Staffers with the group delivered more than 100 boxes of petitions containing 252,000 signatures to the Secretary of State's office.
Once the signatures are verified, the measure, called the Medical Marijuana Act, will be on the ballot Nov. 2.
The new law will make it legal for seriously ill patients who have qualifying conditions to have access to marijuana.
Doctors will not be able to prescribe the marijuana to patients, rather they'll be able to "recommend" it, Bud Foster said during his live shot in the five o'clock broadcast.
It's not clear how the medical marijuana will be dispensed if the initiative is passed.
Here's a look at some of the highlights of what this law will allow if passed:
- Permit qualifying patients or their caregivers to legally purchase medical marijuana from 'tightly regulated clinics'
- Allow those who qualify to cultivate their own marijuana for medical use if a medical marijuana clinic is not located within 25 miles.
- Those with HIV/AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, and other serious and terminal illnesses (a full list can be seen at StopArrestingPatients.org
- Creates registry ID cards that allows law enforcement to know who has a legitimate use for the medical marijuana
- Established penalities for false ID cards and other forms of fraud
Source: CBS Affiliate (KOLD News)
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