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September 29, 2016

9 states to vote soon on marijuana issues

  • Five states will consider legalizing recreational pot; three will decide on medical marijuana; and one will vote on easing restrictions for medical marijuana.
    • By PAUL ELIAS and DAVID CRARY
    Associated Press

    SAN FRANCISCO — From California, with its counterculture heritage, to the fishing ports and mill towns of Maine, millions of Americans in nine states have a chance to vote Nov. 8 on expanding legal access to marijuana. Collectively, the ballot measures amount to the closest the U.S. has come to a national referendum on the drug.

    Five states — Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada — will consider legalizing the recreational use of pot. Three others — Florida, Arkansas and North Dakota — will decide whether to permit marijuana for medical purposes. Montana will weigh whether to ease restrictions on an existing medical marijuana law.


     
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