Marijuana enthusiasts in North Dakota will be disappointed to learn that an initiated constitutional measure that has been worked on for more than a year will not make it on the ballot this November.
The North Dakota Freedom of Cannabis Act would have legalized recreational marijuana in the state for those 21 and older and would also allow North Dakotans to grow a small number of plants at home, but it specifically bars public consumption.
According to KX Net, this Wednesday had been the deadline to turn the measure into the Secretary of State’s office with a minimum of 27,000 valid signatures and the group was about 3,000 short.
KX Net has reported that Measure Chair Jody Vetter is already getting the sponsoring committee together to resign the same draft of the measure and resubmit it by Aug. 1. The group will then be back to getting signatures for the November 2022 election.
“It really, it’s beyond time. I mean people are still getting arrested, you’re still getting harassed by social services, you’re still getting harassed by police. I mean my daughter just got pulled over last week for expired tabs and the first thing the cop asked her is if she has any marijuana in the car. So, people are still getting harassed… I mean it’s 2020, it’s a plant,” Vetted said.
Legalize ND also has its own recreational cannabis initiative.
