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CA WA OR ● ■ NV AZ MT WY NM ND SD ID UT NE KS OK TX MN WI IA MO IL IN MI OH PA NY KY WV VA TN NC SC GA AL MS AR LA FL CT MA RI VT NH ME NJ MD DC CO ● ■ ● ■ DE AK ■ HI - States that have passed medical marijuana laws - States that have passed both medical marijuana & recreational cannabis laws - States with operating medical marijuana dispensaries - States with planned medical marijuana dispensaries - States with operating recreational marijuana shops - States with planned recreational marijuana shops Note: This map does not include states that have legalized only CBD-based oils. Medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada started early recreational sales in July but licensed rec shops have not yet opened. ■ ■ ● ◆ ■ ✶ © 2017 Marijuana Business Daily , a division of Anne Holland Ventures, Inc. All rights reserved. Data is current as of 9/11/2017 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ● ✶ ● ● ● ◆ ● ● ● ■ ● ✶ ● ✶ ● ◆ ● ● State News Developments Alaska The marijuana industry is breathing a sigh of relief after voters in three of Alaska’s largest population areas – and where a large number of the state’s cannabis businesses operate – resoundingly rejected three different proposed moratoriums. The moratorium referendums were held in Fairbanks (population 33,000), the Fairbanks North Star Borough (100,000) and the Kenai Peninsula Borough (58,000), which, combined, hold more than a quarter of the state’s 742,000 people. Had they passed, the local moratoriums would have negatively affected the vast state’s legal marijuana industry. Arizona A company that contributed half a million dollars to help defeat recreational marijuana legalization in Arizona last year is in the crosshairs of the state’s attorney general, who has accused the business of deceptive practices to bolster sales of an opioid product. Insys Therapeu- tics – which gave $500,000 to Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy during the 2016 election cycle – is guilty of widespread fraud in support of a spray form of the opioid fentanyl, Arizona’s attorney general charged in a lawsuit against the Chandler-based company. 24 • Marijuana Business Magazine • November / December 2017