Four years ago, the legalization of marijuana was a big deal. While it’s still illegal on the federal level, states have the power to vote on it and legalize it on the state level. California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada were among the first to do so.
Before the 2020 election, eleven states and Washington DC had legalized recreational marijuana. For the 2020 election, four states had recreational marijuana on their ballots: Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota. Let’s take a closer look at the results.
Results for the 2020 ballot measures.
All the recreational marijuana-related measures on the ballots in all four states passed after the November 3 election:
- Arizona: 60.03% of voters said yes to Prop 207 to legalize recreational marijuana.
- Montana: 56.9% of voters said yes to MT Initiative 190 to legalize marijuana.
- New Jersey: 67.01% of voters said yes to legalize marijuana.
- South Dakota: 54.18% of voters said yes to the SD Amendment A to legalize marijuana.
Now 15 states (plus DC) have legalized adult-use marijuana.
