Maine chooses to legalize marijuana for recreational use

North Dakota: Adoption of Initiated Statutory Measure 5 legalized medical marijuana use for those suffering from deadly diseases and other serious health conditions.

The proposal would allow people in the state to cultivate, distribute, and sell marijuana and marijuana products. Montana voters approved Initiative 182 [text], which removes restrictions on their current medical marijuana laws.

Proposition 64 allows any Californian above the age of 21 to be in the possession of, carry and purchase up to 28.5 grams of marijuana to be used for recreational purposes. The state legalized medical marijuana back in 2012. Will it mean a revenue boost for the state?

Whatever legal advantages the new state law may provide, critics, including Luis Alvarado of No on Prop 64, say that marketing for marijuana is likely to target youths in communities of color. But a dispensary dedicated to selling recreational marijuana won’t open until the state issues licenses allowing dispensaries to sell it for nonmedical purposes, which isn’t expected to happen before January 1, 2018.

California’s vote makes the use and sale of recreational cannabis legal along the entire West Coast and gives legalization advocates powerful momentum.

The first USA state which established a market for regulated marijuana is Colorado; the same was then done by four other states along with Washington DC, as per a Science World Report.

While the majority of Americans hit the polls on Election Day to vote for president, those in MA were also focused on another measure: legalizing recreational marijuana.

In October, a Gallup poll found that nationwide support for recreational marijuana legalization is at 60%-the highest it has been since the organization started tracking the issue 47 years ago. Lincoln Fish is CEO of one of them and he sees the legalization of recreational marijuana as a positive thing.

The local sheriff’s office stood behind the California Sheriff’s Association in its opposition of the newly-passed proposition.

Khurram Malik, the cannabis lead at Jacob Capital Management, says the news could also help Canadian marijuana companies secure funding by making investors more comfortable with the sector.

Gorman believes that would be an advantage to the state of Colorado.