|
State |
Recreational |
Medical 
|
Decriminalized |
|
Alabama - Advertisement -
|
|
CBD oil |
|
|
Alaska |
X |
X |
|
|
Arizona |
|
X |
|
|
Arkansas |
|
X |
|
|
California |
X |
X |
|
|
Colorado |
X |
X |
|
|
Connecticut |
Likely in 2019 |
X |
X |
|
Delaware |
|
X |
X |
|
District of Columbia |
X |
X |
|
|
Florida |
|
X |
|
|
Georgia |
|
CBD oil |
In select cities |
|
Hawaii |
|
x |
|
|
Idaho |
|
|
|
|
Illinois |
Likely |
X |
X |
|
Indiana |
|
|
|
|
Iowa |
|
CBD oil |
|
|
Kansas |
|
CBD oil |
|
|
Kentucky |
|
CBD oil |
|
|
Louisiana |
|
X (but can not be smoked) |
|
|
Maine |
X |
X |
|
|
Maryland |
|
X |
X |
|
Massachusetts |
X |
X |
|
|
Michigan |
X |
X |
|
|
Minnesota |
|
X |
X |
|
Mississippi |
|
CBD oil |
X |
|
Missouri |
|
X |
X |
|
Montana |
|
X |
|
|
Nebraska |
|
|
X |
|
Nevada |
X |
X |
|
|
New Hampshire |
Likely in 2019 |
X |
X |
|
New Jersey |
Likely in 2019 |
X |
|
|
New Mexico |
Likely in 2019 |
X |
|
|
New York |
|
X |
X |
|
North Carolina |
|
CBD oil only |
X |
|
North Dakota |
|
X |
|
|
Ohio |
|
X |
X |
|
Oklahoma |
|
X |
|
|
Oregon |
X |
X |
|
|
Pennsylvania |
|
X |
|
|
Rhode Island |
|
X |
X |
|
South Carolina |
|
CBD oil |
|
|
South Dakota |
|
|
|
|
Tennessee |
|
CBD oil |
|
|
Texas |
|
CBD oil |
|
|
Utah |
|
X |
|
|
Vermont |
X |
X |
|
|
Virginia |
|
CBD oil |
|
|
Washington |
X |
X |
|
|
West Virginia |
|
X |
|
|
Wisconsin |
|
CBD oil |
|
|
Wyoming |
|
CBD oil |
|
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