As many had predicted, the margin between those supporting and those opposing a ballot measure to legalize marijuana in Arizona is too close to call, and may take days to sort out.
Right now, votes against the measure outpace votes for it, 53 percent to 47 percent. Half the votes in fairly liberal Pima County, including the city of Tucson, remain uncounted.
The measure decriminalizes possession and use of marijuana immediately, and aims to create a Colorado-style retail marijuana market for cannabis by September of 2018. The measure also would send tens of millions of dollars every year to Arizona schools.
Polling on the issue has been tight throughout the campaign, with almost every poll finding the support near 50 percent since early 2016.
The opposition campaign’s advertising became the topic of tangles between the the two campaigns, with supporters of marijuana legalization saying their facts and figures had been cherry picked and misleading.
The opposition campaign also raised large sums of money. Las Vegas Billionaire Sheldon Adelson threw in a half-million, and the founder of Discount Tire, Bruce Halle, a full $1 million, prompting a HIGH TIMES editorial calling for a Discount Tire boycott. Opiod producers chipped in, too.
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http://hightimes.com/news/arizona-legalization-behind-but-not-called/
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