A 'no' vote will allow doctors to continue to prescribe Schedule I drugs
without any further authorization from Congress or the FDA.
Referendum relating to the medical use of Schedule I drugs which was
put on the ballot to overturn the gutting by the legislature of Prop. 200
(the Drug Medicalization, Prevention and Control Act), which passed by
65% of the vote in 1996.
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More information on Prop. 300
http://www.levellers.org/azstat.htm
Text of Prop. 300
http://www.sosaz.com/election/1998Info/PubPamphlet/prop300.html
ANALYSIS BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
In 1996, the voters passed the Drug Medicalization, Prevention and
Control Act of 1996. The Act allowed medical doctors to prescribe
116 Schedule I drugs, including heroin, LSD, marijuana and certain analogs
of PCP to treat a disease or to relieve the pain and suffering of a seriously
ill or terminally ill patient.
After the 1996 Act passed, the State Legislature enacted House Bill 2518. Before the 116 Schedule I drugs could be prescribed by a doctor, House Bill 2518 requires marijuana to be authorized by the federal food and drug administration or be authorized by the United States Congress. This proposition and the 1996 Act would conditionally allow a doctor to prescribe a Schedule I drug to seriously ill or terminally ill patients. Before prescribing a Schedule I drug, the doctor would have to document that scientific research supports the use of the drug and would have to obtain from a second doctor a written opinion that prescribing the drug is appropriate. A patient who receives, possesses or uses the drug, as prescribed by a doctor would not be subject to state criminal penalties.
If this proposition passes, doctors could begin prescribing Schedule I drugs, including heroin, LSD, marijuana and certain analogs of PCP, only after the federal food and drug administration approves or the United States Congress authorizes the medical use of marijuana or reclassifies marijuana as a drug that doctors can prescribe. If this proposition does not pass, under state law doctors could continue to prescribe Schedule I drugs, including heroin, LSD, marijuana and certain analogs of PCP, without any further authorization from Congress or the FDA.
Constitutional or Statutory: Statutory
Arizona Secretary of State
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