Tonight, we stand on the precipice of a historic shift in how our country handles marijuana policy. Three states (Washington, Colorado, and Oregon) will be deciding on full legalization of adult use, while three more (Massachusetts, Arkansas, and Montana) will be voting on medical cannabis measures. For a brief synopsis on all the marijuana initiatives at play tonight, consult our Smoke the Vote Guide.
Below you will find our Election Night Live Blog. Starting early evening on Election Day, NORML Communications Director Erik Altieri will be posting live updates including the latest exit polling, first result numbers, information from our activists on the ground, and more.
So after you’ve cast you’re own ballot and driven every friend and family member you can find to the polls, stay glued to this page for the latest news as it breaks. Tonight we can legalize marijuana, let’s SMOKE THE VOTE.
NORML Projects Victory for Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts
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Periodic video updates and call-ins from guests will appear below
It’s time to wake up and admit you’ve been lied to, duped, conned into falling for the old bait-and-switch.
Big Pharm companies want to keep you tied to their sick dependence!
End the witch-hunt on our Creators’ wonderful gift to humanity: Marijuana
This is one of the most important elections in our lifetime. These three states are taking the logical steps forward in addressing our economic, health, and social policies. We are truly in the final days of prohibition, my friends!
Warm thanks to NORML for helping us “stay up” on these political issues in real time!
Let’s make history !
Hey will AK’s MJ law allow visitors access to meds like some other states do?
Im a hard working man who lives in wv who has never commited any crime broke any laws but still our government holds me with a felony for selling a little pot when i was 20 years old and im 37 now first time was ever in trouble and last but still cant vote or own a gun its. Bull shit i never hurt anyone have a good job make good money cant smoke pot on my. Own time because of drug testing its bull shit. Because i need it for my depression anxiety panic attacks and to help me sleep its sad dont wont to go to a doctor just to get put on a bunch of pills when all i need is a natural drug like weed that has never hurt anyone but its ok to take pills that kill people every day and destroy lives
legalize it greatz from germany
I am very hopeful that CO and WA will pass their respective bills. And if the federal gov’t tries to interfere, those two states can take their respective cases to the Supreme Court, and hopefully win. But I hope the Feds stay out and let these states serve as laboratories of democracy, and soon the rest of the nation will follow suit.
Im from washington st and the dispensaries are tell people out here to vote no they got my friend who is a MMJ patient thinking he’s getting striped of his rights , either way I voted yes my wife too
Greetings from New York! I’m glad to see something finally being done about this prohibition! Smoking marijuana is frowned upon here and you are labeled a “scumbag”. Not only will this vote impact the drug laws nationwide but the public view of how marijuana really “is”. The majority of New Yorkers belive it’s an evil drug that ruins lives, and only junkies could dare try it. I hope to see the REAL facts about marijuana released to the public eye and hopefully see a change of opinion in such a conservative state!
I hope Oregon becomes legal.
The Medical Marijuana Dispensaries are making tons of money.
They have a good thing going and want a monopoly on the market.
That is why they are telling people lies, to scare them to vote AGAINST legalization.
F*** them. There should be no monopoly!
Vote YES!
FREE CANNABIS! !!
good luck and greatz from germany
I hope the other states fall like domino’s like they did when booze was re-legalized.My life depends on it as I am chronic pain patient on 480mg’s of Oxycontin daily which gave me cyclic vomiting syndrome and a weight loss of 170 pounds in 1 years time.Cannabis truely saved my life.
Jeff,
I couldn’t have said it any better myself… It’s just like a bully in school…once a few people stand up to him, his effectiveness as a bully is compromised and very few remain scared of him. The same will happen in this country (said with confidence) after tonight!
I know it will be awhile for us here in Georgia, to the point that I voted for Sunday alcohol sales today, but if support is all I can give now, then have it. I hope today marks the turning point in the battle against prohibition.
Too stoned to think of anything cool to say–let us REJOICE AS THIS GOES THROUGH!
