While the US election drama intensifies by the minute – CNN are currently reporting that the Democrats are "a whisper away from turning Georgia blue" – voters have made a number of referenda decisions, which Donald Trump is unlikely to challenge in the Supreme Court.
These include the legalisation of marijuana for recreational purposes in the states of Arizona, South Dakota and New Jersey.
We're still waiting to find out whether Montana voters have said "Yes" to recreational marijuana or whether their Mississippi counterparts are in favour of medical marijuana being legalised.
Whichever way those referenda pan out, it's a big day for both marijuana users and businesses in the States.

In another landmark decision, Oregon has become the first state to decriminalise small amounts of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine for personal use. Backers of the Measure 110 'Yes' campaign included Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan who bankrolled it to the tune of $500,000.

Reports The Oregonian newspaper: Oregon made history Tuesday in the movement to reconsider the nation’s war on drugs by becoming the first state to decriminalize small amounts of heroin and other street drugs. Voters overwhelmingly supported Measure 110, a coup for the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance, the same criminal justice reform group that backed Oregon’s successful marijuana legalization effort in 2014. Partial returns as of 11 p.m. Tuesday showed the measure winning 59% to 41%.
Peter Zuckerman, campaign manager for Measure 110, called the win a big step forward.

“Today is a huge day of celebration but the work is not over and we have a lot more work to do to win a better system for everybody,” he said.

Supporters believe U.S. drug policy has filled the country’s jails with nonviolent offenders who need treatment instead of incarceration and has disproportionately affected generations of Black people.

The Drug Policy Alliance poured more than $4 million into the decriminalization campaign, far outspending the $95,000 raised by opponents. The organization receives support from billionaire philanthropist and investor George Soros, who is on the alliance board.

Other major funders of the effort included Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who along with his wife Priscilla Chan gave $500,000, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, which gave $150,000, and national ACLU, which gave another $150,000, per state campaign finance reports.

The measure also got a boost from singer John Legend, who recently tweeted his support.

Still, the past two weeks featured a scrappy resistance led by critics, including former Gov. John Kitzhaber, who argued the measure would undermine the role of courts in getting people into drug treatment and would not guarantee much-needed treatment beds. ENDS

Among those reacting to the news here is Blindboy who's long been a critic of Ireland's drug laws.

"I'm weeks away from walking up to Dáil in a bed-sheet and hitting the railings with a stick, screaming about all the American states that are legalising weed and reminding them that we don't even need an election to make it happen," he says.

Last night, Oregon made history by becoming the first state to decriminalize drug possession! So, what is all drug decriminalization?

Watch our one minute video to learn more. #Oregon #MattersOfSubstance #Election2020 @voteYESon110 pic.twitter.com/hux4U4oUxi

— Drug Policy Alliance (@DrugPolicyOrg) November 4, 2020

Oregon made history tonight by becoming the first state to decriminalize drug possession! Our c4 @DrugPolicyAct led this campaign with @voteYESon110 to make this visionary initiative a reality! This victory is truly transformative. #Election2020 🙂#OREGON pic.twitter.com/3TrrGguh3x

— Drug Policy Alliance (@DrugPolicyOrg) November 4, 2020