An Arizona campaign that had been seeking to place an initiative on the ballot to repeal of key provisions of the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law has given up the effort.
Under the “Sensible Marijuana Policy Act for Arizona” which was being spearheaded by Sean Noble, president of the political strategy firm American Encore, commercial recreational cannabis sales would have been eliminated while possession and personal cultivation would have continued to be legal.
Noble, however, is no longer pursuing the measure, telling local media that he has “adjusted my viewpoints on the threat to kids” posed by the legal marijuana industry.
He told Capitol Media Services that while he launched the campaign due to concerns about marketing of cannabis to children, he has come to realized that marijuana businesses in Arizona have “not done some of the things that I thought they were doing.”
“I went into it with a pretty profound belief that it was happening,” Noble said. “I was kind of relying on things that I had seen or read from other people.”
“I don’t think that they’re specifically marketing gummies and candies and that kind of thing the way that I was led to believe that they
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