Pro-pot forces ready med-marijuana amendment

MinnPost.com

By David Brauer

This will be a fun one: Medical-marijuana advocates are gearing up to get a constitutional amendment, the PiPress' Jason Hoppin writes. The stars are in place, and that's not a drug-addled vision: There's popular and legislative support, necessary for an end-run around Gov. Pawlenty's veto. The med-pot lobby has big cash, too — though one analyst notes it took $4 million and a huge coalition to get the arts/habitat sales tax through. Then again, alleviating suffering doesn't involve taxes.

Date: 05/28/09