How the 2016 Election Became a Watershed for Weed
The year of 2016 may go down as a watershed for weed, the election when legalization shifted from being an experiment in the American West to something primed for the mainstream.
Nine states voted on marijuana-related measures—four related to medical marijuana and five to recreational—and as of late Tuesday evening, seven of them passed. One failed and one remained pending. The upshot is that more than half of the states in the U.S. now have comprehensive medical marijuana laws and roughly one fifth of the population lives in a place where adults 21 and older can legally consume weed for fun.
While the green rush is taking place from coast to coast, many eyes were on the Golden State on Tuesday. California legalized recreational marijuana, and experts believe that it will prove a tipping point. “If California legalizes,” the Drug Policy Alliance’s Amanda Reiman said ahead of the vote, “it...
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