NEVADA TO HOLD VOTE ON LEGALIZING MARIJUANA

CARSON CITY, Nev. - Voters in Nevada, which until last year had the
nation's strictest marijuana law, will decide in November whether to let
adults possess small amounts of pot.

Under the proposal, 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 marijuana for medical uses.

To become law, the change needs voter approval this year and in 2004. But
whether it could ever take effect is unclear. Federal law bans marijuana
possession, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that states cannot
make exceptions for medical use.