A number of states aim to legalize adult-use cannabis in 2020
However, this hasn't stopped individual states from legalizing cannabis in some capacity over the past 23 years. Beginning with California in 1996, a grand total of 33 states have legalized medical marijuana. Of these 33 states, 11 have passed legislation allowing for the legal consumption and/or sale of recreational weed. And this could be just the beginning.
In 2020, a major election year, there are six states currently trying to get a recreational marijuana initiative or amendment onto their ballots. Understandably, these initiatives or amendments are in the review or signature-gathering stage at the moment, which offers no assurances that they'll eventually make it onto a ballot for vote in November 2020. Nevertheless, the wheels have been put into motion to potentially legalize adult-use weed in the following six states (listed in alphabetical order).