25 states and the District of Columbia currently have laws legalizing marijuana in some form. Some form means that for the recreational and the medical use. Recreational means to have fun using it,and medical means it is used for the medicine to cure some diseases. 4 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for recreational use. The other 21 states have legalized marijuana for the medical use. As we can see from this data that half of the US citizens uses marijuana for some kind. There are,of course, some laws referring to marijuana,such as limiting the use of it and limiting the amount of possessions.
Nevada could become the fifth state to legalize marijuana for recreational use when voters consider a ballot initiative later this year. Also,in April, Pennsylvania become the latest state to legalize medical marijuana.
How many countries legalize marijuana?
If you say a country, there are so much that we cannot explain it all,so we would like to introduce some of the countries. As we said before, the US has legalized marijuana on half of the country. The other example for legalization on marijuana recently is Colombia, which legalized it medically in December. This move is for the economic benefit for the country. For the US,the potential revenue from legal marijuana would be huge, at least for the United States, which could rake in more than $120 billion a year. To list a few more, there are Canada,Netherlands,Czech,France,Uruguay,and Romania. There are rule for each individual countries,such as you can only sell marijuana if you are a doctor,or you can only smoke marijuana in the coffee shops and so on.
works cited
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