The Dominoes Are Falling As States Move To Legalize Recreational Cannabis

From Florida to New Jersey, a green wave is sweeping the nation as more states seriously consider the prospect of legalizing marijuana. “The states to watch are New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Florida, with New York and New Jersey really being the ones that are more likely, I think, to go recreational in the next year or so,” said Ian Stewart, partner at Wilson Elser and speaker at the Cannabis Cover Masterclass Denver in March 2019. At the federal level, the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment through Entrusting States (STATES) Act — a bill in Congress that would recognize legalization of cannabis as well as the state laws that have already legalized it — is drawing close attention.