THE KEY WORD IS COMPASSION

Arizona Medical Marijuana Act

Prop. 203 is about compassion, control and common sense.

The purpose of the proposed law is to allow seriously ill patients,
whose doctors believe they would benefit from the use of marijuana,
to acquire the medicine they need under tightly regulated conditions.

Unlike California, where it's possible to get a doctor's
recommendation to use marijuana for almost any condition, only
patients with a limited number of serious and debilitating
conditions, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer's, and multiple
sclerosis, will be able to acquire medical marijuana in Arizona.

Unlike Colorado, where state and local laws have made it possible for
500 to 1,000 medical-marijuana dispensaries to set up shop, the
number of dispensaries in Arizona will be limited to one for every 10
pharmacies.

Currently, that means only 124 dispensaries will be allowed in the
entire state.

Although this proposed law is restrictive, it will accomplish the
most important goal of any medical-marijuana law: It will protect
seriously ill patients using medical marijuana from arrest and
imprisonment. It will also free them from the shame, danger and
unreliability of having to find the medicine they need on the
streets. Please help thousands of Arizona patients by voting yes on Prop. 203.