Other States Look To Colorado After Marijuana Legalization

Katelyn Baker

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California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada showed up to support recreational marijuana, while Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota passed ballot initiatives legalizing medical marijuana.

Nadelmann and other advocates say the president-elect is "unpredictable, " and they are unsure where he stands on marijuana issues, though Trump has said in the past that he supports state laws legalizing medical marijuana.

California voters approved Proposition 64 which legalizes the use recreational marijuana for people 21-years and older.

The secretary of state's office said Thursday that the largest bloc of uncounted votes that remained were from more than 4,000 overseas absentee voters.

The four latest US states to take the first step toward legalization of pot join Alaska, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Oregon and Washington, which have already done so. When enough people say, 'No!' to the federal government, and enough states pass laws backing those people up, there's not much the feds can do to shove their so-called laws, regulations or mandates down our throats.

Colorado has also approved the measure and five other states have the same law allowing its use for self-administered medication.

Snoop Dogg is planning on smoking marijuana "every day" now that the drug is legalised in California.

With more than half the country legalizing marijuana, the feds find themselves in a position where they simply can't enforce prohibition any more.

Voters in Nevada voted in favour of universal background checks for guns sold privately, while the state of ME rejected the idea.

In addition, MA voters also legalized the recreational use of marijuana. "Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have repeatedly pledged to respect state marijuana laws". Most banks refuse marijuana-related customers because of the federal ban.

"Medicinal users can purchase recreationally, but recreational users cannot purchase medically", medical marijuana shop Blüm general manager Mikel Alvarez said. That's when the state will begin issuing retail licenses to allow dispensaries to sell and profit from recreational pot, according to the L.A. Times, which noted black market sales will remain illegal. What would be the restrictions for recreational marijuana? Medical marijuana is already legal in the state.

Some law enforcement fear legalizing casual use of marijuana could make things more risky on the road with drivers under the influence.

Montana: Adoption of Initiative 182 repealed an existing state statute prohibiting authorized distributors from prescribing medical marijuana to more than three patients.

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