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Marijuana wins big on election night

November 8, 2016 at 8:40 p.m. EST
Voters in California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Maine have approved recreational marijuana initiatives. (Video: Daron Taylor/The Washington Post)

Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved recreational marijuana initiatives Tuesday night, and several other states passed medical marijuana provisions, in what is turning out to be the biggest electoral victory for marijuana reform since 2012, when Colorado and Washington first approved the drug's recreational use.

In addition to the states above, local outlets in Maine are declaring victory for that state's legalization measure, but with 91 percent of precincts reporting just a few thousand votes separate the "Yes" and "No" columns.