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medical marijuana initiative will need petition signatures from at least 13,452 eligible North Dakota voters. The petitions must be turned in by midnight Aug. 8.
• Zaiser said he suffers from chronic pain himself because of nerve damage from a series of strokes. He said he has never used marijuana as a pain reliever and would like the option of doing so.
• The proposed law provides a tight regulatory structure for dispensing marijuana, and should not make the drug more readily available, Zaiser said.
• The proposed law bars medical marijuana use on school buses and grounds, and in jails and prisons. It prohibits smoking marijuana in public and does not exempt medical marijuana users from laws against driving while impaired.
• "It's not going to be a way for young people just to get stoned," Zaiser said. "It

won't be a gateway into smoking pot. I don't believe it will. I'm betting on it, otherwise I wouldn't do this. That's the last thing I want."
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