Americans are heading to the polls today to vote for the highest office in the land — and in a few states they might walk away with a chance to get a little high themselves.Ballot referendums in Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota are asking voters whether they want to legalize recreation use of weed — meaning some of the last holdouts in the country to ban wacky-tobaccy may finally be going green.Nebraska, one of just six states that does not even allow medical marijuana, has a pair of ballot measures that would allow doctors to prescribe weed.Follow The Post’s live blog for the latest updates on the 2024 presidential electionRecreational marijuana is legal in 24 states — just under half the country — while 20 have partially legalized it for medicinal purposes.A few states, like Nebraska and North Carolina, still ban pot, but have decriminalized it.And then there’s Massachusetts — which voted for legal marijuana in 2016 and is now looking to take things a step further.
Now, voters there are being asked to whether to legalize psychedelics like magic mushrooms.Below are those states’ current statuses and propositions.Medical marijuana is already legal in Florida, but Amendment 3 would legalize recreational use.
Amendment 3 would also allow state-licensed entities to produce and sell marijuana products for recreational use by people 21 or over.The state’s medical marijuana business is already massive — estimated to be worth more than $2 billion annually — but Gov.Ron DeSantis is staunchly opposed to legalizing it for recreational use.DeSantis has argued the amendment in its current form would not benefit the average taxpayer, but would instead line the pockets of one major Florida weed company — Trulieve — while leaving Floridians with little power over the new laws, the Tallahassee Democrat reported.Former president Donald Trump — a Florida resident — said he will support Amendment 3, part of his pivot to embrace of legal weed in t...