Election Day 2018 is next Tuesday, November 6th. We all know how important it is to vote and to make our voice heard after, umm, the very “reasonable” outcome of the 2016 presidential election, right? In any case, MMLG is here to better inform you on the issues close to the cannabis industry. Today, we’re talking Utah and its strange, possibly headache-inducing medical cannabis bill dubbed Proposal 2. Earlier: Michigan and Voter Registration.

Overview on Utah’s Prop 2

Is Cannabis Legal In Utah? Not yet! Prop 2 would simply afford certain qualifying medical patients the dignity of enduring their diseases or conditions with a safe method to treat pain (medicinal marijuana).

Is There More At Stake With Prop 2? Kinda. Utah, a historically conservative state whose growing population is finding itself more and more at odds with its socially conservative past, will now have a special session to review a bill all about medical marijuana … no matter the outcome of Prop 2. Again, it’s weird.

This Already Sounds Complicated.

You have no idea. If you’re pro-cannabis (and you better be if you’re reading this blog), you should still vote YES on Prop 2. BUT! The bill that state legislators debate in this special session will go much farther in determining the future of the plant-touching biz in the Beehive State.

Basically Utah’s landscape is such: Prop 2 calls for qualifying medical patients to have access to medicinal marijuana. Prop 2 also calls for the state to establish cultivation facilities and dispensaries in each county. The special session’s compromise bill differs from Proposition 2 in a number of ways: it does not allow home cultivation, allows fewer dispensaries, and adds several regulations including dosage requirements.

What Passage Means for Utah and the National Scene:

For Utah it means a few more jobs, pain relief for so many qualifying medical patients, a little bit of tax revenue and … that’s about it? Nationally? Well, it would be progress. That’s all one can say about this one.