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List of 2016 United States cannabis reform proposals
2015 ←→ 2017
Legality of cannabis in the United States (2023)
Status	Legal for recreational use  Legal for medical use  Illegal

In 2016, nine U.S. states proposed cannabis reform legislation for medical marijuana and non-medical adult use. As of 2016, the state laws are still at odds with the Federal status of cannabis, which is classified as a Schedule I narcotic. The Los Angeles Times stated that if all the measures passed, nine states encompassing a quarter of the U.S. population would have legalized recreational use, and "The presence of legalization measures on the ballot in Arkansas and North Dakota — both staunchly conservative states — illustrate the power of the trend toward legalization" and Federal reforms on banking are "increasingly looking inevitable".

References

1. "Marijuana Lights Up State Ballots", The New York Times, October 19, 2016, archived from the original on January 5, 2017, retrieved March 2, 2017
2. Thomas Fuller (October 24, 2016), "Election May Be a Turning Point for Legal Marijuana", The New York Times, archived from the original on March 4, 2017, retrieved March 2, 2017
3. Marijuana on the ballot, Ballotpedia, archived from the original on 2016-09-13, retrieved 2016-10-26
4. Alex Halperin (October 29, 2016), "After the election, marijuana could be legal for recreational or medical use in 29 states", The Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on November 4, 2016, retrieved November 3, 2016

External links

• Congressional Affairs, September 2016 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

• Lists of United States legislation
• Proposed laws of the United States
• 2016 cannabis law reform
• Cannabis-related lists
• Cannabis law in the United States