Factbox-U.S. states where marijuana is legal

April 23 (Reuters) - The ‌U.S. ​Department ​of Justice is easing restrictions on certain marijuana products and accelerating ‌the drug's reclassification as less dangerous, ⁠marking one of the biggest shifts to U.S. ‌drug policy in decades.

Reclassifying ‌marijuana would be a first step in narrowing the wide policy chasm ​between state and federal cannabis laws, with the drug already legal in ⁠some form in more than 40 states.

Marijuana is currently ​grouped with heroin and LSD. Reclassification would move it to Schedule III, ​alongside Tylenol with codeine ‌and ketamine.

Medicinal cannabis is legal in some form in 47 ⁠states, 3 United States territories, and the District of Columbia.

Below is a list of ⁠U.S. states along with Washington, D.C., District of ​Columbia, Guam and North Mariana Islands where marijuana is legal for recreational and medical purposes:

States that States ‌that allow

allow only medical use

non-medical use

Alaska Alabama

Arizona Arkansas

California Florida

Connecticut Hawaii

Delaware Kentucky

Illinois Louisiana

Maine Mississippi

Massachusetts New Hampshire

Michigan North Dakota

Minnesota Oklahoma

Missouri Pennsylvania

Montana South Dakota

Nevada Texas

New Jersey Utah

New Mexico West ‌Virginia

New York Tennessee

Ohio North Carolina

Oregon South Carolina

Rhode Island Georgia

Vermont Indiana

Virginia Wisconsin

Washington Iowa

Maryland Wyoming

Colorado

** Source - ⁠City of Los ‌Angeles Department of ​Cannabis Regulation & CDC

(Reporting by Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Diti ‌Pujara)

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