California, Massachusetts approve recreational marijuana

Massachusetts, California, and Nevada all approved legalization while Arizona rejected it.

Voters in Montana, meanwhile, approved expanded use of marijuana in health care.

Patients with one of a dozen qualifying medical conditions may have an unprecedented 3 ounces of marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation. With Donald Trump as our future president, there is uncertainty. What gives him “real concern” is Trump.

Some law enforcement fear legalizing casual use of marijuana could make things more unsafe on the road with drivers under the influence.

National polls have revealed that a wide majority of Americans support marijuana legalization while opponents argue that children would be threatened and it raises the risk for an emerging industry focused on selling people an unhealthy drug.

The results mean marijuana is now legal in some form in 29 USA states.

In the meantime, agencies and state lawmakers have authority to issue temporary licenses, if they wish.

California Governor Jerry Brown signed the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act Governor Jerry Brown in October 2015 to create an agency to oversee medial dispensaries, cultivators and producers starting in January 2018.

“It would be kind of hypocritical because the Republican platform is based on states’ rights”, Weinberg said.

Bierman said that he’s focused on bigger-scale investments, including properties and large-scale grow operations, in marijuana-friendly markets within the state.

All of the marijuana sold in ME will also be grown in ME, he said.

The state’s legislative analyst’s office estimates tax revenue to be hundreds of millions to a billion dollars the first year.

“Economically, youre going to see a lot more people enter the space and a lot more money enter the space.”.

California’s approval of legal pot opens up the largest commercial market in the U.S. In all, residents of eight states have now voted in favour of recreational marijuana use, including the West Coast states of Alaska, Washington and Oregon.

“I voted in favor of it”. Big wins will dramatically accelerate our push to finally end federal marijuana prohibition, perhaps as soon as 2017. It is entirely a different thing to ignore the tens of billions that the California cannabis industry will generate, ” said Michael Weiner, a Denver lawyer who represents pot-related companies.

Before Tuesday, 25 states had already legalized cannabis in some way, whether for medical or recreational uses, or both.

“I don’t think that you can put the genie back into the container, especially with California”, Weinberg said. “If the Trump thing wasnt hanging over our head, Wednesday be in heaven.”.