(Rick Bowmer | AP Photo) In this June 26, 2017, file photo, Doug Rice, right, and his daughter Ashley, left, look on with other patients, caregivers and supporters during the Utah Patients Coalition news conference at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Medical marijuana backers are moving forward with a ballot initiative to ask Utah voters directly to pass a broad medical marijuana law next year. The Utah Patients Coalition got state approval Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, to start collecting the 113,143 voter signatures for the ballot initiative in November 2018. Doug Rice, right, and his daughter Ashley, left, look on with other patients, caregivers and supporters during the Utah Patients Coalition news conference at the Utah State Capitol Monday, June 26, 2017, in Salt Lake City. A group of activists and Utah residents with chronic conditions has launched a ballot initiative to ask voters next year to pass a broad medical marijuana law.