LOS ANGELES: The blue associated with Democrats and the red of Republicans will blend with another color next Tuesday on Election Day: the green of marijuana, as nine states vote on legalizing pot. In Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota, residents will vote on legalizing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. The United States is the world’s largest consumer of drugs, and advocates say that legalizing marijuana would help end a decades-old war on drugs by eliminating the profit motive. A pro-pot “yes” vote in states like California and Florida is almost certain to lead to a loosening of rules by other states. By then, the use of pot for medicinal reasons had been allowed by some states for more than a decade.

Source: Manila Times November 04, 2016 08:28 UTC