Proposed Marijuana and English language State Constitutional amendments are on Idaho’s ballot
House Joint Resolution 4 - Marijuana amendment “Shall Section 26, Article III of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended to provide that only the Idaho Legislature shall have power and authority to legalize the growing, producing, manufacturing, transporting, selling, delivering, dispensing, administering, prescribing, distributing, possessing, or using of marijuana, narcotics, or other psychoactive substances?” The Idaho Legislature proposed this constitutional amendment, meaning it received a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate before the item went to voters for ratification. While the resolution is based around marijuana and narcotic drug policy, the root of controversy lies in the ability of voters to make their own initiatives. If the resolution passes, the ability to govern psychoactive drugs would lie solely in the hands of lawmakers. Voters would no longer be…