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Washington Initiative 502 (I-502) "on marijuana reform" is an initiative to the Washington State Legislature, scheduled to appear on the November 2012 general ballot. Originally submitted to the Washington Secretary of State during the summer of 2011,[1] enough signatures were collected and submitted by December to meet the required 241,153 signatures, sending it to the legislature.[2] When the legislature adjourned without action in April, Initiative 502 automatically advanced to the November 2012 general ballot.[3]

If passed, it would define and distinguish marijuana from other parts of the cannabis plant, legalize small amounts of marijuana-related products for most adults, tax them, and designate the revenue for healthcare and substance-abuse prevention and education. Cannabis would still be classified as a schedule I controlled substance under federal law and subject to federal prosecution under the doctrine of dual sovereignty. Possession by anyone younger than 21, possession of larger amounts, and the growing of unlicensed or unregulated marijuana would remain illegal under state law.

Ballot measure summary

As described by the Secretary of State's office, the measure would "license and regulate marijuana production, distribution, and possession for persons over twenty-one; remove state-law criminal and civil penalties for activities that it authorizes; tax marijuana sales; and earmark marijuana-related revenues."

This measure would remove state-law prohibitions against producing, processing, and selling marijuana, subject to licensing and regulation by the liquor control board; allow limited possession of marijuana by persons aged twenty-one and over; and impose 25% excise taxes on wholesale and retail sales of marijuana, earmarking revenue for purposes that include substance-abuse prevention, research, education, and healthcare. Laws prohibiting driving under the influence would be amended to include maximum thresholds for THC blood concentration.[4]

Provisions

Washington Initiative 502 Section 28 earmarks revenue generated by the law at specific cost amounts for administration of the program. While any and all remaining funds generated over initial costs is to be divided over general public health, drug-abuse treatment, drug-abuse prevention, marijuana research and local research facilities, specifically University of Washington.

The initiative would legalize use of marijuana products purchased from state authorized sources for adults 21 and over and focus law enforcement resources on DUI prosecution as well as violent and property crimes. Unlicensed cannabis will still be illegal, including personal "grows" in one's own home, except for medical cannabis as regulated under RCW 69.51A.

Part I identifies the goal of the initiative and authorizes the Washington State Liquor Control Board "to regulate and tax marijuana for persons twenty-one years of age and older, and add a new threshold for driving under the influence of marijuana."

Part II establishes various definitions, including one which distinguishes "marijuana" from hemp and other parts of the cannabis plant based on its THC content.

Part III establishes a license system for marijuana producers, processors and retailers. Initial licenses shall be $250 with an annual renewal fee of $1000. Rules prohibit producers and processors from having any financial interest in retailers, much like the three-tier system for hard liquor in control states. This section also makes it clear that selling or distributing unlicensed marijuana remains illegal, setting limits on the maximum amount one may possess. Adults 21 years or older may possess up to "one ounce of useable marijuana," 16 ounces of marijuana-infused product in solid form, 72 ounces of marijuana-infused product in liquid form or "any combination" of all three.

Part IV establishes a "dedicated marijuana fund" for all revenue received by the liquor control board, and explicitly earmarks any surplus from this new revenue for health care (55%), drug abuse treatment and education (25%), with 1% for marijuana-related research at University of Washington and Washington State University, most of the remainder going to the state general fund. A March 2012 analysis by the state Office of Financial Management estimated annual revenues above $560 million for the first full year, rising thereafter.[5] February 2011 analysis of the similar Washington House Bill 1550 estimated annual state and county law-enforcement savings of approximately $22 million.[6][7] OFM's final, official analysis did not include law-enforcement savings, but estimated five year revenues at approximately $1.9 billion from an assumed retail price of $12 per gram.[8][9][10] Proponents of I-502 have posted a pie chart showing annual dollar-per-purpose earmarks, based on these projections.[11]

Part V on "driving under the influence of marijuana" sets a per se DUI limit of active blood THC levels at greater than or equal to 5 nanograms per milliliter. Some medical cannabis advocates are concerned that this will lead to DUI convictions for medicinal cannabis users, who are driving with blood THC levels greater than or equal to 5 nanograms per milliliter.[12]

Sponsors

Registered sponsors for the measure include: John McKay, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington; Peter Holmes, Seattle city attorney; Kim Marie Thorburn MD and MPH, former director of the Spokane Regional Health District; and travel writer Rick Steves.[1] Other sponsors include state representative for the 36th district Mary Lou Dickerson, immediate past president of the Washington State Bar Association Salvador A. Mungia, past president of the Washington State Bar Association Mark Johnson, former King County health official Robert W. Wood MD, University of Washington School of Social Work professor emeritus Roger Roffman DSW, and Alison Holcomb, campaign director for New Approach Washington, "on loan from" the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.[13] [14]

