On Thursday, President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to ease marijuana restrictions and expand access to CBD. Since state level legalization of recreational marijuana began in 2012, 24 states have followed suit.
In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana use through ballot initiatives. Other states have legalized it more recently, including New York in 2021.
After the 2023 passage of recreational marijuana in Delaware and Minnesota and the ballot measure in Ohio, more than half of U.S. population lives in places where marijuana is legal for recreational use.
The District of Columbia decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana in 2015.
In addition to the 24 states that have approved recreational marijuana, 40 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical marijuana programs.
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Data from Census 2020 population estimates and National Conference of State Legislatures.
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