US | marijuana legalization Legal Weed Is a Go in These 4 States NJ, Ariz., Mont., SD vote to legalize By Evann Gastaldo Posted Nov 4, 2020 4:18 AM CST Copied In this March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant grows at the Compassionate Care Foundation's grow house in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) A New Jersey constitutional amendment to legalize cannabis won Tuesday, NJ.com reports. With nearly 60% of precincts reporting, more than 67% of ballots came back with a yes vote, as had been expected. "Legalization is the result of years of hard work from a diverse group of individuals and communities," the president of the New Jersey CannaBusiness Association said in a statement. But NJ lawmakers must still pass rules and regulations for the industry before it can be sold in the state. Though weed is still illegal at the federal level, 11 states and Washington, DC, had already legalized it prior to this election. Arizona also voted to legalize it Tuesday, per AZCentral. The AP reports Montana and South Dakota also voted for legalization measures, while Mississippi approved medical marijuana. (South Dakota, in a separate ballot initiative, also approved medical marijuana.) Vox notes if all measures are approved, more than a third of the US will have legal access to weed. Read These Next Trump, Johnson aren't happy with pick for Super Bowl headliner. It's being called a disturbing trend: paragliders with bombs. SCOTUS sounds skeptical about law banning gay conversion therapy. Felix Baumgartner's death attributed to his own error. Report an error