Fargo – More than half the states in the United States of America have legalized some form of medical marijuana. North Dakota is one of them. Voters decided to pass Initiated Statutory Measure 5, or the North Dakota Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative, on Tuesday. The measure needed a simple majority to succeed and it netted […]
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North Dakota Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Medical Marijuana
2016 Election Shaping Up as Watershed Moment for Movement to End Marijuana Prohibition North Dakota voters have approved Measure 5, which legalizes the medical use of marijuana for conditions such as cancer, AIDS, hepatitis C, ALS, glaucoma, and epilepsy, and other debilitating medical conditions. Patients will be permitted to possess up to 3 ounces of […]
Why California Voters And Others Will Say ‘Yes’ To Marijuana Legalization
Voters in at least eight states, including Florida, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada, will decide on marijuana-related ballot initiatives this November. The most high-profile and far-reaching of these campaigns is California’s Adult Use Marijuana Act (Proposition 64), which permits adults to possess and grow small quantities of cannabis for personal use while also establishing a regulatory […]
Will Michigan Voters Get to Decide on Legal Marijuana in November?
Michigan voters may have the rare opportunity in the upcoming November election to decide whether the state should legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. Read article here: High Times
Louisiana Voters Overwhelmingly Support Medical Marijuana
The Louisiana Cannabis Association recently commissioned a poll by JMC Enterprises, revealing that a full 72% of Louisiana voters favor the legalization of medical marijuana. Key poll findings include: Louisianan voters overwhelmingly support allowing patients to receive medical marijuana. 72% agree that medical marijuana should be available for these patients and only 13% oppose such […]
Florida Voters Will Likely Get to Decide on Medical Marijuana This Year
Although Florida lawmakers approved an ultra-restrictive medical marijuana program two years ago, state health officials are still nowhere even close to organizing the regulatory affairs that are supposed to eventually allow the distribution of low-THC cannabis products t… Read article here: High Times
Republican Voters in Key Election States Want Feds Out of State Marijuana Laws
Presidential candidates who believe they are going to win the nomination of their respective parties by threatening to dismantle the cannabis industry in legal states are dead in the water. Read article here: High Times
Florida: Medical Marijuana Rumble Between the State Legislature and the Voters
Florida lawmakers are spinning their wheels once again in hopes of creating a functional medical marijuana program in the next legislative session. Republican State Representative GregSteuberefilled a piece of legislation last week aimed at putting the state&r… Read article here: High Times
Alaska: ‘Voters Just Aren’t Falling for (Scare Tactics) Anymore’
“Of course progressive and independent Alaska legalized marijuana,” sighed the Internet on Wednesday morning. High Times
Voters Lit Up For Marijuana In The Midterms
“You did it! Isn’t this amazing?” Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer said to a room full of supporters in Portland on Tuesday night after being reelected. But he wasn’t celebrating his own win, he was celebrating another victory for legal pot. “You knew we could do better than the failed policy of prohibition,” Blumenauer said. Voters […]