How many states have enacted medical marijuana laws since 1996?
Thirteen: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Complete summaries of each of these state laws may be found here. In 1996, Arizona voters approved a medical marijuana law, but the measure never took effect. District of Columbia voters also approved an initiative in 1998 with 69 percent of the vote, but Congress later overrode the law.
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia — Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Complete summaries of each of these state laws may be found here. In 1996, Arizona voters approved a medical marijuana law, but the measure never took effect. District of Columbia voters also approved an initiative in 1998 with 69 percent of the vote. Maryland’s legislature passed a medical marijuana affirmative defense law in 2003. This law requires the court to consider a defendant’s use of medical marijuana to be a mitigating factor in marijuana-related state prosecution.
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia — Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Complete summaries of each of these state laws may be found here. District of Columbia voters approved an initiative in 1998 with 69 percent of the vote. Maryland’s legislature passed a medical marijuana affirmative defense law in 2003. This law requires the court to consider a defendant’s use of medical marijuana to be a mitigating factor in marijuana-related state prosecution.
