Colorado (social use)
Passed: November 2012 with 54.92 percent of the votePossession and age limits: Amendment 64 will allow those 21 and over to purchase/possess one ounce of marijuana at any time; allow those 21 and over...
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Passed: November 2012 with 55.35 percent of the votePossession and age limits: Initiative 502 will allow those 21 and over to purchase/possess one ounce of cannabis, sixteen ounces of a solid...
View ArticleMassachusetts
Year Passed: 2012How the law passed: Ballot Question 3 passed with 63 percent of the vote.Qualifying conditions: cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s disease,...
View ArticleWashington
Year Passed: 1998How the law passed: Measure 692 passed with 59 percent of the vote.What are the qualifying conditions? HIV, cancer, multiple sclerosis, cachexia, glaucoma, Crohn’s disease, Hepatitis...
View ArticleVermont
Year Passed: 2004How the law passed: Senate Bill 76 passed the House and Senate and passed into law without the Governor’s signatureWhat are the qualifying conditions? HIV/AIDS, cancer, multiple...
View ArticleRhode Island
Year Passed: 2006How the law passed: Senate Bill 0710 passed the House and Senate and was then vetoed by the Governor. Both the House and Senate overrode the veto.What are the qualifying conditions?...
View ArticleOregon
Year Passed: 1998How the law passed: Ballot Measure 67 passed with 55 percent of the vote.What are the qualifying conditions? Cancer, glaucoma, agitation due to Alzheimer’s disease, HIV/AIDS, severe...
View ArticleNew Mexico
Year Passed: 2007How the law passed: Senate Bill 523 passed the Senate and the House.What are the qualifying conditions? Hospice patients, inflammatory autoimmune-mediated arthritis, HIV/AIDS, cancer,...
View ArticleNew Jersey
Year Passed: 2010How the law passed: The bill passed both houses of the legislature and was signed by Jon Corzine.What are the qualifying conditions? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, muscular dystrophy,...
View ArticleNevada
Year Passed: 2000How the law passed: Ballot Question 9 passed with 65 percent of voter approval.What are the qualifying conditions? AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, cachexia, severe nausea, persistent muscle...
View ArticleMontana
Year Passed: 2004How the law passed: Initiative 148 passed with 62 percent of the vote.What are the qualifying conditions? Cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, cachexia or wasting syndrome, severe or chronic pain,...
View ArticleMichigan
Year Passed: 2008How the law passed: Proposal 1 passed with 63 percent of the vote.What are the qualifying conditions? HIV/AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, Hepatitis C, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Crohn's...
View ArticleMaine
Year Passed: 1999How the law passed: Ballot Question 2 passed with 61 percent of the vote.What are the qualifying conditions? Cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis C, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,...
View ArticleHawaii
Year Passed: 2000How the law passed:Senate Bill 862 H.D. 1 passed the Senate and the House.What are the qualifying conditions? HIV/AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, cachexia or wasting syndrome, severe nausea,...
View ArticleDelaware
Year Passed: 2011How the law passed: Senate Bill 17 passed the House and the Senate.What are the qualifying conditions?HIV/AIDS, cancer, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, agitation of...
View ArticleWashington, D.C.
Year Passed: Originally, 1998, but was halted by the Barr Amendment, which was lifted in 2009. The law took effect in 2010.How the law passed: In 1998, Ballot Initiative 59 passed with 69 percent vote....
View ArticleConnecticut
Year passed: 2012How the law passed: Public Act 12-55 was passed by the General AssemblyQualifying conditions: cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, intractable...
View ArticleColorado
Year Passed: 2000How the law passed: Ballot amendment 20 passed with 54 percent of the vote.Qualifying conditions: Cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS positive; other disorders that cause cachexia, severe...
View ArticleCalifornia
Year Passed: 1996How the law passed: Proposition 215 passed with 56 percent of the vote.Qualifying conditions: AIDS, anorexia, arthritis, cachexia or wasting, severe nausea, cancer, chronic pain,...
View ArticleArizona
Year Passed: 2010How the law passed: Proposition 203 passed with 50.1 percent of the vote.Qualifying conditions: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, glaucoma,...
View ArticleAlaska
Year Passed: 1998How the law passed: Ballot measure 8 passed with 58 percent of the vote.Qualifying conditions: Cachexia, cancer, severe pain, severe nausea, epilepsy, glaucoma, HIV or AIDS, and...
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