We need to solve a lot of racial problems in this country, but this one could be very easy. We simply need to legalize the possession, use, and growth of marijuana -- and eliminate ALL marijuana arrests (regardless of race or color). Marijuana is the safest of all drugs, and there is no logical reason for it to be illegal.
There has never been a medical reason to make marijuana illegal. It was done as a way of socially controlling groups -- first minorities, and then in the sixties, counter-culture whites. We must end this.
State Showing: All states Legalized Decriminalized
- 9.6x Montana
- 9.4x Kentucky
- 7.5x Illinois Legalized in 2019
- 7.3x West Virginia
- 7.3x Iowa
- 6.1x Vermont Legalized in 2018
- 5.5x North Dakota Decriminalized in 2019
- 5.4x Minnesota Decriminalized in 1976
- 5.2x Wyoming
- 5x South Dakota
- 4.9x Utah
- 4.8x Kansas
- 4.2x Oklahoma
- 4.2x Wisconsin
- 4.2x Delaware Decriminalized in 2015
- 4.1x Alabama
- 4.1x New Hampshire Decriminalized in 2017
- 4x Massachusetts Legalized in 2016
- 4x Connecticut Decriminalized in 2011
- 4x Maine Legalized in 2016
- 4x New Mexico Decriminalized in 2019
- 3.9x Idaho
- 3.6x Michigan Legalized in 2018
- 3.5x Indiana
- 3.5x New Jersey
- 3.5x South Carolina
- 3.4x Virginia
- 3.4x Ohio Decriminalized in 1975
- 3.4x Louisiana
- 3.3x Rhode Island Decriminalized in 2012
- 3.3x North Carolina Decriminalized in 1977
- 3.2x Tennessee
- 3.1x Nebraska Decriminalized in 1979
- 3x Arizona
- 3x Nevada Legalized in 2016
- 3x Pennsylvania
- 3x Georgia
- 2.7x Mississippi Decriminalized in 1978
- 2.6x Missouri Decriminalized in 2014
- 2.6x New York Decriminalized in 2019
- 2.6x Texas
- 2.4x Arkansas
- 2.1x Washington Legalized in 2012
- 2.1x Maryland Decriminalized in 2014
- 1.8x Oregon Legalized in 2014
- 1.8x California Legalized in 2016
- 1.8x Hawai'i Decriminalized in 2019
- 1.6x Alaska Legalized in 2014
- 1.5x Colorado Legalized in 2012
- Washington, D.C. refuses to give us their data Washington, D.C.
- Florida refuses to give us their data Florida
