Residents in New Jersey, Arizona, Montana and South Dakota all voted to legalize recreational cannabis, and South Dakota also legalized medical marijuana, along with Mississippi.South Dakota became the first state to legalize medical and recreational marijuana in the same election.There are 33 states (as of Nov.
3, 2020) that currently allow medical marijuana and 11 states (plus Washington D.C.) that allow recreation marijuana, so it’s not a shock to see the states mentioned above approve the ballot initiatives.But it wasn’t just marijuana that had a good day at the polls in parts of the country.
For the first time in U.S. history, the state of Oregon decriminalized possession of hard drugs, as well as voted to legalize psychedelic.