Nine (9) states are set to fall today! The big one will be Florida. If Florida falls, GA is not far behind. If GA falls, LA and at the very least East TN will push to vote for it to fall.
I do not expect it to pass at all in Arkansas, but if it does, West TN will take note, and MS may fall.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mar ... 0b02cba484
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I'm in Florida looking at a critical medical marijuana vote! The earliest returns have Amendment 2 leading 2 votes to 0LLMReb wrote:Nine (9) states are set to fall today! The big one will be Florida. If Florida falls, GA is not far behind. If GA falls, LA and at the very least East TN will push to vote for it to fall.
I do not expect it to pass at all in Arkansas, but if it does, West TN will take note, and MS may fall.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mar ... 0b02cba484
The biggest votes are legalization votes. California is a must; one (1) or two (2) states on the East Coast will be MAJOR!! Hoping for both, but I'll settle for Massachusetts! Looking at Arizona and Nevada, I'd like both. but would settle for Nevada. Vegas here I come!
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https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/el ... s-coverage
Arizona may not do it. Florida already has.
Enjoy
FlyByNite
Arizona may not do it. Florida already has.
Enjoy
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Great link, FBN!
Arkansas fell for medical. Wow! I did not see that one. The first tax revenue report will cause LA, MS, TN, KY, MO to follow.
Arkansas fell for medical. Wow! I did not see that one. The first tax revenue report will cause LA, MS, TN, KY, MO to follow.
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An $8 billion night: 7 states legalize medical, recreational cannabis in historic election
By Marijuana Business Daily staff
November 9, 2016
The cannabis industry scored a landslide victory Tuesday as four states legalized recreational marijuana and another three approved medical use, cementing the 2016 election’s place in the history books.
The developments could lead to $7 billion-$8 billion in additional annual retail cannabis sales, according to Marijuana Business Daily’s preliminary estimates.
California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada voted to legalize recreational marijuana, while Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota approved medical cannabis initiatives.
Montana, which legalized medical marijuana in 2004, also passed a measure to set up commercial cultivation operations and dispensaries.
“It’s a coast-to-coast landslide,” said James Anthony, a cannabis business attorney in California. “We’re well beyond the tipping point. It’s full-steam ahead.”
The only loss: A recreational legalization proposal in Arizona failed at the ballot box. There are also big questions about how Donald Trump, who won the presidency, will approach the marijuana business.
Despite the failure of Arizona’s measure and the uncertainties tied to Trump, the election will go down as a huge victory for the industry given the number of states that legalized and the potential size of those markets.
In addition to a surge in retail sales, the new states will help create billions of dollars in revenues in other areas of the industry, tens of thousand of jobs and scores of opportunities for both existing and new cannabis businesses in the coming years. (See Marijuana Business Daily’s feature story this Thursday for a look at the broader implications of the election as well as a state-by-state breakdown of estimated retail revenues.)
It will likely take several years for these markets to get fully up and running, and the additional $7 billion-$8 billion in annual retail sales for the industry might not materialize until 2020 or beyond.
But the new states will push the industry forward by leaps and bounds.
The biggest win came in California, where an initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis garnered 56% of the vote as of early Wednesday morning (final results are not yet available). California’s marijuana market could eventually generate more than the $3.5 billion-$4.3 billion in retail sales that the Marijuana Business Factbook estimates the entire cannabis industry will post this year .
“We are truly looking at the next gold rush,” said Khurshid Khoja, principal at Greenbridge Corporate Counsel, a San Francisco-based law firm serving the marijuana industry.
Other highlights from the election:
– Florida passed a medical cannabis legalization measure by a huge margin, with 71% voting in favor. That’s well over the 60% threshold it needed to hit under Florida law. It also represents the highest percentage of votes in support of a state marijuana legalization measure in history, edging out the 70% that voted in favor of recreational cannabis in Washington DC two years ago.
The state’s massive population and heavy concentration of seniors could make it one of the largest MMJ markets in the country.”This is where plants are grown,” said prominent Florida attorney John Morgan, who bankrolled the campaign to legalize in the state. “It’s tailor-made for this crop.”
– Massachusetts passed a recreational cannabis legalization proposal despite stiff resistance from some high-profile politicians who lobbied against it. With almost all the votes tallied as of early Wednesday morning, the initiative had 53% support.
– Nevada legalized recreational marijuana, which will help create a cannatourism mecca in Las Vegas.
Aside from state ballot measures, two Colorado cities voted on cannabis-related initiatives.
In Denver, a measure to allow marijuana consumption at certain businesses held a razor-thin lead as of early Wednesday but was too close to call.
In Pueblo, technical problems delayed election results by hours, leaving the status of a measure to ban recreational businesses unclear.
Chris Walsh, John Schroyer and Bart Schaneman contributed to this report.
mjbizdaily
By Marijuana Business Daily staff
November 9, 2016
The cannabis industry scored a landslide victory Tuesday as four states legalized recreational marijuana and another three approved medical use, cementing the 2016 election’s place in the history books.
The developments could lead to $7 billion-$8 billion in additional annual retail cannabis sales, according to Marijuana Business Daily’s preliminary estimates.
California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada voted to legalize recreational marijuana, while Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota approved medical cannabis initiatives.
Montana, which legalized medical marijuana in 2004, also passed a measure to set up commercial cultivation operations and dispensaries.
“It’s a coast-to-coast landslide,” said James Anthony, a cannabis business attorney in California. “We’re well beyond the tipping point. It’s full-steam ahead.”
