Another push for legalized recreational marijuana in North Dakota – KVRR Local News

Native group is pushing for authorized weed in North Dakota

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — One group is pushing for legalized leisure marijuana in North Dakota.

“The query immediately just isn’t do you help or do you oppose leisure marijuana, that query will come later. The query immediately we’ve got is ought to folks have the appropriate to vote on leisure marijuana and I believe these are two basically completely different questions that individuals don’t perceive,” mentioned Dave Owen, marketing campaign supervisor of New Method North Dakota

This effort stems all the way in which again to 2018. It’s a continuation that was impressed by a home invoice regarding the private use of marijuana.

The invoice handed the home however by no means made it into the senate. Each chambers have a Republican majority.

“We thought the folks deserved to have a vote on it so we took the invoice, made some small strategic adjustments, we submitted it to the Secretary of State and now we’re permitted to begin circulating right here,” mentioned Owen.

They’re aiming to get the difficulty on the November poll.

They might want to get a minimal of 16,000 signatures on their petition however they’re aiming to get between 20,000 or 21,000.

“Then we compile all of them we undergo the Secretary of State a listing of every one that petitioned for us then we drive them to the Secretary of State’s workplace,” mentioned Owen.

The Secretary of State will overview and validate the signatures.

“Since we need to be on the 2022 November poll, we’ve got till early to mid-July to have our signatures returned to the Secretary of State, after which the Secretary of State 30 days, a month to approve whether or not or not we’ve got sufficient which can be legitimate,” mentioned Owen.

It is a nationwide dialogue, increasingly more states are legalizing marijuana.

“It’s essential to have the dialog as a result of states are the testing floor for coverage, and the state of North Dakota has the ability and authority to set coverage that works greatest for its folks,” mentioned Owen.

“That is restricted regulated authorized marijuana it’s managed; there’s not going to be lots of issues with it. We’ve seen each single state that has ever handed a leisure marijuana invoice has by no means tried to repeal it on the battle field,” mentioned Owen.