Camp Verde Bugle
9/27/10

COTTONWOOD - A crowd of mainly Democratic Party members Thursday parsed the words of two advocates, one who supports and one who disparages Proposition 203, the Medical Marijuana initiative.

Ivan Anderson works for the Verde Valley Fire District and for three years has been an educator for MATForce, the non-profit organization to discourage various types of drug abuse.

Andrew Myers is one of the five people who drafted Proposition 203, the "medical marijuana" initiative before voters in November. MATForce has published a number of talking points that became the structure of the debate. Anderson told the group he would not debate the medical merits of marijuana.

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