{"id":6985,"date":"2016-11-17T09:13:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T09:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=5447"},"modified":"2016-11-17T09:13:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T09:13:43","slug":"north-dakota-voters-give-green-light-to-medical-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/north-dakota-voters-give-green-light-to-medical-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota Voters Give Green Light To Medical Marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/north-dakota-voters-give-green-light-to-medical-marijuana\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Fargo &#8211; More than half the states in the United States of America have legalized some form of medical marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota is one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Voters decided to pass Initiated Statutory Measure 5, or the North Dakota Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The measure needed a simple majority to succeed and it netted more than 60 percent of the vote with more than 70 precincts reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Under state law, the measure will go into effect on December 8th, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The North Dakota Department of Health will facilitate the process and report annually to the state legislature with program statistics.<\/p>\n<p>The measure allows people with specific debilitating medical conditions to take marijuana as long as they register, provide written documentation from a physician as proof of their illness and they obtain an identification card.<\/p>\n<p>A few of those medical conditions include cancer, AIDS, hepatitis C, ALS, glaucoma, and epilepsy.<\/p>\n<p>A patient could be allowed up to three ounces of usable medicine.<\/p>\n<p>The measure also provides a process for people to become a designated caregiver, which means they can grow and cultivate marijuana for up to five patients.<\/p>\n<p>A person who has previously been convicted of a felony will not be allowed to be a designated caregiver.<\/p>\n<p>Measure 5 was sponsored by North Dakotans for Compassionate Care.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/north-dakota-voters-give-green-light-to-medical-marijuana.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Katelyn Baker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wday.com\/news\/4155257-north-dakota-voters-give-green-light-medical-marijuana\" target=\"_blank\">North Dakota Voters Give Green Light To Medical Marijuana<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Staff<br \/>\nContact: (701) 237-6500<br \/>\nPhoto Credit: Nicholas Belton<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WDAY 6<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fargo &#8211; More than half the states in the United States of America have legalized some form of medical marijuana.&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2016\/11\/north-dakota-voters-give-green-light-medical-marijuana\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1616,9,1,3],"tags":[4184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}