ABC Reports on Recount of Marijuana Legalization in Maine

The hope Maine marijuana proponents had of growing their own pot by the Yuletide is going up in smoke because a recount of the Marijuana Legalization ballot question to legalize the practice will likely drag into next year. The recount began Monday in Augusta. Maine residents last month approved legalizing marijuana by a narrow 4,073-vote […]

Four States End Marijuana Prohibition, Three Adopt Medical Marijuana Laws in Historic Election – MPP

WASHINGTON — California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada voted to end marijuana prohibition and Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota adopted medical marijuana laws Tuesday in the most momentous election to date for marijuana policy reform. Montana approved an initiative to re-establish patients’ access to medical marijuana providers, which was hindered by state lawmakers, and create a more […]

Recreational marijuana on the ballot in five states – CNN.com

Voters in five states will get to decide whether marijuana should be legal to use recreationally. (CNN)On this election day, voters in five stateswill get to decide whether marijuana should be legal to use recreationally. It’s on the ballot in California, Massachusetts, Maine, Arizona and Nevada. Voters will also decide whether it should be used for […]

Citizen petition for Maine marijuana legalization fails — 

Citizen petition for Maine marijuana legalization and fail. There were nearly 48,000 invalid signatures on petitions for An Act to Legalize Marijuana, according to the secretary of state’s office. AUGUSTA, Maine — An attempt to ask Maine voters in a November 2016 referendum whether they want to legalize recreational marijuana has failed, the secretary of state’s office […]