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)

## References[edit]

1. ↑ https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/01/25/the-10-top-selling-cannabis-states-in-2020.aspx
2. ↑ https://ballotpedia.org/History_of_marijuana_on_the_ballot