According to national polls — including Pew, Gallup, and CNN — a majority of Americans now support making marijuana legal for adults’ use. Voters in four states and Washington, D.C. have approved measures legalizing marijuana for individuals over 21, and four states — Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington — approved taking marijuana production and sales off the criminal market and regulating and taxing them.
Below you will find information about those laws and how they are working, along with materials to make the case for allowing adults to use a substance that is safer than alcohol.
1. The Case for Legalization and Regulation
- Top Ten Reasons to Tax and Regulate Marijuana
- Effective Arguments in Favor of Taxing & Regulating Marijuana
- Support for Marijuana Policy Reform: A Summary of State and National Polling
- Marijuana is Safer Than Alcohol
- Gateway Theory Debunked
- Regulation Works
- Conservative Thinkers and Marijuana Policy Reform
- Marijuana Prohibition Facts
- Regulating Marijuana Like Alcohol Does Not Cause Public Safety Problems
- Marijuana Prohibition and Racial Justice (brochure)
- The Case for Taxing and Regulating Marijuana Like Alcohol (brochure)
2. Overviews of Bills and Laws
- Model Tax and Regulate Bill Summary
- MPP’s Model State Bill to Replace Prohibition With Regulation
- Marijuana Policy Reform Bills 2016
- Map of State Marijuana Laws
- Types of Marijuana Policy Reform Laws
- Review of State Laws to Regulate Marijuana
3. Data From States That Have Legalized and Regulated Marijuana
- Colorado and Washington: Life After Legalization and Regulation
- Colorado: The Economy After Legalization and Regulation
- Life After Legalization: Colorado Business Outlook
- Teens’ Marijuana Use Does Not Increase Following Marijuana Policy Reforms
