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| Boilerpipe Text | President Trump's executive order fast-tracking the reclassification of marijuana will not make the drug legal nationwide. But in several states, that is already the case.
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President Trump's
executive order fast-tracking the reclassification of marijuana
will not make the drug legal nationwide. But in several states, that is already the case.
Nationwide, 24 states, three territories and Washington, D.C., have legalized marijuana for recreational use, while 40 states and one more territory allow medical marijuana.
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# MAP: See the states where marijuana is legal
President Trump's executive order fast-tracking the reclassification of marijuana will not make the drug legal nationwide. But in several states, that is already the case.
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President Trump's [executive order fast-tracking the reclassification of marijuana](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-signs-executive-order-fast-tracking-reclassification-marijuana-rcna249741) will not make the drug legal nationwide. But in several states, that is already the case.

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| Readable Markdown | President Trump's executive order fast-tracking the reclassification of marijuana will not make the drug legal nationwide. But in several states, that is already the case.
Nov. 20, 2018, 4:04 PM UTC / Updated Dec. 18, 2025, 7:58 PM UTC
President Trump's [executive order fast-tracking the reclassification of marijuana](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-signs-executive-order-fast-tracking-reclassification-marijuana-rcna249741) will not make the drug legal nationwide. But in several states, that is already the case.
Nationwide, 24 states, three territories and Washington, D.C., have legalized marijuana for recreational use, while 40 states and one more territory allow medical marijuana.
See which states allow marijuana for medical and/or recreational use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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