Texas needs to be next
bring it tonight and vote green.
the whole wold is watching you.
if you end it the rest will follow
greetings from germany
mention these initiatives on abc news….snickers and laughs….
Fire one up for harry jacob anslinger. If you dont know who that is look him up. He loved weed. 😉
I wonder if there would be tourism like Amsterdam. XD
We’re watching in Canada, hoping that our backward thinking govt will see the change happening! Good luck you guys!!!
If one just one of these states goes legal. I am seriouly going to think about selling all my stuff. you know house, wife, kids, etc…. and moving the hell out of the bible belt!
It’s about time people woke up I have been patiently waiting and tokoking all day
Can anybody list the various bills in the different states so we can keep track of how they are doing?
best of luck..hopefully pa will be among a legalized state.
Cannabis will change the world and tonight is a huge stepping stone. All the propaganda bullshit that we’ve been hearing for 75 years will slowly dissipate and the truth will prevail. People that don’t already know will learn what an amazing plant this is and how it was so ignorant to stigmatize it and it’s users. People will ask why this wasn’t done years ago and we will say, “This is what we’ve been trying to tell you all along.” Crime will drop because alcohol consumption will drop. And as a result, fatal car accidents will drop in number as well. Alcoholism will drop. Health care costs will drop. Prison population will drop. People will be happier. Communities will benefit in ways that we may not even be aware of yet. Illness and disease will diminish in numbers that few thought possible. This plant could literally save us. This world is gonna be a better place and all the naysayers will be proven ignorant and closed minded. Get ready. It’s happening. Thank you CO, WA, and OR. A million thank yous to you. LET’S DO THIS!
good luck to all with like mind~ great job to all of those who have put this issue to vote this election! I know it was very difficult but thank you and again~~~ GOOD LUCK GOOD VIBES! AMERICANS~ *DONT PANIC~its organic
I really hope change has come finally people need to get there heads out of there asses already
“Casual drug users should be taken out and shot” – Darryl Gates (Chief of LAPD & US Senate Judiciary Committee) A prime example for change, i hope for the best i voted for Gary Johnson!
Wished I lived in OR, WA or CO to vote on this.
Wanted to smoke tonight and celebrate in ohio but I have a bad cough. So two brownies will make me feel much better. My girl is drinking, and I’m so glad I’m not! It’s so odd because so many people over don’t here don’t even realize what you’re doing over there tonight. What you’re doing is changing and creating history for all mankind. This is a day of epic proportions. I’m so $%&*ing excited I can’t stand it!
Can’t forget to thank you NORML. Your hard work is paying off!
I hope this will set a presedent for all the other states .And hopefully Indiana will be one of those next in line ,since it was not even presented or looked at because so conveniently time ran out.
for clairity could you guys at norml say X% YES and Y % no, im not seeing yes or no just %,s ??
Massachusetts apparently has medical now!
I am about to make a REAL SERIOUS request for ANYBODY in the postion to do so, I have had 2 buiss in the past but I do not believe that i can get a lic to be a MJ grow wholesaler due to 2 felonys 20yrs ago, I will still try to find a way anyway here is the request to free us of the FED! BS! Get your wholesalers Lic Rent a HUGE warehouse and grow the sht outa it and then proceed to charge the LEAST you can as a non profit, ONLY sell to the locations that agree to keep the price down and we will and we can get the PRICE low like it should be! this stuff dosent cost alot to grow if done right and we SHOULD NOT play into the new cartels hand (gov) by charging as much as we can get the free market only reduces prices sooo much in any buiss there is alot of greed lets change that!!!
I live out in PA and even though we didn’t have this option I played my part in being a part of the phone calls. This is such a huge important topic (meaning cannabis). Time to wake up, face facts, swallow the pride and move on to new and better things!
