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Not So Fast: Tax Revenue Estimates From Legal Marijuana May Not Materialize
Proponents of legalized recreational marijuana touted millions in taxes that could be collected. But don’t count that money yet. more
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Report: No Easy Options for Feds in Legal Marijuana States
The federal government may not have much choice but to continue its mellow attitude toward legal marijuana in Washington and Colorado. more
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Nullification: Old Arguments Against Feds Get New Life
States challenging Washington is not new, but Second Amendment worries have breathed new life into a movement championing a wider range of topics than ever before. more
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Colorado Preps for Recreational Marijuana
Colorado voters amended the state’s Constitution this November to legalize recreational marijuana use. That’s left the state’s established medical marijuana community apprehensive about its future. more
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Infographic: Ballot Measures Gave Voters Say on Divisive Issues
Voters in 38 states will decide 174 statewide ballot measures on Election Day. Are any on your ballot? more
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Delaware Set to Approve Medical Marijuana
TODAY'S TAKE: Delaware soon will become the 16th state to authorize medical marijuana, despite a recent warning from the federal government that everyone from licensed growers to state regulators in those states could face legal action. more
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Justice Department Ups Ante on California Marijuana Vote
TODAY'S TAKE: The U.S. Justice Department's announcement Friday (Oct. 15) that it would enforce federal anti-marijuana laws in California -- even if voters there legalize the drug next month -- could ensure even more tension between state and federal laws over the substance.more -
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Medical Marijuana Returns to Ballot
TODAY'S TAKE: Arizona soon could join 14 other states and legalize medical marijuana. With more than 250,000 signatures, a ballot question to authorize use of the drug for medical purposes on Tuesday became the first to qualify for the state's November ballot. The initiative continues what has been a busy year for marijuana-related policy in the states.more -
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3 States, Including California, Ban Gay Marriage
Measures on gay marriage, abortion, affirmative action, stem cell research and physician assisted suicide were among 153 initiatives on the 2008 ballot in 36 states. more
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Voters Could Relax Marijuana Penalties
Also see: • A comprehensive list of state elections• A printable PDF of major ballot issues Ballot questions next month will give voters in California, Massachusetts and Michigan a chance to revisit their states' policies on marijuana. If approved, the measures are likely to exacerbate tensions between states and the federal government over the drug.more -
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Court Weighs Legality of Federal Pot Charges
Chronically ill individuals in 10 states that permit marijuana use for medicinal purposes could be affected by a U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine whether the federal government can preempt state law on marijuana use. more
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Voters Decide Policy Issues
The American electorate that so narrowly divided over the presidential race swung many ways on a raft of ballot initiatives ranging from legalizing pot in three states to banning same-sex marriage in 11. more
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Alaska Ballot Measure Would Treat Pot Like Liquor
Like a stoned driver crisscrossing the center line, Alaska has veered left and right on the issue of legalizing marijuana. On Nov. 2, voters will be asked to take Alaska further than any other state toward liberalizing use of marijuana, over the objections of state and federal officials. more
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Hot-Button Social Issues Cram State Ballots
Voters this November will tackle controversial issues that many statehouses couldnt resolve, including whether to ban gay marriage, boost the state minimum wage or have a lottery. Californians will have the longest list of ballot questions with 16. more
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Medical Pot Pits States Against Federal Government
Vermont just became the tenth state to vote to legalize medical use of marijuana. Proponents hope a growing acceptance by states of doctor-prescribed "pot" for pain relief will help snuff out federal drug enforcers' efforts to crack down on the practice. The U.S. Supreme Court may be called in to referee federal-state disagreements over whether all marijuana use is illegal. more
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Medical 'Pot' Bills Advance in Maryland, Vermont
Three of the eight medical marijuana measures introduced in state legislatures this session have been snuffed out, but bills that would ease restrictions on therapeutic use of the drug are advancing in Vermont and Maryland. more
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How Ballot Questions Fared
Voters rejected universal health care and looser marijuana laws as America weighed in on more than 200 ballot measures Tuesday. more
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States Make Strides on Medical Marijuana Programs
The U.S. Supreme Court's first-ever opinion on medical marijuana two months ago hasn't put a dent in state efforts to help seriously ill patients, as critics hoped it would. State medical marijuana programs in Alaska, Hawaii and Oregon are moving ahead despite the ruling. more