**note** re feds vs state
Some states, such as Virginia, enacted laws decades ago allowing for the possession of marijuana if individuals received prescriptions from doctors. Federal law, however, prohibits doctors from prescribing marijuana, rendering those laws invalid. Doctors can only write a recommendation for medical marijuana, which is different than a prescription.

so over HALF of the states allow medical (the only hold outs are super religious/white/redneck states)

for REC (my guess please correct)

washington
oregon
cali
nevada
colorado
alaska

mass
maine (maybe recounting)