Sentences with phrase «allow recreational marijuana»

Two states, Washington and Colorado, last year voted to allow recreational marijuana for adults.

Voters in Maine approved a bill to allow recreational marijuana to be used and sold by those 21 years old and older, according to the Associated Press.

The suit also notes cannabis» wide reach, and says products are finding their way into neighboring states, which do not allow recreational marijuana sales or possession.

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Other airports in states where marijuana's recreational use is legal have taken steps to allow travelers to ditch their stash before boarding.

While the drug remains illegal in the eyes of the federal government, 29 states have passed legislation that allows for medical marijuana use and nine states have legalized recreational weed.

Liu claims legalizing medical - marijuana usage and allowing adults to possess an ounce of pot for recreational would give the city $ 400 million in new revenue.

Twenty - one states plus the U.S. capital allow medical marijuana, and two states, Colorado and Washington, decriminalized marijuana for recreational use in 2012.

(Twenty - nine states allow medical marijuana usage, while eight, plus the District of Columbia, have legalized recreational use.)

As the country prepares to legalize marijuana for adult use later this year, the rules governing recreational pot are expected to be less stringent but, like tobacco, an ad blitz is not allowed.

The Oregon and Alaska measures would legalize recreational pot use and usher in a network of retail pot shops similar to those operating in Washington state and Colorado, which in 2012 voted to become the first U.S. states to allow marijuana use for fun.

Only licensed medical marijuana dispensaries are allowed to apply for licenses for recreational sales.

The newspaper endorsed the state constitutional amendment that legalized medical marijuana and backs the approval of a 2016 Nevada ballot question to allow legal recreational marijuana.

The Oregon and Alaska measures will legalize recreational marijuana possession and usher in state - licensed retail pot shops similar to those that opened this year in Washington state and Colorado, which became the first to allow cannabis use for pleasure under 2012 voter initiatives.

More than a year after Colorado became the first state to allow recreational cannabis sales, the marijuana industry is growing and evolving further.

Eight states now allow recreational use of marijuana, while more than half of states have legalized it for medicinal purposes.

Currently neither the recreational or medical uses of marijuana are allowed in Virginia.

Maine had previously approved medical marijuana and was one of four states that voted to allow recreational use this week — California, Nevada and Massachusetts were the others.

SEATTLE (Reuters)- Washington state, which is moving forward on allowing stores to sell pot for recreational use, will require child - resistant packaging on marijuana products and prohibit images that could appeal to minors, Governor Jay Inslee said on Tuesday.

Both candidates are in favour of medicinal marijuana and allowing states to experiment with recreational cannabis.

In order to better accommodate individual community concerns, the bill has a provision that will allow municipalities to ban businesses dealing with recreational marijuana if the community calls for it, much like «dry» towns.

Other findings from the Siena poll: 56 percent are in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana, and 61 percent of New Yorkers are in favor of the Dream Act, which would allow children of undocumented immigrants to receive college financial aid.

«That said, [Rep. Tonko] did not back an amendment to a bill a few years ago that would also have blocked DOJ from intervening in states that adopt recreational marijuana laws, expressing concerns tied to the negative effects that a blanket enforcement ban could have on public health and the economy especially if marijuana production was [allowed] to become corporate, vertically integrated, [and] heavily marketed,» Sonneborn continued.

Cuomo has resisted previous proposals to legalize recreational marijuana and was initially resistant to allowing medicinal marijuana.

Voters in California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada this fall approved referenda on recreational marijuana, joining Oregon, Washington and Colorado in allowing for adult possession of recreational cannabis.

Governor Cuomo has been very cautious about allowing the use of medical marijuana, saying he wanted to start slowly, and he does not support recreational marijuana.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New York City Comptroller John Liu is proposing a historic overhaul of the city's marijuana laws, believing that legalizing medical marijuana and allowing adults to possess an ounce of pot for recreational use would pump more than $ 400 million into the city's coffers.

Advocates believe that legalization for recreational purpose may still be a few years off, but a bill to allow medical marijuana is gaining ground.

A majority of states allow some form of medical marijuana use, and nine states and Washington, D.C., have now legalized recreational use.

The RAND study was conducted before any any states had begun to allow retail sales of recreational marijuana.

With recent legalization of recreational marijuana in Washington and Colorado — and many more states allowing medicinal use — Craft said there is greater burden on researchers to understand the effects of cannabis and ferret out differences between males and females.

Furthermore, while many countries are relaxing drug laws and allowing for recreational and medicinal marijuana.

Rochester private equity and investment funds partner Jeremy Wolk and Long Island partner Chris Gegwich co-authored this article about employee protections in states that currently allow marijuana for medical purposes or recreational use.

State laws that allow for medical or recreational use of marijuana have varying implications for real estate transactions, from residential and commercial brokerage to property management and leasing.

NEW ORLEANS (November 8, 2014)-- More than half of the nation's 1 million Realtors ® reside in jurisdictions with laws that allow for medical or recreational use of marijuana, which conflicts with federal law and has potential impacts on all types of real estate transactions, from residential and commercial brokerage to property management and leasing.

On November 8th 2016 Ballot Question # 4, which will allow for the recreational use of marijuana, was passed by Massachusetts voters in a fairly wide margin of 54 % to 46 %.