In just over a decade since voters approved state constitutional amendments to make recreational marijuana legal in Colorado and Washington, 19 other states have followed suit.
But voters in Oklahoma, where faith leaders, law enforcement and most of the state’s GOP leaders campaigned against legalization, on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure that would have legalized it.
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon also saw legalization ballot measures fail before being adopted in later votes.
Here’s a look at what happened in Oklahoma this week, and where marijuana legalization stands across the U.S.
WHAT HAPPENED IN OKLAHOMA?
Anti-legalization groups were outspent by a 20-to-1 margin but their message still
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