Candidates in the close 4th Congressional District race are staking out different positions on this year’s most hotly contested ballot issue: Proposition 2 legalizing medical marijuana.
Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams favors it, while incumbent GOP Rep. Mia Love says she is undecided.
Both say they see advantages to medical marijuana. Both also are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and say while they carefully consider the faith’s opposition to the initiative, that alone is not a deciding factor for them.
McAdams wrote that he will vote for Prop 2 “out of compassion for individuals suffering from illness and debilitating conditions.