Voters in Maryland and Missouri voted to approve ballot measures to legalize adult-use cannabis, while Arkansas,... Politics Five States to Vote on Cannabis Legalization Measures By A.J. HerringtonOctober 21, 2022 As the November midterm elections near, the campaigns for reform are busy rallying...
The proposal will appear on the November ballot eight years after Florida voters approved an amendment broadly authorizing medical marijuana, and as the state's medical cannabis industry continues to flourish. Nearly 900,000 patients currently are eligible for medical marijuana, and the number continues...
(3) “Marijuana,” the plant of the genus cannabis, and any part of that plant, including, the seeds, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or its resin, including hash and m...
Criminology Laboratories for Democracy| State-Level Variation in Recreational Marijuana Ballot Initiative Outcomes THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Ronald Weitzer LeonKenneth SebastianThe War on Drugs has prompted a policy and jurisdictional battle between the federal government and select states across the ...
Recreationalmarijuanais already legal in 19 states, and legalization proposals are on the ballot this fall in South Dakota and Maryland. Supporters are also trying to get measures on the ballot in Missouri, North Dakota and Oklahoma. Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is a former head...
Before Maryland and Missouri voters decided to legalize marijuana in November, 19 other states, along with the District of Columbia, had fully legalized the drug. Also in November, three other states — Arkansas, North Dakota, and South Dakota — rejected marijuana legalization ballot ...
The group said the effort is being supported by the same backers who helped pass the medical marijuana constitutional amendment in 2018. To get on the ballot, the proposal must get 160,199 verified signatures that must be turned into the Missouri Secretary of State's office by May 3. ...
“We’re always listening on the health issues, but we’re not going to turn this into California,”Patrick said in 2021, “where anybody can get a slip from the doctor and go down to some retail store and say, ‘You know, I got a headache today so I need marijuana,’ because that...
The abortion measure was in a crowded field of ballot initiatives for Tuesday's general election that also included a proposal to legalize marijuana for recreational use. After most votes were counted Wednesday, the marijuana measure was defeated. Voters also rejected a meas...
Williams, now in his third term as mayor of Huntington, worked to turn around the city’s reputation following its opioid crisis due to heroin. But now fentanyl has pushed out heroin and is often combined with other drugs, including marijuana. Williams said legalizing and regulatin...