Illinois joins 10 other states, and the District of Columbia, in making recreational marijuana legal. The rost of states where recreational cannabis is now legal (and the year voters approved legal sales) are:
- Colorado (2012)
- Washington (2012)
- Alaska (2014)
- Oregon (2014)
- District of Columbia (2014)
- Nevada (2016)
- California (2016)
- Massachusetts (2016)
- Maine (2016)
- Vermont (2018)
- Michigan (2018)
In all the other states, except Vermont, voters approved marijuana legalization, starting with 2012 referendums in Colorado and Washington. In 2018 Vermont lawmakers made it legal for adults to grow, possess and consume marijuana but have yet to allow for commercial sales.