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Article: Appellate court knocks medicinal marijuana off ballot.(METROPOLITAN)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 20, 2002
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Byline: Guy Taylor, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday reinstated a 3-year-old amendment to the D.C. appropriations bill barring the District of Columbia from processing new laws that would legalize marijuana for medicinal use.
As a result, an initiative to legalize pot for persons who get a doctor's note to use it won't be put before D.C. voters in November, although advocates of medicinal marijuana collected enough petition signatures to put the issue on the general-election ballot.
When the initiative appeared on the 1998 ballot, it was supported by more than 75,000 D.C. voters - more than double the number of voters ...