Between 1973 and 1978, eleven states decriminalized marijuana, but after 1978 decriminalization in the U.S. ground to a halt. Not until 2001 did another state, Nevada, reduce marijuana possession to a misdemeanor. Since 2012, several other states have decriminalized and even legalized marijuana, ushering in a new chapter in the history of the decriminalization.
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On November 8, another four states voted in favor of outright marijuana legalization: California, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts all voted in favor of legalized use, sale, and consumption of recreational marijuana. Marijuana at the Grass Station marijuana shop in Denver, Colorado.Rick Wilking/Reuters.
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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.
http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/10/14/legal-marijuana-laws-by-state-map-united-states/62772/
Seven states and the District of Columbia have adopted the most expansive laws legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Most recently, California, Massachusetts, Maine and Nevada all passed measures in November legalizing recreational marijuana. California’s Prop. 64 measure allows adults 21 and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and grow up to six plants in their homes.
http://www.governing.com/gov-data/state-marijuana-laws-map-medical-recreational.html
In November 2014, the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol turned in 200,000 signatures to get the [legalization of cannabis] issue on the 2016 ballot, nearly twice the number required by the state..
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Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia currently have laws broadly legalizing marijuana in some form. Three other states will soon join them after recently passing measures permitting use of medical marijuana.
http://www.governing.com/gov-data/state-marijuana-laws-map-medical-recreational.html
America is seeing green after a historic day for the legal marijuana industry. Seven states in all legalized marijuana in some form on Election Day. California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada showed up to support recreational marijuana, while Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota passed ballot initiatives legalizing medical marijuana. A recreational legalization proposal in Arizona brought the industry's only loss on Tuesday.
http://www.businessinsider.com/where-is-marijuana-legal-2016-11
1281 CONNECTTWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Medical marijuana is now legal in 20 states and the District of Columbia. 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. Under federal law, marijuana is still an illegal drug.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/01/06/marijuana-legal-states-medical-recreational/4343199/
Map of U.S. marijuana laws by state. 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.
http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/10/14/legal-marijuana-laws-by-state-map-united-states/62772/
There are 23 states with at least medical marijuana legalized. Denver became the first city in the nation to make the private use of marijuana legal for adults 21 and older. There are currently two states that allow for the recreational use of marijuana: Colorado and Washington. A country will have it legalized in 2015, Uruguay.
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how many states have marijuana legalized
Marijuana has legalized for 20 states. There are 20 states who have marijuana legalized.