Oklahoma voters head to the polls Tuesday to conclude a special election on legalizing recreational marijuana, potentially becoming the 22nd state to authorize its use among adults.
The vote in Oklahoma — where medical marijuana was legalized by voters in 2018 — reflects how the issue now transcends politics as well as geography, as Americans’ attitudes on the subject have moderated in recent years.
Recent polls show the majority of Americans now say they support legal marijuana. As attitudes shift, lawmakers show more willingness to make changes on the issue: five of the seven states to legalize recreational use in the last two years have done so legislatively.
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