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Two of the most populous states in the U.S. just voted to make weed legal, and two appear to be on the precipice of doing the same.

With just 19.2 percent of votes counted, Politico has projected that California’s proposition 64, which legalizes and taxes marijuana for use by the general public above the age of 21, will become the law of the land, with 56 percent of voters in favor of the measure.

As the sixth largest economy in the world in terms of gross domestic product, California is expected to bring in as much as $1 billion per year in additional tax revenue to be reinvested in public infrastructure. Fortune magazine reported that by 2020, California’s revenue from medical and recreational marijuana sales could top $6.5 billion each year.

The San Jose Mercury News reported that the new tax revenue would be put towards drug use prevention and treatment, helping disadvantaged youth, and other programs that would address the state’s opioid addiction crisis.

In addition to California, several other states legalized marijuana for recreational use. A ballot initiative in Massachusetts was successful, with Question 4 winning by a 53-46 margin. Maine’s Question 1, which also legalizes and taxes marijuana for recreational use, is currently leaning toward passage with 11,000 more voting “yes” than those voting “no,” with over 60 percent of votes tallied as of this writing. And as of 12:30 AM Eastern, Nevada’s ballot initiative on legalization is leaning toward passage, with “yes” winning by 7 percent with roughly one-third of all votes counted.

Arizona also had marijuana legalization on the ballot, but the measure appears to have failed, with “no” winning by a 5-point margin and over two-thirds of votes counted.



UPDATE: (1:01 AM Eastern) Nevada’s ballot initiative legalizing marijuana has passed, making it the third state to do so, according to the Daily Beast.

http://usuncut.com/politics/californ...zed-marijuana/

Come through

[Shaun]

I'm sure there were polls on this subject in Florida as well - there was a lot made of them being so indecisive about the president but being "**** yeah!" about marijuana

[Cal.]

Here for it

[Liam-]

Perched right next to the guns in Walmart?

[LukeB]

about time

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Perched right next to the guns in Walmart?

You'll probably get fewer shootings if everyone is baked all of the time, to be fair...

[Northern Monkey]

It'll be like The Walking Dead out there

[Brother Leon]

The vote that matters

[Jack_]

Well, at least some good came of last night

[Vicky.]

Hopefully we follow suit. Its ridiculous that the likes of alcohol are freely available and even encouraged when so many deaths and violent incidents happen because of it, whilst smoking weed is demonized...I don't have THAT much experience of cannabis but from what I know, people are unlikely to get violent on it as it chills you out. So, better than alcohol in that respect at least.

[_Tom_]

Ew.