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Although 24 states have legalized cannabis, it remains illegal at the federal level, carrying the same criminal penalties as heroin and MDMA.

They pushed to legalize the work of street vendors, many of whom lack citizenship.

Supreme Court’s rulings legalizing same-sex marriage — in California and, two years later, nationwide — allowed it to become common.

New York became the last state to legalize the practice in 2010.

Meanwhile, Massachusetts voters will decide whether it will become the third state to legalize psychedelics.