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Commentary: Vote Yes on Prop 2. It’s the compassionate thing to do.

You have heard about the Utah Medical Cannabis Initiative, but have you read it? Recently, a lot of propaganda has been used as scare tactics to oppose Prop 2. We encourage everyone to look past these schemes and read the initiative before you vote. If you are having a hard time sitting down to read it all, you can learn some of the facts here. This is the list of qualifying illnesses and conditions under Prop 2:

“HIV, AIDs, or other autoimmune disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Cancer, Cachexia, or other wasting disease characterized by physical wasting such as weight and muscle loss, a condition manifest by nausea or malnutrition associated with chronic disease, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, or other gastrointestinal disorder, Epilepsy or other disorder causing seizures, Multiple Sclerosis or other condition causing muscle spasms, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Autism, any rare condition or disease affecting less than 200,000 individuals in the U.