Sentences with phrase «approved recreational marijuana»

When voters in four U.S. states — Colorado, Washington, Alaska and Oregon — approved recreational marijuana sales, part of the appeal was the promise of a new revenue source to buoy cash - strapped cities and states.

Vermont's Legislature has approved a recreational marijuana bill, putting the state on track to become 1st to legalize pot by legislative act.

Voters in Maine approved recreational marijuana sales in November 2016.

But, entrepreneurs hoping to land their own licenses will also have to make sure that they have the approval of their local county or municipality, and the Los Angeles Times notes that most of the cities in California have still not approved recreational marijuana sales.

Licensed and regulated pot shops are doing a booming business in Colorado after voters approved recreational marijuana use.

Those included two of the largest: California approved recreational marijuana while Florida expanded the use of medical marijuana.

Voters in Maine also narrowly approved recreational marijuana, although a recount is expected to begin this month.

That reality is that since Washington and Colorado became the first states to approve recreational marijuana in 2012, nine states plus Washington D.C. have followed suit; 29 states have approved medical marijuana.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, California, Massachusetts, and Nevada voters approved measures to legalize recreational marijuana in those states, while Arizona rejected a similar measure.

In November 2016, four states approved the sale of recreational marijuana.

Once approved, the restrictions will apply immediately to recreational marijuana, while a Health Canada official says medical marijuana packaging will be granted a six - month window to comply.

The biggest single night for the marijuana legalization movement ended with voters across the country approving marijuana for both medicinal and recreational use.

The burgeoning marijuana real estate market already has sent ripples through public policy in California, where voters approved legalization of recreational marijuana just last month.

The impact of marijuana on industrial real estate already has played out in Colorado, where voters approved recreational use of marijuana in 2012.

In the United States, 28 states have legalized marijuana for medical use and since 2012, several have also approved marijuana for recreational use.

In November, voters approved ballot measures legalizing recreational marijuana in California, Nevada, Massachusetts, and tentatively, Maine.

But pot sellers face additional hurdles — first and foremost that marijuana remains illegal nationally, with only eight states approving recreational use.

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.

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.

DENVER, Nov 5 (Reuters)- Supporters said on Tuesday that a Colorado measure to levy taxes on newly legalized sales of recreational marijuana and earmark the first $ 40 million in revenue for public schools had been approved by voters.

Advocates say medical marijuana — not recreational use — could be approved soon in New York.

Boosters of the state's fledgling medical marijuana industry are optimistic the business could grow in New York after nearby states approved recreational use laws last Tuesday.

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.

-LSB-...] Wafting in: Medical marijuana makes progress in New York But that hasn & # 39t stopped twenty states and the District of Columbia from implementing health - related marijuana protocols (Washington and Colorado took a step more approving legalization of recreational pot final year).

The Vermont legislature approved a bill legalizing the possession of small quantities of recreational marijuana.

As of November 2014, four states had approved the use of marijuana as a recreational drug, and it appears that marijuana is becoming more widely accepted across the nation.

A county official in Illinois claimed that K - 9 service dogs would be killed if voters approved marijuana for recreational use.

Property managers who oversee apartment complexes should be advised that in the 28 states that have legalized medical marijuana use — eight of which have also approved recreational use — they can not deny a tenant with a medical need the right to use pot on their properties, Booth said.