The Green Thread: Marijuana in the states

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Don't have time to grab a link currently but marijuana on the ballot in South Dakota for this fall for medical and recreational. 

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So recreational marijuana will only be on the ballot in NJ, SD, and AZ, while medicinal will only be there in SD again and MS.

That IS a disappointment. However, NJ and AZ should both be able to pass. If Yes could get 48.7% in AZ in 2016, it can surely break 50% in 2020.

SD I'd be pessimistic about given ND 2 years ago, but who knows?

NJ and SD are both decently sized states, and NJ fully legalizing will really give a kick in the pants to NY and CT.

Would have been a lot more without the virus. Very hard to collect signatures when you can't meet in person.

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Supposedly Montana is getting close to getting it on the ballot this year despite the COVID setback.

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I wonder what the last state to legalize it will be. Idaho?

I'd say Idaho, Iowa, Utah or Wisconsin based on how our state is being run right now.

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I wonder what the last state to legalize it will be. Idaho?

I'd say Idaho, Iowa, Utah or Wisconsin based on how our state is being run right now.

Eh. I think with Illinois legalized, once Minnesota also legalizes (which shouldn't take too long), WI will be forced to or continue to bleed money from people crossing the border to buy stuff.

I mean, the two men in charge of the legislature don't believe in medical personally so they have said they wont' bring it up. One of them, Robin Vos, will be running for Governor in 2022 for so as long as the current cast stays in power nothing will change.

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As Arizona looks likely to have marijuana on the ballot in November, a new poll is out:

https://twitter.com/OHPredictive/status/1285545282957185030

Interestingly, the poll shows that support is roughly the same regardless of whether the respondent is from an urban, suburban or rural area.

It barely lost last time, almost a slam dunk this time.

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I hear Montana will officially vote as well.

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NE won't be voting on medical marijuana after the Republicans paid a corrupt sheriff to file a complaint as a regular citizen calling it logrolling and more than one issue (trying to legalize and set a market). Rural joke state.

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We could very well be looking at a clean sweep for legalization initiatives.

I believe Mississippi has a medicinal one on the ballot. I'm curious how that'll go

SD will be a stretch, I would not be surprised if it lost. I expect MS to pass medical easily, even there.

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So how quickly do SD GOP try and subvert the will of the people?

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What's the next state to approve? I think New York and Nebraska.

Nebraska should have been this year but the GOP killed it in the state SC.

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I suspect most east coast liberal states will legalize within the next two years, given NJ’s upcoming market. PA and FL would be smart to have it on the ballot in 2022 to maximize youth turnout in the midterms. In fact, can we get someone of these Dem 420 celebs to fund ballot drives in potential 2022 swing states?

Wisconsin sadly doesn't have it available and the Republicans in charge don't think it should be legal so it won't even be brought up for a vote.

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My first thought with seeing South Dakota passing a legalization initiative was that it could probably pass anywhere outside the South and Utah. I'm not sure why the 2018 North Dakota initiative went down in massive defeat. Arizona, California, and Oregon all had initiatives defeated before regrouping and passing them within a few years. The 2015 Ohio initiative was fatally flawed for two big reasons: attempting it in an odd year, but more importantly the initiative was very poorly written. I'm surprised they haven't tried again there, as I'm sure it would easily pass.

Florida would be a very hard lift because of the 60% threshold for ballot initiatives and also the age component on this issue, which is very real. So far, the only states that have cleared that threshold are New Jersey (easily) and Arizona (barely).

I'm pretty sure the only legislature so far to legalize through the normal legislative process (as opposed to ballot initiative) is Vermont (and incidentally signed into law by Governor Phil Scott). I'm not really sure what so many Democratic legislators are afraid of. I have a hard time seeing any significant number of Republican legislators come out in support of legalization outside of New England or Wyoming.

It sounds like Rhode Island is going to push ahead and try to pass a legalization bill in the next session.

Illinois did it through the legislature as well, and in one fell swoop unlike Vermont.

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The legalization map is getting crazy. Utah is now 3/4 surrounded by legal recreational states. Idaho, where CBD is still illegal, borders 4 legal states. Wyoming borders 3 legal states. New Hampshire is completely surrounded by legal states.

They won't legalize for awhile, they'll bitch to the Feds instead because of "all the pot coming through".

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Almost legal in NY, just waiting on Cuomo's signature!

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What is going on in safe Democratic Hawaii? They are the only Pacific state not to legalize and are behind South Dakota of all states.

A bill died in their House this year. Really not sure what's going on there.

At least we just need a sig in NM to make it legal, so not sure what the holdup is there as well.

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Minnesota House voted to legalize last night 72-61!

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Meanwhile, in the worst state in America, MS, the SC reversed the medical marihuana initiative because "the process for ballot referendum is outdated'.

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CT senate approved 19-17, House still needs to approve it before the session ends tomorrow though.

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RI Senate approves recreational marijuana bill

https://www.wpri.com/news/politics-government/ri-senate-approves-recreational-marijuana-bill/

Article says the House won't look at it until MAYBE in a fall special session but the two chambers are way off and the Governor says it's not a priority to "race" MA and CT. So they're being dumb.

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Maryland will try and get it on the 2022 ballot.

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https://mobile.twitter.com/NaomiKritzer/status/1542658121742557185
lol

Maybe the Republicans should resign when they admit they didn't read what they approved?

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Have there been any polls for Oklahoma’s State Question 820? Could be legalized there in March but I somehow doubt it passes. The filthy baptists endorsed No.

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Delaware passed bills to legalize, 10 days to see if the Governor still wants to be a putz or not.

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Delaware passed bills to legalize, 10 days to see if the Governor still wants to be a putz or not.

Can they override?

Not sure of the situation, we’ll need to wait and see unless someone else knows more.