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Recreational marijuana backers can gather signatures for North Dakota ballot initiative

A North Dakota ballot initiative group can gather signatures to put a proposal legalizing recreational marijuana to a statewide vote in the fall, the state’s top election official said Thursday, in the latest legalization effort in the conservative state. The New Economic Frontier needs…

The push for legal weed faces hostile ground in red states

Weed legalization advocates are running out of friendly territory. The movement has swept the country over the last decade: Nearly half of Americans now live in a state where anyone at least 21 years old can legally possess and purchase…

Voters in some of the most conservative states to weigh in on recreational pot

November 1, 2022
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Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota
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Voters in five states, including four that are among the most conservative in the country, are deciding on whether to legalize recreational marijuana this election. If passed in each state, Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota would join…

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Poll: Southwest North Dakota voters waning on recreational marijuana support

A marijuana legalization measure will appear on the ballot this November, and a southwest North Dakota readers poll conducted throughout the month of July indicates that support for legalizing recreational marijuana on the Western Edge has waned since the measure…

Pot legalization measure will appear on November ballot in North Dakota

A measure to legalize recreational marijuana for adults will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot in North Dakota after clearing a final hurdle. Secretary of State Al Jaeger announced on Monday, Aug. 15, that his office validated more than 23,000…

North Dakota secretary of state receives petition to legalize recreational marijuana

More than 25,000 signatures were submitted to the North Dakota Secretary of State on Monday in hopes of getting a recreational marijuana-use measure on the November ballot. The petition was approved by Secretary of State Al Jaeger in April, according to…

North Dakota group gathers signatures in attempt to get recreational marijuana on 2022 ballot

The legalization of recreational marijuana may end up on the November ballot after the petition format was approved late last month. Now, the sponsoring group is gathering signatures. For years, North Dakotans have considered the issue of legalizing recreational marijuana.…

North Dakota Senate to consider putting recreational marijuana to voters

North Dakota's Senate could revive the question of legalizing recreational marijuana, but through a ballot measure put to voters -- one of potentially three that could appear next year. The chamber last week soundly defeated a bill to legalize but restrict…

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Decriminalization bill fails day after North Dakota Senate defeats recreational marijuana

North Dakota's Senate dealt another blow to recreational marijuana legislation on Friday, voting down a bill to decriminalize possession of small quantities of the drug and paraphernalia. House Bill 1201, brought by Rep. Shannon Roers Jones, R-Fargo, failed 13-32. The…

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North Dakota could give the green light to recreational marijuana this session

A bill to legalize adult use of recreational marijuana, already passed in the House, now awaits action in the North Dakota Senate. House Bill 1420 is seen in part as a way to forestall another ballot measure seeking to open…

North Dakota House passes joint bills to legalize and tax marijuana

North Dakota's House of Representatives has given the green light to recreational marijuana. The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday passed House Bill 1420 to legalize and restrict recreational marijuana on a 56-38 vote. Representatives also passed House Bill 1501 to implement a related tax policy…

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North Dakota House green-lights bill allowing edible medical marijuana

The North Dakota House of Representatives has endorsed a bipartisan bill that would allow the state's eight medical cannabis dispensaries to sell edible products. The lower chamber voted 63-31 on Thursday, Feb. 18, to send House Bill 1391 to the Senate. The…

Bill for homegrown medical marijuana withers in North Dakota Senate

North Dakota's Senate on Thursday nipped in the bud a bill that would have allowed homegrown medical marijuana. The Senate voted 42-4 to kill Senate Bill 2234. The bill by Sen. Oley Larsen, R-Minot, would have allowed registered qualified patients or…

Backers renew North Dakota marijuana legalization effort

Supporters of an unsuccessful 2020 ballot measure to legalize marijuana through North Dakota's constitution are trying again. They submitted their petition on Monday to Secretary of State Al Jaeger, who will review the filing's format. If he approves it, supporters…

North Dakota medical marijuana program proving popular

More North Dakotans are participating in the medical marijuana program than the state Department of Health expected. "We have just under 4,400 patients that have a medical marijuana card," Medical Marijuana Division Director Jason Wahl told Prairie Public. He had earlier…

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