Marijuana is now legal in almost half of the U.S. Here's what you need to know, including where marijuana failed on the ballot:
“Statewide polling had consistently shown that a supermajority of Marylanders support legalizing cannabis, and the outcome of this referendum was never in doubt,” Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws , said in a press release. “Now it is incumbent upon lawmakers to move swiftly to adopt rules to oversee a regulated cannabis marketplace in accordance with voters’ demands.
Missouri voters have approved Amendment 3, a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older and expunging most records of past arrests and convictions, by 53.1% in favor and 46.9% against, with 89% of the vote counted.would allow people with marijuana-related non-violent offenses to “petition for release from incarceration or parole and probation and have records expunged.
Marijuana opposition remained strong in even the more liberal areas of North Dakota. Burleigh County, home to the state capital of Bismarck, voted against legalization by 58%, according to the The ballot measure does not explain the state’s expected regulatory policies, but does say that state and local governments could ban its use in buildings that are “owned, leased, or occupied” by a government body,South Dakota voters supported marijuana’s legalization once before, in 2020, with 54% voting in favor. A legal challenge spearheaded by Gov. Noem stopped the reform from moving forward.
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