Utah approves signature-gathering for 2018 medical marijuana initiative

Backers of legalization say they hope to gather the nearly 113,000 signatures required to land on statewide ballot before the Utah Legislature convenes in January.

(Ed Andrieski, Associated Press file photo) Marijuana plants in a grow house in Colorado, in 2013. Backers of a medical-marijuana initiative in Utah said Thursday they had received approval from state elections officials to begin gathering signatures to land the measure on the 2018 statewide ballot.

Utah approves signature-gathering for 2018 medical marijuana initiative

Backers of legalization say they hope to gather the nearly 113,000 signatures required to land on statewide ballot before the Utah Legislature convenes in January.

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