Factbox-U.S. states where recreational marijuana is legal
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2023-06-01 01:19
Minnesota became the latest U.S. state to legalize marijuana for recreational use on Tuesday after its governor, Tim

Minnesota became the latest U.S. state to legalize marijuana for recreational use on Tuesday after its governor, Tim Walz, signed a law allowing the state's residents over the age of 21 to legally possess cannabis for consumption.

Apart from the 23 states, adult-use cannabis is also legal in the District of Columbia, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Below is the list of U.S. states that have legalized recreational marijuana:

State Start of Projected revenue in 2023**

recreational

cannabis Sales

Virginia Effective 2024 $198 million

Maryland Effective July $477 million

2023

Missouri February 2023 $1.56 billion

Connecticut January 2023 $297 million

New York December 2022 $391 million

Rhode Island December 2022 $251 million

Vermont October 2022 $212 million

New Jersey April 2022 $1.09 billion

New Mexico April 2022 $650 million

Montana January 2022 $346 million

Arizona January 2021 $1.36 billion

Maine October 2020 $413 million

Illinois January 2020 $2 billion

Michigan December 2019 $2.70 billion

Massachusetts July 2018 $1.78 billion

California January 2018 $4.90 billion

Nevada July 2017 $867 million

Alaska October 2016 $98 million

Oregon October 2015 $941 million

Washington D.C. July 2014 $1.20 billion

Delaware April 2023 $39 million

Colorado January 2014 $1.60 billion

** TD Cowen estimates from April 19

(Reporting by Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)

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