Recreational legalization ballot questions in Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota all failed. Two medical measures passed in Nebraska but face legal challenges over the validity of the signatures required to get the measures on the ballot. Why two measures? One legalizes the medical use of cannabis, and the second regulates it.

The failure of Amendment 3, the effort to legalize recreational marijuana, raises questions about the future of the medical-marijuana industry in a state with more cannabis patients than any other

Shares of pot companies slid on Wednesday after a ballot measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Florida failed to get the required majority to pass, even as the firms invested millions in a campaign to tap the lucrative market.

Florida voters didn't go for recreational marijuana, but people who qualify for medical marijuana can still get it. Here's how.

Florida voters will see recreational marijuana on the ballot in Florida as an initiated constitutional amendment , known as Amendment 3, on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Amendment 3 seeks to legalize recreational marijuana, allowing those 21 and older to have up to 3 ounces and up to 5 grams of cannabis concentrate.

The movement to legalize recreational marijuana has run into a wall of resistance, failing in all three states where it was on the ballot this year and leading proponents to weigh a tactical shift focused more on state legislatures and the federal government.

As the DeSantis administration celebrates the defeat of a high stakes amendment that would have legalized recreational marijuana in FL, the medical marijuana industry is weighing what’s next.