A Quarter of the U.S. May Soon Live Where Weed is Legal
The 17 million people who already live in states where voters have legalized marijuana are on the vanguard of something huge.
A Quarter of U.S. May Soon Live Where Weed Is Legal
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It's been a good couple of years for advocates for legalizing marijuana. Washington and Colorado took the historic step of legalizing the substance in 2012. Alaska and Oregon followed in 2014. Public opinion in support of legalization even tipped over the 50 percent line.
So what's next? On the federal level, weed is still very much illegal and the Republican-led Congress isn't moving to change that any time soon. (In fact, they are moving in the opposite direction, taking action to block legalization from happening in Washington, D.C.)