More than 70% of voters supported the legalization of marijuana in Florida

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 . More than 70% of Florida voters voted for the legalization of marijuana for medical reasons, according to preliminary results of vote counting.

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After treatment, 73% of the votes were for the legalization of 71% of voters, 29% against.

Official results of the election, including numerous referendums, collects in the local election commissions and media reports the Associated Press.

At the same time vote for a new president of the United States residents of five states - Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada - decide to allow or not the sale of narcotic drugs in the so-called "recreational" purposes. Three other states - Florida, Arkansas and North Dakota - are considering the legalization of marijuana for medical reasons.

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To date, the sale of marijuana for medical reasons is legal in 19 states, as well as in Washington, DC (DC). Diseases that allow the patient to receive the medicine, vary depending on the region. Among these diseases - different types of cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis.

In four states - Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Alaska - a narcotic drug is already available in the "entertainment" purposes. For the legalization of non-medical marijuana and voted in the capital region, but so far there is no "road map", which regulates the procedure of sale.