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- As of now, 20 states have legalized marijuana for medical purposes, and voters in Colorado and Washington have approved marijuana for recreational use. About a dozen more states are expected to legalize marijuana in some form over the next several years.
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- Individual state laws do not always conform to the federal standard. State-level proposals for the rescheduling of cannabis have met with mixed success. Currently, the use of both recreational and medicinal marijuana has been entirely legalized in the states of Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. The cities of Portland and South Portland in Maine; as well as Keego Harbor, Michigan, have fully legalized marijuana for both medical and recreational use.
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- State-level proposals for the rescheduling of cannabis have met with mixed success. As of November 9, 2016, the use of both recreational and medicinal marijuana has been legalized in the states of Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
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- On November 6, 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize the sale and possession of cannabis for recreational use since the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 when they passed Colorado Amendment 64 and Washington Initiative 502.
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- By Russ Belville December 02, 2014. With medical marijuana legal in Canada, Nevada, and Montana and recreational marijuana legal in Oregon and Washington, the state of Idaho is one of three Western states, along with Wyoming and Utah, which have staunchly resisted the growing support for marijuana legality.
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These Are All The States That Have Legalized Weed While Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada will decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use, five other states will weigh in on their current medical marijuana laws.
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- Print |. A A. More than half the states in the U.S. have legalized or at least decriminalized marijuana for medical and/or recreational use. Colorado and Washington have been closely watched as the two states were the first to have state-legal and licensed recreational retail marijuana businesses.ore than half the states in the U.S. have legalized or at least decriminalized marijuana for medical and/or recreational use.
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- Map updated April 19, 2017: West Virginia becomes the 29th medical marijuana state. The legalization of marijuana in America has been moving at a breakneck speed in recent years as states and territories across the nation have adopted regulations to allow for the medical or recreational use of cannabis.
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Where is weed legal? Map of U.S. marijuana laws by state Earlier in 2016, marijuana legalization in America reached a tipping point: Medical marijuana became legal in half of the 50 states. Election 2016 brought additional states into the fold: Now eight states and Washington, D.C., allow adult-use recreational marijuana; 28 states have approved medical marijuana programs.
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- Currently, the use of both recreational and medicinal marijuana has been entirely legalized in the states of Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. The cities of Portland and South Portland in Maine fully legalized marijuana for both medical and recreational use.The District of Columbia has fully legalized recreational and medical marijuana, but recreational commercial sale is currently blocked by Congress.Twelve states have both medical marijuana and decriminalization laws.he cities of Portland and South Portland in Maine fully legalized marijuana for both medical and recreational use. The District of Columbia has fully legalized recreational and medical marijuana, but recreational commercial sale is currently blocked by Congress.
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Map: The United States of Legal Weed With marijuana now legal in four states and the District of Columbia, the movement to end the prohibition of pot continues to gain steam. Another five states are expected to introduce ballot measures to legalize recreational pot in 2016, including California, Massachusetts, and Nevada.
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- As of June, 23 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized marijuana use in some form, according to Governing Magazine. The majority of those states have legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes, however recreational marijuana use is fully legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and the District of Columbia.
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Buying Marijuana Seeds in United States 2018 Recreational and medical marijuana for adults are legal to use in some U.S. states. They are Washington state, Washington, D.C., Colorado, Oregon, and Alaska, as well as the District of Columbia. Interestingly, you can use weed for either reason legally in Washington, D.C., but it is illegal to buy it there.
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California scrambles to implement new recreational pot law “There is a massive sense of momentum in this regard.”. Recreational use had been approved in previous years in Alaska, Oregon, Washington and Colorado. Lynne Lyman, California state director for the group, noted that 40 million people now have access to legal recreational marijuana.
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Where Is Marijuana Legal in the United States? List of Recreational and Medicinal States The majority of those states have legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes, however recreational marijuana use is fully legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and the District of Columbia. Source: Mic/YouTube. Here are states with legal recreational marijuana: 1. Alaska. 2.
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Which states have legalized medical marijuana? Of those states, Washington and Colorado have legalized marijuana for recreational use. Colorado's first retail marijuana stores opened Jan. 1 for sale to people 21 years and older.
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Where Is Marijuana Legal in the United States? List of Recreational and Medicinal States In mid-April, Pennsylvania passed legislation to legalize medical marijuana, bringing the total number of states (plus Washington, D.C.) with some form of legal pot to 24.
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- Here is a brief overview of the state marijuana laws as provided by ProCon.org: 1  Alaska. 2  Arizona. 3  California. Colorado. 4  Connecticut. District of Columbia. 5  Delaware. 6  Hawaii. 7  Maine. 8  Michigan. 9  Montana. Nevada. 10  New Jersey. 11  New Mexico.  Oregon. 1  Rhode 2  Island. Vermont.  Washington.
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- Advertisement. The states are Alaska, California, Colorado, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Maine, Minnesota, Ohio, and Oregon. These state legislatures (except Alaska's) decriminalized marijuana possession in the 1970s.
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- As of November 2010, fourteen states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana. Those states are Alaska, Colorado, California, Maine, Hawaii, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, Nevada, Rhode Island, Oregon, New Mexico, Vermont, and Washington.
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States Where Smoking Marijuana is Legal There are four states in which marijuana is legal for recreational use in the United States. They are Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington. Washington, D.C., also allows the recreational use of marijuana. All four states had previously allowed the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Related Story: Pros and Cons of Marijuana Legalization. Colorado and Washington were the first states in the nation to legalize recreational use of the substance in 2012.
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Medical marijuana now legal in 24 states; should it be legalized in Wisconsin? Voters in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington state and D.C. have legalized the sale of marijuana for recreational use, and 20 states and D.C. have decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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It's 2015: Is weed legal in your state? The two states illustrate a nation divided by the legalization of marijuana. Last year, a CNN/ORC International survey found 55% of those polled supported legalization; 44% opposed it. On January 1, Colorado celebrated its first anniversary of legal recreational marijuana sales. Washington state has allowed the sale of recreational weed since June 1, 2014. Oregon and Alaska will join them in 2016.
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How Legalized Marijuana Is Sweeping the U.S.âin One Map Already, 25 states have legalized medical marijuana, while four states—Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington—have legalized recreational pot, as has Washington, D.C. Several more states could soon be joining those ranks.
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- As an intoxicant cannabis finds extensive favor among recreational and medical users. In four states, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, the sale and possession of cannabis is legal for both medical and non-medical use; and Washington DC has legalized personal use but not commercial sale.
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Medical Marijuana and Your Health Coverage As mentioned earlier, marijuana is now legal in both Washington and Colorado, and states across the country – New Hampshire is one of the most recent – are looking at revising their laws, whether to simply legalize marijuana to be dispensed for medical use or to legalize it as a recreational drug.
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Where Is Marijuana Legal In The U.S.A.? The Definitive Guide To Weed Laws By State Legal recreational marijuana in the U.S. The states blazing the way into recreational marijuana are Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Three tribes have also legalized pot on their lands: the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, the Suquamish Tribe, and the Squaxin Island Tribe.