Lots of marijuana news today.

First, Nevada voters will be voting on legalizing marijuana use for everyone (not just medicinal use) in November. Until last year, Nevada had the strictest use law in the country--even smoking a joint was a felony (now it's a misdemeanor if less than an ounce.)

75,000 signatures got the measure on the ballot. If the measure passes, "marijuana would be sold in state-licensed shops and taxed like cigarettes and other tobacco products. A distribution system would also be set up to provide low-cost pot for medical uses."

Elsewhere, Britain is set to decriminalize marijuana use. It is downgrading the drug to the same category as steroids and growth hormones and changing smoking it in private and possession of small amounts to a non-arrestable, non-jailable offense.

Finally, D.C. dwellers take note: We received news today from the Marijuana Policy Project that the required 39,000 signatures were delivered to the D.C. Government office, "virtually ensuring the placement of our medical marijuana initiative on the November 5 ballot in our nation's capital." For more on this and how you can help the measure succeed, or contribute.

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