North Dakota, Arkansas voters say no to legalizing marijuanaPosted by On


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Voters in North Dakota and Arkansas have rejected measures to legalize marijuana, while those in Maryland have approved legalization.

Similar measures also were on the ballot in Missouri and South Dakota.

The ballot initiatives in the five states follow moves by President Joe Biden toward decriminalizing marijuana.

Biden last month announced he was pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of simple possession of marijuana under federal law. Nineteen other states had already legalized marijuana.

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Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana in North Dakota succeeded in bringing the matter to a public vote by submitting more than the required 15,582 valid petition signatures to get it on the ballot.

In North Dakota, the initiative would have allowed people 21 and older to legally use marijuana at home as well as possess and cultivate restricted amounts of cannabis. The state could have registered up to seven marijuana manufacturing businesses and 18 dispensaries.

North Dakota voters in 2018 also soundly rejected a marijuana legalization initiative that also included a provision that would have wiped out past pot-related convictions.

North Dakota voters approved medical marijuana in 2016.

Arkansas voters also rejected a constitutional amendment that would have legalized recreational marijuana in the state.

The proposal failed six years after Arkansas voters made the state the first in the Bible…

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