The only loss: A recreational legalization proposal in Arizona failed at the ballot box. There are also big questions about how Donald Trump, who won the presidency, will approach the marijuana business.
Despite the failure of Arizona’s measure and the uncertainties tied to Trump, the election will go down as a huge victory for the industry given the number of states that legalized and the potential size of those markets.
In addition to a surge in retail sales, the new states will help create billions of dollars in revenues in other areas of the industry, tens of thousand of jobs and scores of opportunities for both existing and new cannabis businesses in the coming years. (See Marijuana Business Daily’s feature story this Thursday for a look at the broader implications of the election as well as a state-by-state breakdown of estimated retail revenues.)
It will likely take several years for these markets to get fully up and running, and the additional $7 billion-$8 billion in annual retail sales for the industry might not materialize until 2020 or beyond.
But the new states will push the industry forward by leaps and bounds.
The biggest win came in California, where an initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis garnered 56% of the vote as of early Wednesday morning (final results are not yet available). California’s marijuana market could eventually generate more than the $3.5 billion-$4.3 billion in retail sales that the Marijuana Business Factbook estimates the entire cannabis industry will post this year .
“We are truly looking at the next gold rush,” said Khurshid Khoja, principal at Greenbridge Corporate Counsel, a San Francisco-based law firm serving the marijuana industry.
Other highlights from the election:
– Florida passed a medical cannabis legalization measure by a huge margin, with 71% voting in favor. That’s well over the 60% threshold it needed to hit under Florida law. It also represents the highest percentage of votes in support of a state marijuana legalization measure in history, edging out the 70% that voted in favor of recreational cannabis in Washington DC two years ago.
The state’s massive population and heavy concentration of seniors could make it one of the largest MMJ markets in the country.”This is where plants are grown,” said prominent Florida attorney John Morgan, who bankrolled the campaign to legalize in the state. “It’s tailor-made for this crop.”
– Massachusetts passed a recreational cannabis legalization proposal despite stiff resistance from some high-profile politicians who lobbied against it. With almost all the votes tallied as of early Wednesday morning, the initiative had 53% support.
– Nevada legalized recreational marijuana, which will help create a cannatourism mecca in Las Vegas.
Aside from state ballot measures, two Colorado cities voted on cannabis-related initiatives.
In Denver, a measure to allow marijuana consumption at certain businesses held a razor-thin lead as of early Wednesday but was too close to call.
In Pueblo, technical problems delayed election results by hours, leaving the status of a measure to ban recreational businesses unclear.
Chris Walsh, John Schroyer and Bart Schaneman contributed to this report.
mjbizdaily
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Amazing news! I hope this momentum will eventually carry over to Europe.
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have hope,... 
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Don,t think the seventy year old men who are now in charge of swamp are going to help you legalize .There interested in taking rights e.g. Gay marriage ,women,s rights ,minority's rights. They take the Jewish book of fairy tales as fact Not to worry we will take all the pot tourism all welcome we don,t care about colour ,who you love all weclome
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smoke dopegromit wrote:have hope,...
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those old men have been calling for more state's rights and less federal gov for yearsmacky wrote:Don,t think the seventy year old men who are now in charge of swamp are going to help you legalize .There interested in taking rights e.g. Gay marriage ,women,s rights ,minority's rights. They take the Jewish book of fairy tales as fact
with that said, it was still a good election year for Marijuana As far as tourism, I think my fall may open up, any Blues Festivals up that way 
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Those state right,s those old guy,s are fighting for are working to take other peoples rights .You should know best living in the most gerry-rigged state ,majority vote Dem. and then poof large majority Reb. get in house. As a Canadian who has spent time in US know a lot of you guy,s call it the N party .This election about race .average Trump voter makes over 70.000 dollars a year. We have blue,s festivals,but there has been assaults on americans this last weekend .Sadly young man was kicked to death in Toronto sat. Suggest you guy,s pretend your from Canada when traveling the world. I,m not kidding most not happy living next to homo phobic and the rest of the shit of the 50,60 ,s again .You,s guy,s need to remove state and church a little more.Willjay wrote:those old men have been calling for more state's rights and less federal gov for yearsmacky wrote:Don,t think the seventy year old men who are now in charge of swamp are going to help you legalize .There interested in taking rights e.g. Gay marriage ,women,s rights ,minority's rights. They take the Jewish book of fairy tales as fact
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I hear youmacky wrote:Those state right,s those old guy,s are fighting for are working to take other peoples rights .You should know best living in the most gerry-rigged state ,majority vote Dem. and then poof large majority Reb. get in house. As a Canadian who has spent time in US know a lot of you guy,s call it the N party .This election about race .average Trump voter makes over 70.000 dollars a year. We have blue,s festivals,but there has been assaults on americans this last weekend .Sadly young man was kicked to death in Toronto sat. Suggest you guy,s pretend your from Canada when traveling the world. I,m not kidding most not happy living next to homo phobic and the rest of the shit of the 50,60 ,s again .You,s guy,s need to remove state and church a little more.Willjay wrote:those old men have been calling for more state's rights and less federal gov for yearsmacky wrote:Don,t think the seventy year old men who are now in charge of swamp are going to help you legalize .There interested in taking rights e.g. Gay marriage ,women,s rights ,minority's rights. They take the Jewish book of fairy tales as fact
, but a victim of an "assault of the senses" 
does needs to stick his or her's head in the sand for awhile , to breath deep and exhale bullshit now any blues festivals in the fall up north www.stopthedrugwar.org
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Torontobluessociety.com This will give you list of festevils