkelstein said.
Matthew Fagnani, chairman of the sole opposition group to Measure 2 and president of the local drug-testing firm WorkSafe Inc., said he was "very happy" about the results. "Today is a good day for the sake of the future of Alaska's children," he said.
U.S. Attorney Tim Burgess said he was relieved and heartened that Alaskans took the issue seriously. "Substance abuse and drug addiction are a tremendous problem in Alaska," he said. "It is something that the law enforcement community realizes because they have to deal with it every day."
Alaska voters had gone both ways in the past. They legalized marijuana for medical purposes in 1998. Two years later, 59 percent of voters turned down a proposition similar to Measure 2, though that initiative, which included retroactive amnesty and possible reparations for people convicted of pot crimes, didn't fail as miserably as some expected given its reach. About 41 percent of voters approved it.
One of the four groups pressing for legalization this time around was bankrolled to the tune of $850,000 by the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project, which also funded legalization efforts in Nevada, Oregon and Montana this year. Another of the groups, which did most of the legwork to get legalization on the ballot, had hundreds of Alaska supporters, according to its campaign finance reports.
The pro side argued that marijuana was innocuous enough that it shouldn't be the government's business if people want to smoke it. It said the unsuccessful prohibition of pot wastes millions of dollars and that if the state would regulate it, they could save money, get rid of the black market and make pot harder for kids to get but easier for adults, including medical marijuana patients, to obtain.
Former Kotzebue police chief Paul Nolton, 46, disagreed. "We didn't need another legal drug out here," he said after voting in the northwestern hub community Tuesday morning, where temperatures hovered around zero. "Alcohol has caused enough problems."
Maija Johnson, 27, also of Kotzebue, agreed. "If I could have voted to make alcohol illegal, I would have," she said. "There's so much substance abuse."
To the southeast, in Fairbanks, Catherine Witt, a public educator, said she voted no because of the mixed message legalization would send to kids, while Shelly Huhtamen, 30, said she worried pot would lead users to harder drugs. Huhtamen added: "I have a 4-month-old, and I don't want to be driving wondering if other drivers are stoned."
Ann Rippy, 48, also of Fairbanks, said she couldn't make up her mind. "I'm so divided on that one I didn't even vote."
Rachel Nelson, 32, of Sitka voted for legalization. "I know a lot of people with cancer and HIV, and it's helped them," she said. "Pot is going to be here whether we like it or not, so it might as well be legal."
In Anchorage, Beverly Bradley-Acuna, 61, said she voted against legalization. "I think it would encourage too many people from the Lower 48 to come up here, and that would increase crime," she said.
Wev Shea, a former U.S. attorney for Alaska, called the returns "wonderful." "It's going down strong," he said, adding that he thought talk radio shows in the state and the Alaska State Medical Association, which came out against legalization, helped to defeat the measure.
"I think it just became clear to people that this was an Outside movement to basically experiment with Alaska," Shea said.
Finkelstein said it was too soon to say if legalization proponents would put the issue before Alaska voters again. He said the public discussion about pot has been going on in Alaska since the 1970s and he didn't think it would end any time soon. Clearly the election results show a significant minority of residents are willing to try a different approach to marijuana regulation, he said.
"Alaskans have shown they are open to change but they have to be confident they know what they are going to get," he said. "The final step will have to be even more moderate."
Casey Grove in Fairbanks, John Creed and Susan B. Andrews in Kotzebue, Lisa Busch in Sitka and Daily News reporter Ann Potempa contributed to this story.
Related Articles & Web Site:
Yes on 2 Alaska
http://www.yeson2alaska.com/
A Drug-Abuse Researcher Says Vote Yes on 2
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19743.shtml
Marijuana Initiative Heats Up Elections
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19741.shtml
Alaskans To Vote on Legalizing Marijuana
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19738.shtml
Source: Anchorage Daily News (AK)
Author: Tataboline Brant, Anchorage Daily News
Published: November 3, 2004
Copyright: 2004 The Anchorage Daily News
Contact: letters@adn.com
Website: http://www.adn.com/
Funding: Backers of initiative spent huge sums to pass proposal.
A massive spending campaign by the fans of legalized marijuana in Alaska failed to convince voters.
With more than 80 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday night, voters rejected by a crushing margin the notion that pot should be legal for adults 21 and older to possess, grow, buy or give away. Backers of Ballot Measure 2 spent huge sums making their case in print and broadcast media, vastly outspending foes.
The proposal, which would have allowed for state regulation and taxation of pot, did not appear to be faring better than a similar but more ambitious initiative in 2000. People on both sides of the issue this year thought, or worried, Measure 2 had a fighting chance because it asked less of voters than the one in 2000.
Alaska voters leaving the polls Tuesday cited everything from the state's substance abuse problems to fears about stoned drivers or sending a mixed message to kids as reasons they voted against the measure.
David Finkelstein, treasurer of one of the main groups pushing for legalization, conceded defeat. He said the campaign had a lot of momentum until about mid-October, when federal officials, including a deputy White House drug czar, visited the state with an antidrug message.
"Then there was that horrific, gruesome murder story that was super depressing," he said, referring to the recent arrest in Anchorage of a 16-year-old who was charged with first-degree murder for killing his stepmother and dumping her in a freezer while high on marijuana. "It sort of derailed the message there for a while," Finkelstein said.
