Watch out, Measure A

The Inland Cannabis Farmers’ Association has again held a petition drive to put pot on the local ballot. The group turned in signatures Monday (June 6)—they are currently being counted—for the Medical Cannabis Cultivation & Commerce Initiative 2016 (aka MC3).

According to the initiative summary, MC3 would repeal Measure A, the ordinance passed by popular vote in 2014—and amended via Measure H in this week’s primary—regulating cultivation of medicinal cannabis in Butte County. Then it would amend county code to allow for dispensaries. It also would set rules regarding the cultivation, manufacturing, testing, distribution, transportation and storage of medical marijuana.

“By regulating the commerce in medical cannabis in the same accountable way we do licit products like alcohol and tobacco, we disrupt illicit trade and youth engagement,” ICFA Executive Director Jessica MacKenzie (pictured) said in a release.