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Legal Status of Marijuana in the U.S.

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US States with Legal Recreational Marijuana (as of 2019)

As of 2019, eleven U.S. states have legalized the possession of limited amounts of marijuana for recreational purposes. These states are Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington.

Updated 2026-06-19

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New Mexico Highlands University

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OpenStax Psychology (2nd ed.) Textbook

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By the end of 2019, a specific group of U.S. states had passed legislation legalizing the possession of limited amounts of marijuana for recreational use. From the list below, identify the state that had NOT legalized recreational marijuana by that time.

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