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Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform

Rounding up various accounts of Election 2024 on drug policy and reform

By Douglas Berman

I flagged in this post at my Sentencing blog the morning after Election Day 2024 that the results of various state initiatives on sentencing issues and drug policy reform showed that voters have grown much less interested in progressive reforms than in past elections.   And here is a round up of some press pieces covering these stories:

From the New York Times, “Voters in Red and Blue States Repudiate Lenient Drug Policies“

From Reason, “This Week’s Election Results Are a Discouraging Sign for Drug Policy Reformers“

From the Washington Examiner, “Drug legalization takes massive hit in state referenda“

From the Washington Post, “State votes on marijuana and psychedelics signal drug policy concerns“

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