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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lycanthrope" data-source="post: 234381" data-attributes="member: 562">Speaking of Measure 3, two things are blatantly obvious— a majority  of North Dakotans are easily swayed by fear campaigns and some folks  have no interest in personal freedom. It just boggles my mind how many  people boiled their arguments down to the measure being “poorly  written”. Seriously? This was especially troubling coming from limited  government folks who call themselves conservatives. Yes, these same  people who talk out of one side of their mouth about freedom and limited  government played ventriloquist out of the other by saying there wasn’t  enough regulations in the measure. Who cares about the fact that  proponents of the measure repeatedly explained that this was intentional  so that the State Legislature could do their job by writing in other  provisions during the upcoming session. Included in these arguments,  from the opposition, was the fact that there was no taxing mechanism  beyond our existing state sales tax. Yep, apparently some  “conservatives” like their taxes a bit more than they let on. Furthermore, have any of these people ever observed floor debate  during a State Legislative Session? If they think that initiated  measures are the only pieces of proposed law that are “poorly written”,  they’d be mistaken. It’s often admitted by legislators themselves — on  the House and Senate floors — that certain bills are “poorly written”.  And those bills come from Legislative Council! Yet, they are often  either modified in committee or passed and modified later. Essentially  the exact same thing could have been done with Measure 3— if it needed  to be done at all. Which leads me to believe that some folks were either  ignorant of the measure and/or process or just can’t help but impose  their values upon others. Then there’s the fact that the real losers here are those who have  medical conditions that can benefit from the use of marijuana or its  byproducts. They’re still waiting on medical marijuana to become a  reality in the state— after it being passed two years ago. Oh, and never  mind that they may have issues finding healthcare networks in the state  that have doctors who will recommend the stuff. Not to mention the <a href="https://www.ndhealth.gov/mm/PDF/Program_Informational_Guides/FAQ%20for%20Dispensary%20Map%20-%20Updated%206-21-18.pdf" target="_blank">limited amount of dispensaries</a> that will be available.    All that was accomplished by defeating Measure 3 was continuing an  unnecessary War on Marijuana and delaying the inevitable. I guarantee  you that in the years ahead we will see legalized recreational marijuana  in North Dakota.</blockquote>

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