article_snippet.sent: Twenty-three states in the US currently have laws legalising the use of marijuana in some form.
article_snippet.sent: Four states - Colorado, Alaska, Oregon and Washington - have legalised the drug for both medicinal and recreational use.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Hawaii and Maine have laws allowing people to use the drug for medicinal purposes.