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5 States Approve Ballot Measures Expanding Access To Marijuana (Recreational Use in NJ, AZ, MT and SD)
NPR ^ | 4 Nov 2020 | Rachel Treisman

Posted on 11/04/2020 9:59:56 AM PST by BeauBo

The Associated Press says voters in five states have approved measures to legalize medical or recreational marijuana, or both, in Tuesday’s election.

Voters in Arizona, New Jersey, Montana and South Dakota voted to legalize recreational marijuana for people ages 21 or older, joining 11 other states and Washington, D.C.

South Dakotans also approved a measure to establish a medical marijuana program in the state for “individuals with a debilitating medical condition.”

According to the Marijuana Policy Project, that makes South Dakota the first state to legalize medical and adult-use marijuana on the same day.

In Mississippi, two versions of a medical marijuana amendment were on the ballot. One proposed allowing doctors in the state to prescribe medical marijuana to people with certain conditions, while the other restricted the program to terminally ill patients. Voters were required to weigh in on both, and the first option won out.

Medical marijuana was previously legal in 33 states and Washington, D.C., and several states have declared dispensaries “essential” businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.

Other states also made strides toward relaxing drug laws. Voters in Oregon supported a measure decriminalizing drug possession, including cocaine and heroin, and another legalizing the therapeutic use of psilocybin mushrooms. Washington, D.C., also approved measures to reduce the enforcement of laws against psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelic plants.

According to Market Watch, Tuesday’s sweep means that one-third of Americans now live in states that have approved the sale of recreational cannabis.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arizona; cannabis; dakota; jersey; marijuana; montana; pot; wod
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1 posted on 11/04/2020 9:59:56 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

The drug cartels are taking over the USA like they did Mexico.

We’re f’d


2 posted on 11/04/2020 10:02:17 AM PST by Professional
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To: Professional

If anything, I would think this adversely effects the cartels.


3 posted on 11/04/2020 10:04:56 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: BeauBo

You’ll be happy to know that Oregon passed legal heroin and cocaine use. What could possibly go wrong?


“Oregon became Tuesday the first state in the nation to decriminalize hard drugs, passing a Democratic-backed ballot measure lifting criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of cocaine, heroin, LSD, ecstasy and meth.”


4 posted on 11/04/2020 10:05:30 AM PST by Zman (Liberals: denying reality since Day One.)
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To: BeauBo

The True Cost of Marijuana: A Colorado Town That Went All-In

https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-true-cost-of-marijuana-a-colorado-town-that-went-all-in_3546091.html?utm_source=newsnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2020-10-27-4


5 posted on 11/04/2020 10:05:51 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (If the meanings in the Constitution can change, why did they bother writing it down?)
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To: gundog

It just shifts influence from the drug cartels to government cartels.


6 posted on 11/04/2020 10:06:03 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: BeauBo

thank the libertarians; I am confident that there is a special place in hell reserved for them — and I hope they arrive there ahead of schedule.


7 posted on 11/04/2020 10:06:45 AM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: Zman

Oregon will be the epicenter of Drugs USA.


8 posted on 11/04/2020 10:06:58 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (If the meanings in the Constitution can change, why did they bother writing it down?)
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To: BeauBo

Good.

Any boot of finger to the face of the Drug Warriors is a good thing.

State’s Rights, end of subject.


9 posted on 11/04/2020 10:07:18 AM PST by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: BeauBo

That is good. However, I would like to know with all this legalization of marajuana going on, what about those of us who get very negative reactions from the smoke. The skin litreally starts crawling off my body when smelling that s**t, a very unnerving reaction. Where are we supposed to go if smoking this quap is legal?


10 posted on 11/04/2020 10:08:31 AM PST by tob2 (So much to do; so little desire to do it.)
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To: gundog

No, it does not. Black market marijuana has increased, not decreased, in states where it is decriminalized.


11 posted on 11/04/2020 10:08:46 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: BeauBo

Pot is just one more way to make everyone stupid and less motivated.

When a population is stupid and unmotivated, they are easily controlled.


12 posted on 11/04/2020 10:09:19 AM PST by Prole
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To: tob2

No Smoking places are still no smoking places, weed or cigs


13 posted on 11/04/2020 10:16:36 AM PST by kaktuskid
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To: BeauBo

The federal “gubbermint” won’t be able to keep it illegal.

Two reasons it remains illegal. 1. It’s inculcated institutionally and government resists change. 2. Federal and local law enforcement uses this as a cash cow to fund special task forces etc., or to run up numbers on what they accomplish.

No one truly believes in the mission, either that you can win some war on drugs, or that pot is some horrible addictive drug that causes harm. Pot is one of the most studied substances there is, ever. You can’t overdose easily. It doesn’t make folks aggressive or irrational in a dangerous way. It isn’t really addictive. It isn’t really harmful. Frigging Tylenol kills more people every year than pot: fact check that, please.

Eventually it will be legal.


14 posted on 11/04/2020 10:17:05 AM PST by Red6
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To: Republican Wildcat

That’s from domestic growers exceeding legal grow amounts.


15 posted on 11/04/2020 10:19:44 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Professional

“The drug cartels are taking over the USA like they did Mexico.”

It might be that we are creating our own new drug cartels domestically - corporations that sponsor legal changes (which their lobbyists draft), that allow them to corner State markets, for the marijuana products they supply.


16 posted on 11/04/2020 10:22:07 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: Prole

Then ban Netflix, Hulu, Amazon prime movies... Mass entertainment where kids spend 4 hours in front of a computer every day playing games is far worse.

What percent of the media on Netflix watched is educational or culturally enlightening? Pot is like a drink. Some people drink to much and those wanting prohibition focus on that, but this argument is BS. Pot is safer than booze or tobacco and in some cases can have medicinal uses. You can’t logically argue for legal booze and tobacco but want pot banned.


17 posted on 11/04/2020 10:25:51 AM PST by Red6
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To: Red6

“Eventually it will be legal.” (Federal level)

A Presidential Administration could just administratively re-classify (”de-list”) Marijuana from Schedule 1 (high abuse potential, no medical use, like LSD or heroin) to a lower level (like Xanax or Testosterone).

That action alone would have huge effects.


18 posted on 11/04/2020 10:39:10 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: Prole

I agree


19 posted on 11/04/2020 10:39:50 AM PST by Gasshog
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To: Red6
You can’t logically argue for legal booze and tobacco but want pot banned.

True - which is why FR's right-statists argue for it illogically.

20 posted on 11/04/2020 11:00:08 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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