Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved ballot measures on Tuesday that will legalise recreational marijuana MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/APFor marijuana enthusiasts a very special high was soon followed by a heavy comedown. In what campaigners hailed as a turning point in the global battle to relax the law on drug use, voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved ballot measures on Tuesday that will legalise recreational marijuana, meaning that one in five Americans live in states where they will be able to use pot for pleasure. Four other mostly conservative states — Arkansas, Florida, Montana and North Dakota — also passed initiatives, meaning that medical marijuana is now legal in 28 states and the District of Columbia. The California decision in particular was forecast to be a landscape-altering moment for the drug debate because it opened the way to a potential multibillion-dollar industry…

Source: The Times November 11, 2016 00:04 UTC