Alaska 1998 Ballot Initiative

BALLOT MEASURE NO. 8
INITIATIVE NO. 97PSDM
BILL ALLOWING MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA

This bill would allow patients to use marijuana for certain medical purposes.  A doctor must find that the patient has a debilitating medical condition that might benefit from marijuana.  An eligible minor could use medical marijuana only under the consent and control of a parent.  There would be limits on how much medical marijuana a patient could possess.  Patients and their primary care-givers who comply with this law would not be guilty of a crime.  The state would create a confidential registry of patients who may use medical marijuana.  Non-medical use of marijuana would still be a crime.

Should this initiative become law?

Nov. 3, 1998 Bill allowing medical use of marijuana (97PSDM)
131,586 votes for / 92,701 votes against

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/initbal.htm

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/meas98g.htm

http://www.gov.state.ak.us:80/ltgov/elections/1998oep/98bal8.htm