Louisiana Legislator: Get It Before the People and Legalization Will Come

March 24, 2015
johnhollon
Louisiana, Policy & Legal
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A Louisiana legislator has proposed putting marijuana legalization to a statewide vote during the presidential election in 2016.

Rep. Dalton Honore, D-Baton Rouge, has filed legislation to put possession, distribution and dispensing of marijuana and its derivatives on the Louisiana ballot Nov. 8, 2016. Voters would be deciding on not only the presidential race, but also congressional seats that day as well.

Last year, 79 percent of Louisiana residents participating in an LSU survey said they supported some marijuana legalization. If Honore’s initiative passed, people over 21 years-old would be able to carry and purchase marijuana without the threat of criminal charges.

“If I can get it to the people, it will pass with flying colors,” Honore said. [Read more at the New Orleans Times-Picayune]

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