The RAD ( Relegalize All Drugs ) initiatives and the Safer Arizona initiative got a nice write up in this week's edition of the Phoenix New Times.
Actually this week's Phoenix New Times is 3 issues combined into one.
1) The regular weekly Phoenix New Times
2) The annual Best of Phoenix issue
3) a Best of Chronicles issue which I have not seen before.
You can see the full RAD initiative to legalize marijuana here:
1. The government shall recognize that marijuana abuse is NOT a criminal problem but a medical problem.
2. The government shall NOT tax, regulate, or pass any laws governing the use of marijuana.
3. The government shall NOT assist any other government entities, such as Federal, foreign, world, Native American or state governments in enforcing any laws against marijuana.
4. The government shall NOT pass any regulations discriminating against people or entities that use use marijuana.
5. For this initiative the word marijuana refers to any form of marijuana, cannabis or hemp and includes concentrated forms such as hashish, hash oil, wax and shatter. This includes any form of marijuana used for recreational use, religious use, medical use, commercial use, industrialist use or other use. This includes all parts of any plant of the genus cannabis, whether growing or not, the seeds of such plant, the resin extracted from any part of a plant of the genus cannabis; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of such plant, its seeds or its resin; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of such resin or tetrahydrocannabinol. This includes all paraphernalia for marijuana use, such as but not limited to pipes, bongs, cigarette papers or dabbing tools.
6. Any person convicted of any marijuana offense in the past shall automatically have their criminal record cleared for those charges and automatically receive a full pardon for those charges.
7. Any person arrested for any marijuana offense in the past who accepted a plea bargain for reduced charges shall automatically have their criminal record cleared for those reduced charges and automatically receive a full pardon for those reduced charges.
8. The government shall not extradite a person to another state or country if the person could be charged with marijuana crimes which would be legal in Arizona.
9. Any government employee, agent, elected official, judge, police officer or prosecutor that arrests a person, passes a law or issues a ruling, guideline or edict that that interferes with a person's marijuana use shall be personally and civilly liable to each person for each incident for a minimum of $1 million in damages or 10 times the actual amount of damages whichever is greater. There shall be no immunity to a person who claims to be "acting in good faith" or for any other reason.
10. All government courts shall accept cases involving marijuana use, and decide the case based on the oral, written, or other contracts of the parties involved. Courts may not refuse cases by saying that marijuana is illegal under Federal law, international law, or other laws.
11. The use of marijuana is defined as, but not limited to using, smoking, vaping, eating, consuming, drinking, snorting, transdermal delivery, injecting, sale, transfer, growth, cultivating, manufacture, processing, cooking, production, storage, possession, giving legal advice, transportation, or importation of marijuana. The RAD initiative is the only initiative that completely legalizes marijuana in Arizona. The Safer Arizona initiative has numerous restrictions on growing and selling marijuana. It also allows city and county governments to pass zoning laws that severely limit marijuana businesses.
