As well as electing Donald Trump for president and giving control of Congress to the Republican Party, the November 8 election also legalized recreational marijuana use in California, Massachusetts and Nevada. Arizona rejected the referendum there, though Maine has yet to announce an election result in that state.
In a report written by Patch staffer Marc Torrence, he noted that the three new states that have ratified recreational marijuana use join the states of Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska, where similar measures have previously been enacted.
Meanwhile, during the 2016, four other states, Arkansas, Florida, Montana and North Dakota have decided to pass measures in those states that allow for the use of medical marijuana.
