In case you didn’t hear, there was an election earlier tonight and the winner is… weed.

Both Washington and Colorado passed voter referendums legalizing marijuana. And not just the medical kind mind you.

The citizens of these great states voted to tax and regulate cannabis as if it were alcohol and tobacco:

Washington: 8:43pm, Seattle Times declares victory for I-502

Colorado: 9:15pm. Denver Post calls victory for Amendment 64

Although Oregon’s Measure 80 has been called a defeat, with Colorado and Washington legalization recreational use of cannabis, we are entering truly interesting times.

On the medical front: Massachusetts Question 3 to legalize medical marijuana has passed, but it’s looking like Arkansas’ medical marijuana initiative will fail at this time of this posting.