Pubdate: Thu, 01 Dec 2016
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
Copyright: 2016 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Contact:  http://www.ajc.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/28
Author: Jim Galloway

THE DEBATE OF MARIJUANA USE IN GEORGIA CONTINUES

The debate over whether Georgia will become a safer space for
marijuana, in medicinal or any other form, is poised to pick up speed
next year. But only if the incoming Donald Trump administration
doesn't shut it down.

And with the nomination of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama as the
nation's next U.S. attorney general, that has become a distinct
possibility.

On the same November day that voters handed the New York businessman
the keys to the White House, four states - California, Maine,
Massachusetts, and Nevada - approved the adult use of marijuana for
recreational purposes.

Three more - Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota - passed ballot
initiatives that legalized the use of marijuana derivatives for
medicinal purposes.
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