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Michael Kielsky sounds like Jason Medar blaming the people who were circulating the AZfrm petitions for the failure of AZfrm to get on the ballot. The AZFMR initiative didn't get on the ballot because of what the leaders of the AZFRM group did or didn't do. I.e. Jason Medar, Jason Hein and the others. Don't blame the 200+ people the collected petitions for the failure of the AZFMR leaders. We did a damn good job. And spend thousands of hours of our time trying to legalize marijuana in Arizona. Prop 205 crashed and burned because it was horrible law written by the special interest groups to benefit the special interest groups. And rip off marijuana consumers. Not because of us freedom fighters who were against it. Source
And the same thing here:
Michael Kielsky Pro-legalization opponents of 205 -- you got your win. Are you now going to do the hard work to get marijuana legalized? Or, are those of you who already have your MMJ cards just going to rest on those? It's time to step up. I'm saddened for the thousands of people who will needlessly be made to suffer by the State until this can happen, and I hope at least some of you feel some guilt or regret about that.
Mickey Jones Most of us worked almost 2 years trying to get an alternative to Prop 205 via the AZFMR. So don't say we were sitting on our butts for 2 years doing nothing. We all actively opposed the phoney baloney MPP law and tried to get an alternative law on the ballot. I suspect most of us will be working another two years to get a REAL law on the books that REALLY legalizes marijuana. While the Safer Arizona 2018 initiative isn't 100% Libertarian, it does for all practical purposes completely legalize marijuana in Arizona. And it goes far beyond the laws passed in 4 other states. If the Safer Arizona law passes, Arizona will be the first state in the nation to REALLY legalize marijuana.
Mickey Jones And last the blame for the sh*tty Prop 205 law should go on the people that wrote it, MPP or the Marijuana Policy Project, the 85 or so medical marijuana dispensaries in Arizona that supported it and funded it. And the people that pushed it who hoped to become millionaires or billionaires by getting a government monopoly that allowed them to sell recreational marijuana at the rip off price of $4,800 a pound or $300 an ounce. Other names are Kathy Inman, Dave Inman and their son in law Andrew Myers.
Mickey Jones I didn't waste my time trying to get MPP to write a good law because I knew it was all about $$$ MONEY $$$. But many of the people who were against Prop 205 did try to get MPP to write a good law, and they got screwed. Those were the people who were against Prop 205.
Last I am kind of unhappy the the Arizona Libertarian Party rejected supporting the both of the
RAD
initiative to legalize both
marijuana and
all drugs.
With the exception of the one line in the initiatives that keeps the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act in force the both of the RAD initiatives are 100% Libertarian.
And both the RAD initiatives would have completely ended the "War on Drugs" in Arizona.
I suspect the Libertarian Party listens too much to loud month talkers like Ernie Hancock, David Dorn and Marc Victor who claim to be Libertarians but are LINOs.
Here is the RAD initiative to legalize marijuana.
FULL TEXT OF PROPOSITION
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Arizona The Constitution of the State of Arizona is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW ARTICLE to read:
RE-LEGALIZE MARIJUANA
1. The state of Arizona shall recognize that marijuana and marijuana abuse are NOT criminal problems to be solved by arresting people and putting them in prison, fining them and seizing their assets.
2. The state of Arizona shall recognize that marijuana and marijuana abuse are medical problems that are to be solved by the person who uses the marijuana. It is NOT the government's job to solve people's marijuana problems.
3. Government entities in the state of Arizona shall not tax, regulate, control, or pass any laws governing the use, smoking, consumption, drinking, injecting, sale, transfer, growth, cultivating, manufacture, production, storage, possession, transportation, or importation of marijuana or any of the chemicals in any marijuana plant.
4. Nor shall any city, county, state or other government agency or government entity in Arizona assist other government agencies, such as the Federal government, foreign governments, Indian governments or other state governments in enforcing their laws against marijuana.
5. Nor shall any government entity in the state of Arizona pass any regulations discriminating against people or entities that use use, smoke, consume, drink, inject, sell, transfer, grow, cultivate, manufacture, produce, store, possess, transport, or import marijuana.
6. For this initiative the word marijuana refers to any form of marijuana, marijuana products, cannabis or hemp and includes concentrated forms such as hashish, hash oil, wax and shatter.
7. Any person arrested or convicted of any marijuana offense in the past shall automatically have their criminal record cleared for those charges and automatically receive a full pardon for those charges.
8. Any person arrested for any marijuana offense in the past who accepted a plea bargain for reduced charges shall automatically have their criminal record cleared for those reduced charges and automatically receive a full pardon for those reduced charges.
9. The state of Arizona shall not extradite a person to another state or country if the person could be charged with marijuana crimes which would be legal in Arizona.
10. Any government employee, police officer or prosecutor that interferes with a persons marijuana rights defined in this initiative shall be personally and civilly liable to each person for each incident for a minimum of $1 million in damages or 10 times the actual amount of damages which ever is greater. There shall be no immunity to police offices or prosecutors who claim to be "acting in good faith" or other reasons.