What’s the word on these initiatives to totally legalize? Would out of staters who are of age be able to carry or buy?
legal in colorado first state to legalize glad to be Colorado on rocky Mountain high
truth trutH truTH trUTH tRUTH TRUTH!
PILLS, ALCOHOL, AND CIGARETTES ADVERSELY EFFECT LIVES AND WEED DON’T!
look at the pesticides applied to tobacco. SOME OF THEM ARE RADIOACTIVE! MAAAANNNYYYYY ingredients are illegal to dump in landfills.
We have the RIGHT to Life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of Happiness!!!!!!
looking good in Colorado
LEGAL IN COLORADO AMEND 64 YES 52.27% NO 47.73 IT PASSED FIRST STATE TO LEGALIZE GOOD TO BE IN COLORADO ON THIS ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH
The night is just beginning on the west coast.
COME ON ARKANSAS! WTF???
Wow. Arkansas is a lot closer than I ever would of expected. 20% of the vote is in, and it is 52-48. I thought marijuana would have no chance. Even if it doesn’t pass, this is definitely a positive step in the right direction. People are waking up nationwide…legalize it
Yea for WA, CO, and OR. I hope it passes. It is time we quit sending our young sons and daughters to prison for essentially nothing. I pray for drug law reform everywhere! When ya’ll gonna help us in Texas???
Let’s not forget to Thank SAFER and Mason Tvert for getting the ball rolling again in CO!!!
Im tired of taking pills for my back pains from my shingles. I live in New York i hate taking drugs that just make me feel sick and with withdrawals. I have a job, go to school, and sometimes i just cant get a good night rest. I hope all ballots pass this is the umph that this country needs to legalize it and tax it and liberate all those weed felons out of jail and go out for the Murders, Rapist, All VIOLENT OFFENDERS. Weed Dont Kill, People + Guns Do!!!
The number one most useful plant on the planet. Food, clothing, shelter, energy, medicine, insight, re-creation.
NORML…I love you. Also, CONGRATS!!!!! We are making history!
Colo just got me for the winter holidays
Thank for keepin me posted!! This is awesome!
Many thanks to norml for liveblogging this, I’m looking forward not to a country painted blue or red, but green!
It looks like every single marijuana bill PASSED, or WILL PASS! Is anybody ready for a sea-change in the laws regulating marijuana? Is anybody ready for a little FREEDOM and JUSTICE for a change?
King county Washington reporting over 60% approve I-502
This is how alcohol was legalized, at the Federal level, after prohibition. It came one state at a time, until a LOT of states legalized it, and the Feds had to give in. Yay! It may be happening, right NOW!
Thanks great coverage history amazing night thanks Eric and NORML
Effective dec 6th. 2012 Adults over 21 can no longer be arrested for possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana in Washington!
JohnnyHempseed…
You need to wake up as well, brain washing works both ways.
It’s SEVEN ELEVEN 🙂
Took a step back in Colorado. Legalisation, not regulation
11 Responses by the time I post here, on historical changing news.
You’re page is way too complicated and cluttered to get to where you can actually discuss the topic. You guys need help, I work cheap.
Greetings from Philadelphia!
It is a great news. I have many years of experience using herb and can say it is good for your health and absolutely safe.
So hoping for happy legalization day, from Norway:)
Y’all are doing the happy dance now, but just wait till you see the sticker price/ tax on your meds. Say bye to all those lovely dispensaries and affordable prices.
[Editor’s note: Medical cannabis laws, as stated in the initiative language, under the passage of I-502 do not change.
BTW, since the current state medical cannabis law does NOT allow for sales…patients in WA are paying prohibition-based pricing. After cannabis can be sold and taxed, patients can and will likely seek them out for price and choice, which is a good thing for patients and society. Patients going to illegal sellers is a worse alternative for them and society.]
When is it going to be ok in ga. Tired of taking pills to feel better
Now if the rest of the country would get involved. we would be alright
Any hope for Texas legalizing it to?it will probably take care of many issues with drug trafficking on the borders.