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Utah voters approved a measure to legalize medical marijuana Election Day Nov. 6, 2018.
With 74 percent of precincts reporting, the initiative, Proposition 2, is up 53 percent to 47 percent, and NBC News and other outlets have projected it passed.
“The passage of Proposition 2 illustrates just how broad support has grown for medical marijuana in the U.S.,” Matthew Schweich, deputy director of the Marijuana Policy Project, said in a statement to Marijuana Moment. “Even in socially conservative states like Utah, most voters recognize marijuana has significant medical value, and they believe it should be available to patients who could benefit from it.”
But because the main campaign behind the measure reached a deal on compromise legislation with opposing groups in October 2018, legal medical cannabis was in effect an inevitability in the state. Under the agreement, state lawmakers will soon convene a special session to enact a law allowing patients to access medical…
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