For the third time in six years, North Dakota voters will consider whether to legalize adult-use marijuana.
State elections officials on Monday approved the recreational cannabis legalization measure to appear on the in November ballot.
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If passed, the statutory measure will allow existing medical marijuana businesses to add adult-use retail.
Though medical marijuana was a winner in 2016, state voters rejected adult-use legalization in 2018 and 2022, the last time by a decisive 55%-45% margin.
Undaunted, campaign organization New Economic Frontier collected more than 19,000 valid signatures from registered voters this year – several thousand more than required, the Associated Press reported.
If passed, regulated adult-use cannabis sales would begin by Oct. 1, 2025.
However, consistent with campaign promises to create a “highly
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