11. This constitutional amendment will not effect the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act which shall continue to exist in parall
FULL TEXT OF PROPOSITION
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Arizona The Constitution of the State of Arizona is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW ARTICLE to read:
RE-LEGALIZE ALL DRUGS INCLUDING COCAINE, HEROIN, LSD, MARIJUANA, METHAMPHETAMINE AND PEYOTE
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS AMENDED BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW ARTICLE TO READ:
RE-LEGALIZE ALL DRUGS INCLUDING COCAINE, HEROIN, LSD, MARIJUANA, METHAMPHETAMINE AND PEYOTE
1. THE STATE OF ARIZONA SHALL RECOGNIZE THAT DRUGS AND DRUG ABUSE ARE NOT A CRIMINAL PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED BY ARRESTING PEOPLE AND PUTTING THEM IN PRISON, FINING THEM AND SEIZING THEIR ASSETS.
2. THE STATE OF ARIZONA SHALL RECOGNIZE THAT DRUGS AND DRUG ABUSE ARE MEDICAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE TO BE SOLVED BY THE PERSON WHO USES THE DRUGS. IT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO SOLVE PEOPLE'S DRUG PROBLEMS.
3. GOVERNMENT ENTITIES IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA SHALL NOT TAX, REGULATE, CONTROL, OR PASS ANY LAWS GOVERNING THE USE, SMOKING, CONSUMPTION, DRINKING, INJECTION, SALE, TRANSFER, GROWTH, CULTIVATING, MANUFACTURE, PRODUCTION, STORAGE, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, OR IMPORTATION OF ANY DRUG OR DRUGS.
4. NOR SHALL ANY CITY, COUNTY, STATE OR OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY OR GOVERNMENT ENTITY IN ARIZONA ASSIST OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, SUCH AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, INDIAN GOVERNMENTS OR OTHER STATE GOVERNMENTS IN ENFORCING THEIR LAWS AGAINST DRUGS.
5. NOR SHALL ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA PASS ANY REGULATIONS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST PEOPLE OR ENTITIES THAT USE USE, SMOKE, CONSUME, DRINK, INJECT, SELL, TRANSFER, GROW, CULTIVATE, MANUFACTURE, PRODUCE, STORE, POSSESS, TRANSPORT, OR IMPORT DRUGS.
6. FOR THIS INITIATIVE THE WORD DRUG OR DRUGS REFERS TO ANY
B. PRESCRIPTION DRUG,
C. OVER THE COUNTER DRUG,
D. PLANT WHICH IS USED AS A DRUG SUCH AS MARIJUANA, CANNABIS, HEMP, PEYOTE, COCO, TOBACCO, OR OPIUM
E. CHEMICAL USED TO MANUFACTURER A DRUG, NARCOTIC, OVER THE COUNTER DRUG, OR PRESCRIPTION DRUG,
F. SPICE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF SPICE,
G. HEROIN, MORPHINE, OPIUM, OXYCODONE, COCAINE, CODEINE, PCP, PHENCYCLIDINE, METHAMPHETAMINE, AMPHETAMINE, LSD, DMT, LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE, MESCALINE, PSILOCYBIN, NICOTINE, ALCOHOL, ETHYL ALCOHOL, ETHANOL ALCOHOL
H. STEROIDS OR ANABOLIC STEROIDS,
I. CONCENTRATED FORMS OF DRUGS SUCH AS HASHISH, WAX, HASH OIL, SHATTER,
J. OTHER DRUG INCLUDING ALL DRUGS WHICH ARE ILLEGAL UNDER ARIZONA OR FEDERAL LAWS
8. ANY PERSON ARRESTED FOR ANY DRUG OFFENSE IN THE PAST WHO ACCEPTED A PLEA BARGAIN FOR REDUCED CHARGES SHALL AUTOMATICALLY HAVE THEIR CRIMINAL RECORD CLEARED FOR THOSE REDUCED CHARGES AND AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE A FULL PARDON FOR THOSE REDUCED CHARGES.
9. THE STATE OF ARIZONA SHALL NOT EXTRADITE A PERSON TO ANOTHER STATE OR COUNTRY IF THE PERSON COULD BE CHARGED WITH DRUG CRIMES WHICH WOULD BE LEGAL IN ARIZONA.
10. ANY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE, POLICE OFFICER OR PROSECUTOR THAT INTERFERES WITH A PERSONS DRUG RIGHTS DEFINED IN THIS INITIATIVE SHALL BE PERSONALLY AND CIVILLY LIABLE TO EACH PERSON FOR EACH INCIDENT FOR A MINIMUM OF $1 MILLION IN DAMAGES OR 10 TIMES THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF DAMAGES WHICH EVER IS GREATER. THERE SHALL BE NO IMMUNITY TO POLICE OFFICES OR PROSECUTORS WHO CLAIM TO BE "ACTING IN GOOD FAITH" OR OTHER REASONS.
11. THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WILL NOT EFFECT THE ARIZONA MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT WHICH SHALL CONTINUE TO EXIST IN PARALLEL.
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