LIST OF MARIJUANA INITIATIVES
Here is a list of what states will be voting on regarding MJ on Nov. 8.
Recreational Marijuana
State: Arizona
Ballot initiative: Proposition 205 — The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
What’s at stake: Proposition 205 would allow adults 21 and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana, consume marijuana in private and grow up to six marijuana plants at home. It would also establish marijuana retail stores and manufacturing facilities licensed by the Department of Marijuana Licenses and Control.
Will it pass? Proposition 205 is supported by registered Arizona voters 50 percent to 40 percent, according to an Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News poll.
State: California
Ballot initiative: Proposition 64 — The Adult Use of Marijuana Act
What’s at stake: This would allow adults 21 and older to possess and consume one ounce of marijuana and eight grams of marijuana concentrates and grow up to six marijuana plants at home. It would also enact a 15 percent excise tax on all cannabis sales.
Will it pass? Proposition 64 is supported by registered California voters 52 to 41 percent, according to a SurveyUSA poll.
State: Maine
Ballot initiative: Question 1 — Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
What’s at stake: It would allow adults 21 and older to possess a limited amount of marijuana and grow a limited number of marijuana plants at home. It would establish a regulatory system of licensed marijuana retail stores and associated facilities and enact a 10 percent marijuana sales tax, which would be used to enforce regulations.
Will it pass? Adults in Maine support Question 1 by a substantial margin — 50 percent to 41 percent — according to a University of New Hampshire Survey Center poll.
State: Massachusetts
Ballot initiative: Question 4 — The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
What’s at stake: This would allow adults 21 and older to possess and grow limited amounts of marijuana and establish an entity that’s similar to the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission to oversee licensed retail stores and cultivation facilities.
Will it pass? Likely voters in Massachusetts support Question 4, 53 percent to 50 percent, according to a WBZ-TV, WBZ NewsRadio, UMass Amherst Poll poll.
State: Nevada
Ballot initiative: Question 2 — The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
What’s at stake: It would allow adults 21 and older to possess and use up to one ounce of marijuana or one-eighth of an ounce of concentrated marijuana. People who live more than 25 miles from a retail marijuana store would be allowed to grow up to six marijuana plants at home. It would also establish a 15 percent excise tax on marijuana sales.
Will it pass? Nevada voters support Question 2, 50 percent to 41 percent, according to a KTNV-TV/Rasmussen Reports poll.
Medical Marijuana
State: Florida
Ballot initiative: Amendment 2 — Use of Marijuana for Debilitating Medical Conditions
What’s at stake: The amendment would legalize medical marijuana “for individuals with debilitating medical conditions as determined by a licensed Florida physician” and allow caregivers to assist patients in their use of medicinal cannabis. In 2014, a similar ballot initiative that would have legalized medical marijuana in the Sunshine State was supported by 58 percent of Florida voters, falling just short of the 60 percent approval it needed to pass.
Will it pass? Most likely. According to a recent University of North Florida survey, 73 percent of voters approve of the amendment, well above the 60 percent needed to pass.
State: Arkansas
Ballot initiative: Issue 6 — The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment
What’s at stake: The amendment would legalize medical marijuana in the Razorback State for 17 qualifying conditions, create a Medical Marijuana Commission and allocate tax revenue from sales of medical marijuana to technical and vocational schools.
Will it pass? Unclear. A poll released Wednesday found 51 percent of Arkansas voters are in favor of legalizing medical marijuana, with 49 percent opposed. The measure requires a simple majority to pass. And in 2012, Arkansas voters narrowly rejected legalizing medical marijuana.
State: North Dakota
Ballot initiative: Initiated Statutory Measure 5 — The North Dakota Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative
What’s at stake: The measure would legalize the use of medical marijuana to treat debilitating medical conditions such as cancer, AIDS, hepatitis C, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), glaucoma and epilepsy, and develop regulatory procedures for growing, dispensing and using medicinal pot. In 2015, the North Dakota House declined to pass a similar bipartisan bill that would have allowed patients and caregivers to possess cannabis for medical use.
Will it pass? Hard to say. While a recent poll conducted by the University of North Dakota found 47 percent of voters supported the measure compared to 41 percent who oppose it, state law requires at least 50 percent support for it to pass. The same poll found more than two-thirds (68 percent) of North Dakotans oppose legalizing recreational marijuana, while 24 percent support it.
Current States That Allow MJ
Legal recreational marijuana is available in four states — Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington — and the District of Columbia.
Legal medical marijuana is available in D.C. and 25 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