Support and opposition

As per RCW 42.17A on "campaign disclosure and contribution," the Washington state Public Disclosure Commission posts campaign information online, including information for referenda and initiatives.[15] Statements for and against each ballot measure are also available online as part of the official online voter's guide.[16] Many groups which might traditionally be expected to take a stance on the issue have been silent, including business, education law-enforcement and drug treatment organizations.[17]

Support

Early supporters of the measure include Dominic Holden of The Stranger.[7] In September, the Washington State Democratic Central Committee endorsed I-502 by a vote of 75 in favor and 43 opposed.[18] Eastern Washington's The Spokesman-Review endorsed I-502 from December of 2011 as part of a broader call for legalization and federal reclassification of cannabis under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act.[19] Other supporters include a variety of current legislators, organizations, former judges, law enforcement personnel, prosecutors and elected officials such as Jolene Unsoeld.[20][21] The mayor and entire city council of Seattle support I-502,[22] as does the King County sheriff.[23] Former narcotics deputy and candidate for King County sheriff John Urquhart, saying "the war on drugs has been an abject failure."[24] Noting the disproportionate impact of marijuana arrests and incarceration on families and racial minorities, the Children's Alliance,[25] NAACP and various African-American pastors have also endorsed I-502.[26][27] [28]

Early national support for the measure comes from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)[29] and television evangelist Pat Robertson.[30] Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) has also endorsed the measure, including prominent LEAP spokesman and former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper[31] and other law enforcement officials.[32] The initiative has also been endorsed by former governor of New Mexico, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson,[33] and cannabis-reform advocate Marc Emery.[34][35]

The primary group supporting I-502 is New Approach Washington, which maintains an updated list of official endorsements on its website.[36] In July, 2012, major donations of financial support were given by the Drug Policy Alliance, Progressive Insurance and the American Civil Liberties Union.[37]

Newspapers endorsing I-502 in the weeks immediately prior to the election include Seattle Times[38], The Spokesman-Review[39], The Columbian[40], The Olympian,[41] and The Wenatchee World.[42]

Opposition

Public and formal opposition has mostly come from advocates of medical cannabis, who objected to "Part V: Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana."[43] A Facebook group, Patients Against New Approach Washington (PANAW) began vocal opposition.[44] A letter was sent to I-502 sponsors by Richard Bayer, MD; lawyers David Arganian and Jeffrey Steinborn; Gil Mobley, MD; Vivian McPeak, Executive Director of Seattle Hempfest; and Ric Smith, who has been a prominent patient advocate since 1996, arguing that I-502's DUIC language was unnecessary, unscientific, and unfair.[45] Dominic Holden, of Seattle's alternative newspaper The Stranger, disagreed with this criticism, citing the same 2009 study from the National Institutes of Health opponents to 502 had referenced.[46] The board of directors for NORML acknowledged this criticism[47] but opined that the law is a step in the right direction, even with the provision. At least one NORML blogger labelled them "patients against pragmatism".[48] Some suppliers of medical marijuana are also worried that if the initiative becomes law their thriving businesses could be disrupted.[49][50][51][52][53]

Other opponents include the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.[54] and the Washington Association for Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention.[55] Thurston County Sheriff John Snaza said Asian and motorcycle gangs currently control "marijuana distribution and sales" and that the initiative would likely lead to more traffic fatalities and organized crime.[56] Governor Christine Gregoire opposes I-502, citing concerns about federal opposition.[57] Both major candidates for governor are also on record in opposition, with Jay Inslee following Rob McKenna, both citing concerns for users of medical cannabis.[58]

Safe Access Washington, "a trade organization on behalf of medical cannabis," briefly formed and opposed I-502 before disbanding.[59][60] The group Sensible Washington, sponsor of an earlier, abortive attempt at legalization in Washington, has also criticized I-502 in a seven-part series on their web page.[61] On July 31, 2012, Sensible Washington announced its intent to "actually repeal prohibition" with an new Initiative drive in 2013, regardless of I-502's election outcome, noting in its press release that cannabis will remain a Schedule I drug under I-502, "which we're not comfortable with and will work towards correcting."[62] Opposition from Sensible Washington and others was strong enough that Seattle Hempfest chose neither to support nor endorse the measure,[63] a decision which one proponent called "dead wrong" and "ridiculous,"[64] and which prompted an official Seattle Times injunction to "get real."[65]

No on I-502 is the primary group opposing Initiative 502. Their website denounces what they describe as I-502's "new approach to prohibition", and describes how the DUID provisions of I-502 may actually increase the potential penalty for marijuana use, and lead to a new era in the war on drugs under color of DUID prosecutions, as part of what they describe as a nationwide strategy to move war on drugs from the current focus on sales and possession to a new and more ominous offensive on drivers via new per se DUID laws like I-502. NoOn502 Website

The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin was the first newspaper to oppose I-502.[66] It was joined by the Tri-City Herald.[67]

See also

References

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