NARCOTIC, SUBSTANCES – Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to provide that only the Legislature shall have power and authority to legalize the growing, producing, manufacturing, transporting, selling, delivering, dispensing, administering, prescribing, distributing, possessing, or using of marijuana, narcotics, or other psychoactive substances.

HJR 4 proposes a constitutional amendment to Idaho's Constitution, changing Section 26 to state that only the Idaho Legislature - not local governments or voters - can legalize marijuana, narcotics, or other psychoactive substances. It would remove the current ability for cities to pass local ordinances or for voters to approve legalization through ballot measures. The amendment specifically restricts power over "growing, producing, manufacturing, transporting, selling, delivering, dispensing, administering, prescribing, distributing, possessing, or using" these substances to the state legislature alone. If approved by voters, this would shift all legalization authority exclusively to the Legislature, affecting how Idaho regulates these substances statewide. The bill is now moving toward a voter referendum after passing through the Idaho legislature.