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  Nevada Almost Out of Weed, Gov Endorses ‘Statement of Emergency’

  July 11, 2017 at 12:13 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

  Less than two weeks after sales of recreational marijuana kicked off in Nevada, stores are running out of pot to sell, according to the state’s Department of Taxation. On Friday, Gov. Brian Sandoval endorsed the department’s call for a “statement of emergency,” which would allow for more licensed distributors, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported. Nearly 50 dispensaries in the state have licenses to sell marijuana for recreational use. Those sales got underway on July 1. But those same retailers do not [...]

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  The 5 States Most Likely to Legalize Recreational Cannabis in November 2016

  September 20, 2016 at 4:34 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

  Nearly half of the US has already legalized marijuana for either medical or recreational use. This November, nine states could continue the trend. Of those nine states, five have ballot initiatives that could result in legal recreational use, including Massachusetts, Maine, Arizona and Nevada.  Most significantly, California could legalize recreational use — thus making the entire West Coast a legal enclave for recreational cannabis. All the initiatives below will be voted on this November, alongside the presidential election. Here’s everything [...]

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  California: Demand for Recreational Cannabis Reaches All-Time High

  June 10, 2015 at 12:59 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

  Support for the legalization of recreational marijuana use by adults has reached an all-time high in California, a state whose pot-friendly reputation precedes it but that has failed to get residents to approve full legalization in the past. A record 54 percent of potential California voters said they favored legalizing weed this year, a 3 percent increase in support from 2014, according to a June poll from the Public Policy Institute of California. While the poll wasn’t the first to [...]

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  Which State Will be Next to End Marijuana Prohibition?

  August 15, 2013 at 5:20 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  As support for marijuana legalization continues to grow, Rob Kampia, the executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, believes that momentum will drive two more states to follow Colorado and Washington in legalizing recreational weed in 2014. In a recent interview with Reason, Kampia made several legal pot predictions. “I think the next state to legalize will be Alaska, through a ballot initiative that we’re running in August of 2014,” Kampia said to Reason. “Through state legislatures, I think the [...]

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