"Registered voters in Arizona will have the opportunity this November to provide qualified patients access to medical marijuana to alleviate their suffering," said Andrew Myers, campaign manager for AMMPP. "Now that we've qualified for the ballot, we need to educate voters about why this initiative is so important for some of Arizona's most vulnerable citizens."
Upon its passage by Arizona voters, medical marijuana will be regulated by the Arizona Department of Health Services and will permit qualifying patients or their caregivers to legally purchase marijuana from tightly regulated clinics—as they would any other medicine—so they need not purchase it from the criminal market. It will protect seriously ill patients from arrest and prosecution for the simple act of taking their doctor-recommended medicine. Qualifying conditions include HIV/AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, neuropathy, Parkinson’s disease, and other serious illnesses.
"This day means a lot to me personally," said Heather Torgerson, a brain cancer survivor and advocate for patients who use medical marijuana. "When this passes in November, I will no longer have to worry about being arrested and prosecuted for purchasing or possessing medical marijuana. I will have affordable, safe and legal access to a medicine that helps keep me alive, and for that I am grateful.”
Seriously ill patients such as Heather, are one step closer to having access to a potentially life-saving therapy and the much needed relief they deserve and need. Thousands of patients are already using marijuana with their doctors’ recommendation, risking arrest and prosecution; this law will protect them.
For more information, visit www.StopArrestingPatients.org.
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