File:Map of US state cannabis laws.svg

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English: Map showing legal status of cannabis in the United States. See: Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction.

Legal for recreational use

Legal for medical use

No comprehensive medical program

D Decriminalized

· Reflects law of states and territories, including laws which have not yet gone into effect. Does not reflect federal, tribal, or local laws.
· Map does not show legality of hemp-derived cannabinoids such as CBD or delta-8-THC, which have been legal at federal level since enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill. State laws vary for hemp, and these hemp-derived cannabinoids. State law overrides the federal law of the 2018 Farm Bill.

Data obtained from National Conference of State Legislatures. [1] [2]

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	13:46, 1 May 2024	958 × 602 (217 KB)	Jamesy0627144	use #650000 for D's as mentioned on talk page
	00:12, 1 May 2024	958 × 602 (217 KB)	Timeshifter	Back to black. Thanks for lightening the background colors. Pure black (#000000) passes WCAG 2 AAA. Red-black (#800000) does not. Contrast ratio: 10.95 versus 5.71. I notice the difference with my not-so-great eyes. I used the bottom 3 checkers in this section I created: Commons:Map resources#Accessibility and map colors. Section above it is for user-editable maps which I have worked on for over a year.
	19:20, 29 April 2024	958 × 602 (217 KB)	Jamesy0627144	Did some researching on this. I don't know if it's necessary to meed the 4.5:1 threshold for a single letter of text, but I lightened the three fill colors and kept the dark red #800000 for the D's proposed previously, so that a 5.79:1 contrast ratio is now produced and it passes all checks at whocanuse.com except direct sunlight.
	13:01, 29 April 2024	958 × 602 (217 KB)	Timeshifter	Pure black IS better, as you acknowledged. Even more so for people like me who keep their monitor brightness down. I definitely notice the difference, so it is an accessibility issue. Plus pure black is always better for printing. Reverted to version as of 01:33, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
	03:50, 29 April 2024	958 × 602 (217 KB)	Jamesy0627144	The shade of red is already pretty close to black; I tested it out at https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/ and the D's are plenty distinguishable I believe under all color blindness checks (pure black is barely better), while the little bit of red adds some colorfulness that the map looks rather bland without.
	01:33, 27 April 2024	958 × 602 (217 KB)	Timeshifter	Reverted to version as of 17:54, 21 April 2024 (UTC). Black on green is better than red-black on green. According to color blindness sites. And better when printed.
	05:20, 22 April 2024	958 × 602 (217 KB)	Jamesy0627144	Looks a lot nicer with at least some red in the D's. I tested this out on a color blind check website and I think this will work.
	17:54, 21 April 2024	958 × 602 (217 KB)	Timeshifter	Changed color of "D" from red to black. Much easier for me to see it, especially against the green background.
	04:43, 8 November 2023	958 × 602 (217 KB)	Bri	Ohio legalized by initiative today
	07:07, 18 July 2023	958 × 602 (217 KB)	Jamesy0627144	Reverted to version as of 18:26, 30 May 2023 (UTC) – I can't find anything about Pennsylvania having legalized recreational use.