Sentences with phrase «marijuana ballot measure»

A comparable rush could shortly be under way in Maine, where the state is currently recounting votes after a recreational marijuana ballot measure narrowly passed.

North Dakota and Arkansas also later approved their own medical marijuana ballot measures.

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Eight out of nine marijuana - related ballot measures were approved during the November 2016 election.

The next steps for the states that voted «yes» on their respective ballot measures will vary, as regulators in each state will likely spend several months deliberating on the specific framework for a legal marijuana market.

Studies looking at 2012 voter turnout in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington have found that ballot measures legalizing marijuana did not drive younger voters to the polls.

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

Ballot measures approved in both states on Tuesday will take months to go into effect, with pot enthusiasts in Oregon having to wait until next summer to legally indulge and neither state likely to make marijuana available for commercial sales before 2016.

But as more and more states bring decriminalization measures to the ballot, it's important for voters to be informed not just about the use of marijuana itself, but also about the consequences of making it a crime.

Four ballot measures — including gay marriage and marijuana legalization — are leading among voters who are likely to cast ballots in the fall election, a new KING 5 poll shows...

With these two additions, voters will weigh in on six ballot measures this fall, including high - profile measures regarding gay marriage and marijuana legalization.

After a ballot measure legalized medical marijuana in Massachusetts in November, the state legislature is now scrambling to turn the citizen - approved initiative into actual policy.

As the chairman of the state's new House - Senate committee on marijuana, Lewis is currently dealing with 44 bills related to marijuana legalization, ranging from packaging requirements to total repeal of the ballot measure.

For a state like Rhode Island, which does not allow ballot measures, a state legislature bill may be the only path to legalizing marijuana.