Matthew Fagnani, chairman of the sole opposition group to Measure 2 and president of the local drug-testing firm WorkSafe Inc., said he was "very happy" about the results. "Today is a good day for the sake of the future of Alaska's children," he said.
U.S. Attorney Tim Burgess said he was relieved and heartened that Alaskans took the issue seriously. "Substance abuse and drug addiction are a tremendous problem in Alaska," he said. "It is something that the law enforcement community realizes because they have to deal with it every day."
Alaska voters had gone both ways in the past. They legalized marijuana for medical purposes in 1998. Two years later, 59 percent of voters turned down a proposition similar to Measure 2, though that initiative, which included retroactive amnesty and possible reparations for people convicted of pot crimes, didn't fail as miserably as some expected given its reach. About 41 percent of voters approved it.
One of the four groups pressing for legalization this time around was bankrolled to the tune of $850,000 by the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project, which also funded legalization efforts in Nevada, Oregon and Montana this year. Another of the groups, which did most of the legwork to get legalization on the ballot, had hundreds of Alaska supporters, according to its campaign finance reports.
The pro side argued that marijuana was innocuous enough that it shouldn't be the government's business if people want to smoke it. It said the unsuccessful prohibition of pot wastes millions of dollars and that if the state would regulate it, they could save money, get rid of the black market and make pot harder for kids to get but easier for adults, including medical marijuana patients, to obtain.
Former Kotzebue police chief Paul Nolton, 46, disagreed. "We didn't need another legal drug out here," he said after voting in the northwestern hub community Tuesday morning, where temperatures hovered around zero. "Alcohol has caused enough problems."
Maija Johnson, 27, also of Kotzebue, agreed. "If I could have voted to make alcohol illegal, I would have," she said. "There's so much substance abuse."
To the southeast, in Fairbanks, Catherine Witt, a public educator, said she voted no because of the mixed message legalization would send to kids, while Shelly Huhtamen, 30, said she worried pot would lead users to harder drugs. Huhtamen added: "I have a 4-month-old, and I don't want to be driving wondering if other drivers are stoned."
Ann Rippy, 48, also of Fairbanks, said she couldn't make up her mind. "I'm so divided on that one I didn't even vote."
Rachel Nelson, 32, of Sitka voted for legalization. "I know a lot of people with cancer and HIV, and it's helped them," she said. "Pot is going to be here whether we like it or not, so it might as well be legal."
In Anchorage, Beverly Bradley-Acuna, 61, said she voted against legalization. "I think it would encourage too many people from the Lower 48 to come up here, and that would increase crime," she said.
Wev Shea, a former U.S. attorney for Alaska, called the returns "wonderful." "It's going down strong," he said, adding that he thought talk radio shows in the state and the Alaska State Medical Association, which came out against legalization, helped to defeat the measure.
"I think it just became clear to people that this was an Outside movement to basically experiment with Alaska," Shea said.
Finkelstein said it was too soon to say if legalization proponents would put the issue before Alaska voters again. He said the public discussion about pot has been going on in Alaska since the 1970s and he didn't think it would end any time soon. Clearly the election results show a significant minority of residents are willing to try a different approach to marijuana regulation, he said.
"Alaskans have shown they are open to change but they have to be confident they know what they are going to get," he said. "The final step will have to be even more moderate."
Casey Grove in Fairbanks, John Creed and Susan B. Andrews in Kotzebue, Lisa Busch in Sitka and Daily News reporter Ann Potempa contributed to this story.
Related Articles & Web Site:
Yes on 2 Alaska
http://www.yeson2alaska.com/
A Drug-Abuse Researcher Says Vote Yes on 2
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19743.shtml
Marijuana Initiative Heats Up Elections
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19741.shtml
Alaskans To Vote on Legalizing Marijuana
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19738.shtml
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myssy mynttinen
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- Liittynyt: 10.2.2004
Re: Legalizing Marijuana in Alaska
Luuuna kirjoitti:myssy mynttinen kirjoitti:Liekköhän mennyt edes tiukalle eli mitkähän on äänestys prosentit(%) olleet?
No siinähän ne lukee perässä..
Amerikoissa äänestellään niin monesta asiasta kerralla kun siellä äänestetään ettei niistä paljoa puhuta, resitentti vaalit kun vievät kaiken uutisajan ja -tilan.
Eipä ole puhuttu täällä myöskään siitä että äänestellään saman sukupuolen keskeisistä avioliitoista, senaattoreista ja kaikista mahdollisista paikallisista asioista.
Se että yksi tai kaksi osavaltiota päättää myöntää luvan kannabiksen käytön lääkinnällisiin tarkoituksiin ei juuri suomen menoa muuta.
Enklannin ja kotimaan kielitaitoni mun
Itse asiassa juuri melkein kaikista muista äänestyksistä kuulin mediasta, mutta tästä äänestyksestä en.
Re: Legalizing Marijuana in Alaska
Joltain suomalaiselta kanavalta kuulin tuosta marijuanan laillistamisen äänestyksestä Alaskassa. He olivat vain sen kääntäneet hieman huonompaan valoon eli se oli jotain näin: "Alaskassa äänestetään kannabiksen laillistamista vastaan" 
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Paljon positiivisempi tulos kuin olin odottanut.
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