Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Still Can’t Sell Weed For Recreational Use

Now add to that medical marijuana patients.

Arizona was one of eight states with measures on the ballot to to legalize marijuana for either for medical or general adult use Tuesday.

“You can not use marijuana, ingest marijuana in any way, in public”. Cambridge was more in favor, with 71.3 percent approving the measure.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, opposes legalization, as does Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a Democrat.

Voters in Arizona said no to the drug being taken recreationally – although it has been allowed for medicinal purposes there since 1996.

Despite the prospect of legalization in a little over a month, Harvard will likely follow other universities such as Boston University in upholding the campus ban on marijuana.

The increase in states with laws facilitating either recreational or medical use means that nearly a quarter of Americans live in places where the drug is legalto soem degree. With Donald Trump as our future president, there is uncertainty. What gives him “real concern” is Trump.

Nevada brought in new leaders and enacted new laws Tuesday, including legalizing recreational marijuana.

However, California legalizing weed means that the most populated state in the United States now has the addition of legalized weed for recreational use.

State-regulated marijuana commerce won’t go into effect until January 1, 2018, but the personal possession and cultivation provisions go into effect now.

“The black market will not disappear overnight”, said California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who helped craft the state’s ballot measure. Montana voted on whether to ease restrictions on an existing medical marijuana law. Colorado voters were the first to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012, but the dispensaries only opened in 2014.

“I think you’ll see Canadian companies jump at the opportunity to expand their operations and brands into the United States”, says Brendan Kennedy, whose firm owns Nanaimo, B.C. -based licensed producer Tilray.

Though marijuana is now legal in California, it is illegal to purchase marijuana and carry it across state lines, as marijuana remains federally illegal.

“I don’t think there will be much change in Tehama County”, said District 3 Supervisor Dennis Garton.

Even the financial industry’s reluctance to do business with marijuana businesses may soon disappear.

Campaigners for legalised ganja believe that the federal government’s war on drugs won’t hold up in the face of increasing state laws facilitating recreational and medical use.