Cannabis States

Cannabis states are the nearly half of the United States having legal sales of cannabis.

In 2020, the top-selling cannabis states included many of the most liberal states in the country, and many of states having the worse water shortages as cannabis growing wastes vast amounts of water:^[1]

1. California: $3.8 billion
2. Colorado: $1.7B
3. Michigan: $1.21B
4. Florida: $1.2B
5. Washington: $1.1B
6. Nevada: $960 million
7. Oregon: $831M
8. Arizona: $804M
9. Massachusetts: $682M
10. Illinois: $543M

States legalizing pot[edit]

Marijuana was legalized through ballot initiatives in the following states by 2021:^[2]

• Alaska (2014)
• Arizona (2020)
• California (2016)
• Colorado (2012)
• Maine (2016)
• Massachusetts (2016)
• Michigan (2018)
• Montana (2020)
• Nevada (2016)
• New Jersey (2020)
• Oregon (2014)
• South Dakota (2020) (overturned by a court ruling)
• Washington (2012)

Marijuana was legalized by legislatures in these states by 2021:

• Vermont (2018)
• Illinois (2019)
• New Mexico (2021)
• New York (2021)
• Connecticut (2021)
• Virginia (2021)

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