This measure changes state law to legalize the possession, cultivation, and sale of marijuana. Despite these changes to state law, activities related to the use of marijuana would continue to be prohibited under federal law.
What is a Semicolon? In writing, a semicolon (;) is a type of punctuation used to combine full sentences and share complicated lists. Semicolons let us clearly share two or more related ideas in one sentence, which keeps us from writing a bunch of short, awkward sentences about the same topic or thing.
The semicolon is a mark of punctuation ( ; ) most commonly used to separate independent clauses that share the same general idea(s). The semicolon suggests a closer connection between the clauses than a period does. Semicolons still appear fairly often in academic writing; however, they have fallen out of fashion in less formal kinds of prose. You would do well to keep semicolons at a minimum, advises Associated Press editor Rene Cappon. Unlike many of the other punctuation marks, says Martin Manser, there is no occasion on which the semicolon cannot be replaced by another form of punctuation or sentence construction (Good Word Guide, 2008).