60.8% IN FAVOR, 39.2% OPPOSED

Proposition 36 will require that those convicted of nonviolent drug possession offenses for the first or second time be offered rehabilitation programs instead of state prison. The initiative technically does not require coerced treatment, but requires that treatment be offered to drug offenders who would otherwise have no choice but incarceration --essentially coerced treatment, but not exactly. Most drug reform organizations endorsed this measure as a realistic step away from incarceration as first choice after conviction.

MENDOCINO COUNTY, CA

58% IN FAVOR, 42% OPPOSED

Mendocino County Measure G will allow adults to grow 25 marijuana plants a piece, but not for sale. The measure further directs the county sheriff and prosecutor to make marijuana crimes their last priority and directs county officials to seek an end to state and federal marijuana laws. This measure is partially symbolic, since they could not utilize “Home Rule” like the Columbus, Ohio ordinance intends to do.

COLORADO

54% IN FAVOR, 46% OPPOSED

Amendment 20 provides for legal medical marijuana use by patients with serious illnesses. Following the Americans for Medical Rights template, the measure sets low limits of the quantity of marijuana and limits approved uses to certain illnesses or symptoms specified in the initiative or added later by the state.

NEVADA

65% FAVOR, 34% OPPOSED

Question 9 was the required second round of popular voting to approve this initiative. Any limits will be determined by the legislature.

OREGON

66% IN FAVOR, 34% OPPOSED

Ballot measure 3 will hold the state government to stricter standards of proof that property was the proceeds of crime or used to commit a crime. It also bars forfeiture unless the owner of the property is first convicted of a crime involving the seized property. Law enforcement would be restricted to claiming no more than 25% of seized assets.

UTAH

68.9% IN FAVOR, 31.1% OPPOSED

Initiative B will hold the state government to stricter standards of proof that property was the proceeds of crime or used to commit a crime. It also bars forfeiture unless the owner of the property is first convicted of a crime involving the seized property. Profits from seized asses will be deposited in the school fund.