(Reuters) -Shares of pot companies slid on Wednesday after a ballot measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in ...

So did Florida, until a 2006 constitutional amendment passed, changing the threshold for voter approval to 60%. Ironically, ...

A ballot measure to legalize recreational pot failed to reach the required 60 percent threshold for passage, and publicly listed companies' shares dropped after a major market was closed to them.

With 99 percent of votes tabulated, here's how Florida voters felt about six proposed amendments on the ballot.

Amendment 3, which would have allowed adults who are 21 or older to possess marijuana at certain amounts, has failed in ...

North Dakota and South Dakota also failed in their efforts to legalize cannabis for recreational use, while a medical measure ...

All recreational drug use ballot initiatives failed in the 2024 elections. Only one medical marijuana measure passed in ...

Florida voters reject abortion rights and recreational marijuana measures, consolidating the state's conservative position.

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Shares in Canada's major cannabis companies fell in early trading after the U.S. election, which saw efforts to legalize ...

Marijuana legalization has been a ballot measure in a number of states in recent years. In the 2024 election, the issue showed up on ballots in five states: Nebraska, Florida and North and South ...

Six amendments were on the ballot in Florida, two of which gained national attention and only two out of the six passed.