As state after state fires up their own initiatives to legalize marijuana in the U.S. during the 2015 calendar year, others are eyeballing the 2016 Presidential election for legislating common sense marijuana laws in their home state.

Currently in the US, 17 States have marijuana legislation in the works. From Arizona to Wyoming and everywhere in between, the status quo of marijuana’s prohibition in the United States has gone under the microscope of public opinion.

Below are the 17 States that hope to change their current marijuana laws.

1.) Arizona

After spending millions of dollars, there’s little doubt that the Arizona Marijuana Legalization Initiative will make it onto the ballot for the November 2016 primary election. First cultivated by (D) State Rep. Mark Cardenas at the beginning of the year, the initiative would expand Arizona’s current medical marijuana program, permitting its citizens over the age of 21 to possess and use marijuana recreationally.

2.) Arkansas

After rejecting the wording for the The Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Amendment, which many were hoping would appear on the state’s 2016 ballot, Arkansas’s voters will instead be allowed to vote on the 2016 Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act (AMCA). If passed, the measure would allow qualifying patients living more than 20 miles away from the nearest dispensary to cultivate up to five mature plants for medicinal purposes purposes.

3.) California

Way back in 1996, residents of California – a.k.a. the Golden State – became the first citizens in the U.S. to vote for legalizing medical marijuana. Nearly 20 years later advocates and politicians alike hope to expand that common sense approach, introducing six proposals to legalize pot for recreational use— of which four have now gathered enough signatures to put …read more

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