It took nearly two weeks but the results are in; Arizona will be the 15th state to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. Arizona’s Proposition 203 passed by a narrow margin after a close race in which the initiative trailed by 3,000 or more votes each day in the week after Election Day. However, a significant turnaround occurred once officials counted provisional ballots and, according to the secretary of state’s unofficial results, Prop. 203 ended up winning by 4,341 votes (50.13 percent).
 
Provisional ballots played a large role in the come-from-behind victory. These ballots are cast when the voter’s eligibility is in question. Provisional voters “tend to be younger people whose addresses do not match the voter roll because they move around often.” Officials finished counting roughly 11,000 outstanding ballots over the weekend.
 
Prop. 203 allows patients to receive up to two and a half ounces of cannabis every two weeks with a doctor’s prescription. However, according to the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project’s campaign manager, the proposition “was written to create a strict and regulated medical-marijuana program.” Only those suffering from debilitating diseases will be eligible for a medical cannabis prescription.
 
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