President Obama Believes Upcoming Election Could Change Federal Marijuana Laws

The initiative language specifies that it is not meant to “repeal, affect, restrict, or preempt … laws pertaining to the Compassionate Use Act of 1996”.

Californians are supporting the proposal to legalise recreational use of marijuana by a wide margin according to opinion polls and among its supporters are senior Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi, Napster cofounder and former Facebook president Sean Parker and billionaire investor George Soros.

But that could change on Tuesday if Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election. As for legally buying it, you’re going to have to wait a while, while the fine details are worked out. Prop. 64: Reefer madness cured by legalization, education, treatment? A doctor’s prescription is needed for a substance that is not otherwise legal. And, perhaps not surprisingly, 95 percent of those surveyed who said they had used marijuana in the past year are voting yes on Propostion 64.

A “no-b.s.” guide to Prop 64. Newsom is Proposition 64’s primary backer.

Also, in California, voters will get to consider a ballot measure that forces pornographic actors to wear condoms and a statewide ban on plastic shopping bags.

-Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled the last name of Adam Orens, co-founder of the Marijuana Policy Group.

Meanwhile, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has spent millions this year opposing legalization.

“There will be a lot of new jobs created around professional services in ancillary segments of the market, like accounting, legal services, security services and testing for quality control”, Kagia said. This Colorado county embraced the marijuana industry.

California law enforcement isn’t ready for a spike in drivers under the influence of marijuana, he said. Senior groups, which may not support marijuana legalization, usually have the highest turnout during elections regardless of whether pot ordinances are on the ballot.

Pot startups flying high with California poised to legalize marijuana. In the most recent month available, January 2016, it collected about $3.5 million in tax revenue – triple the expectation, according to the Tax Foundation. Want your marijuana startup to succeed? Commercial sales would be taxed and regulated by the state. Meanwhile, Nebraska will vote on whether to reinstate the death penalty, which was repealed by the state legislature in 2015. Legal pot is still a tough deal for investors. California Secretary of State Debra Bowen certified a ballot initiative late Wednesday to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana in the State of California after proponents of the measure submitted over 690,000 signatures.

This isn’t the first outing for the company, which says it donated money to previous successful legalization initiatives in Colorado and Washington.

Marijuana would no longer have to be bought and sold on the black market if it were legalized. Reports say that nine states will vote in favor of increased access to weed.

No on Prop 205 campaign manager Adam Deguire said the lawmakers have “been bought and paid for” by the marijuana industry and that they are pushing misleading information.