[1] By the beginning of the year, the group had gathered more than half of the 113,000 signatures required to get an initiative for medical cannabis on the November ballot.

[4] On March 26, the Lieutenant Governor's office validated 117,000 signatures on the Utah Medical Cannabis Act initiative, enough for it to get on the November ballot.

The sponsor, Utah Patients Coalition, was joined by Together for Responsible Use and Cannabis Education (TRUCE) Utah and by a Koch funded lobbying group with ties to faith leaders in the Legislature, Libertas Institute.

[8] The Utah Medical Association urged voters who signed the petition to call county clerks to have their names removed.

[9] After initially "repeatedly declin[ing] to weigh in" with media on its position,[10] the LDS Church issued a statement on April 10 and another compiled by Kirton McConkie on May 11 endorsing the Utah Medical Association's position and opposing the initiative.