Oregon, Alaska, as well as the District of Columbia all legalized the recreational use of marijuana last night. This will cover the poessesion, growth, sale, and taxation of pot (According to Think Progress, Washington, D.C. is not permitted to tax and regulate by ballot initiative, and lawmakers plan to follow up with a bill to achieve this).The vote in DC wasn't even close...where voters supported the measure 7 to 3. Alaska and Oregon both passed the initiative by several points. Ballot initiatives are expected to be put to voters for legalization in California, Massachusetts, Maine, Nevada and Arizona in 2016. Read more HERE

 


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