One week after the nation's first recreational marijuana stores
opened in Colorado, Alaska activists submitted what appear to be enough
signatures to put marijuana legalization before voters. The measure –
which would go up for a vote Aug. 19 – is one of several 2014 efforts
that could yield a good year for pot supporters, particularly in the
West.
So far, voters have been at the vanguard of legalization, blowing
past state legislatures. In November 2012, more than 55 percent of
Colorado and Washington voters approved initiatives to legalize the drug
and open state-licensed stores – and polls suggest those successes may
be replicated elsewhere.
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