GROUP SAYS MARIJUANA AMENDMENT MAKES GAINS

Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement, a group seeking to liberalize the
state's marijuana laws, said its petition drive to put a constitutional
amendment about the issue on the November ballot was going well, but
declined to say how many signatures it had gathered. It needs to submit
61,336 by June 18. The amendment would, among other things, let adults
possess three ounces of marijuana, impose a tax on marijuana sales and
authorize the Legislature to create a distribution system for medical
marijuana. Voters would have to approve the amendment this year and in 2004
for it to become part of the state's Constitution.