Just imagine how the casinos will be giving it away like cocktails. zg
Jan. 06, 2010
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Petition drive launched to legalize marijuana in Nevada
By ED VOGEL
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU
CARSON CITY — Confident that the third time will be a charm, a group called Nevadans for Sensible Marijuana Laws today announced another petition drive that could lead to voters deciding to legalize marijuana.
Noting that 39 percent of the state’s voters in 2002 supported legalizing marijuana and 44 percent backed it in 2006, campaign manager David Schwartz said he was confident the majority will support the petition if it secures a spot on the 2012 election ballot.
The group is a subsidiary of the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project, which provided much of the funding for the past ballot initiatives.
This time, it wants to allow adults 21 and older to use and transport up to 1 ounce of marijuana. They would not be permitted to use the drug in public places.
No state has legalized marijuana, although voters in Denver in 2006 voted to legalize the use of small amounts of the drug by adults. Marijuana remains illegal in Denver, however, because of a Colorado state law.
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto would not comment on the petition and on any action her office might take if voters legalize marijuana.
MORE- http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/petition-drive-launched-legalize-marijuana
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Petition drive launched to legalize marijuana in Nevada
By ED VOGEL
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU
CARSON CITY — Confident that the third time will be a charm, a group called Nevadans for Sensible Marijuana Laws today announced another petition drive that could lead to voters deciding to legalize marijuana.
Noting that 39 percent of the state’s voters in 2002 supported legalizing marijuana and 44 percent backed it in 2006, campaign manager David Schwartz said he was confident the majority will support the petition if it secures a spot on the 2012 election ballot.
The group is a subsidiary of the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project, which provided much of the funding for the past ballot initiatives.
This time, it wants to allow adults 21 and older to use and transport up to 1 ounce of marijuana. They would not be permitted to use the drug in public places.
No state has legalized marijuana, although voters in Denver in 2006 voted to legalize the use of small amounts of the drug by adults. Marijuana remains illegal in Denver, however, because of a Colorado state law.
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto would not comment on the petition and on any action her office might take if voters legalize marijuana.
MORE- http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/petition-drive-launched-legalize-marijuana
