This Is the Most Stoned State in America, According to Data
More states are legalizing marijuana, but the cannabis craze is especially fervent here.
![marijuana on yellow background](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/12/shutterstock_1172767360.jpg?quality=82&strip=1&resize=640%2C360)
It's 4/20 today, so what better time to look at the ever-changing legal status of marijuana in the United States? Though it's been a gradual process over decades, the shift of cannabis use—for either medicinal or recreational purposes—from counterculture to the mainstream seems to have sped up overnight. In fact, after the election results came in at the end of 2020, the recreational use of marijuana was officially legal in 14 states. And now, in 2021 that number is up to 17, with New York, New Mexico, and Virginia all legalizing recreational use in recent weeks—and more are expected to do the same this year. Not to mention, there are only three states in the U.S. where it is still neither legal recreationally nor offered medicinally.
In addition to the continued legalization of marijuana, on Dec. 4, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a landmark bill decriminalizing marijuana on the federal level, CNN reported. The MORE Act (Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement), which will now move to the Senate, would eliminate criminal penalties for those who manufacture, distribute, or possess marijuana. It would also seek to remove prior marijuana-related convictions and use tax dollars to invest in job training and other programs to aid those who have been convicted of such crimes. So, with the House's passing of the MORE Act, more states choosing to legalize marijuana, and the cannabis business booming, we at Best Life set out to determine the most stoned state in America.
First, we looked at the legal status of cannabis both medicinally and recreationally* as of April 2021, based on official state laws gathered by workplace safety and compliance specialists DISA Global Solutions. Then, we collected the percentage of adults in each state who say they've used cannabis within the last year, according to Statista. We used that data plus the most recent population data from the U.S. Census Bureau to calculate the number of cannabis users per 100,000 residents in each state. Finally, we examined the National Cannabis Industry Association's sales projections for 2022 in both the recreational and medical marijuana markets, which were made using current data and financial analytics.
We then gave all metrics a weighted value and ran them through our exclusive algorithm to see how each state scored on our 100-point scale Stoned Index, where 0 is the least stoned and 100 is the most. (You'll see "N/A" noted in any instances where data either didn't apply or was not currently available, which we factored into how each metric was weighted.)
While you may predict the most stoned state in America to be California, you'd be off. The Golden State did rank highly on the list, but quite a few other states ranked higher. The top 10, in fact, contain states from all over the U.S., from the Pacific Northwest to New England to the Southwest to one non-contiguous state, too. Read on to discover the most stoned state in the country and find out where yours falls in the mix. And to learn where people enjoy a different kind of substance, This Is the Drunkest State in America, According to Data.
*In instances where a state officially passed a bill to legalize recreational use, but the law had yet to go into effect as of the date this article was published (like Virginia, for example), we considered recreational use to be legal.
50
Texas
![trees on a cliff rock wall and houses at Lake Travis in Austin, Texas](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/austin-texas-1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: CBD or low-level THC only
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 11,210
2022 projected medicinal sales: $156 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $540,076
Stoned Index Score: 0.04
49
Nebraska
![sandhills nebraska](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/06/sandhills-nebraska.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: No
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 12,700
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 2.58
48
Iowa
![white houses, green land and empty roads, photo taken from above, in Iowa City, Iowa](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/iowa-city-iowa.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: CBD or low-level THC only
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 12,610
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 3.01
47
Alabama
![waterfall at little river canyon national preserve in alabama](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/07/little-river-canyon-national-preserve-alabama.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: CBD or low-level THC only
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 12,820
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 3.54
46
Utah
![Quaking Aspen Grove 'Pando Clone' at sunrise 'Populus tremuloides'. Clonal colony of an individual male quaking aspen.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/10/pando-aspen-grove-utah.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 11,160
2022 projected medicinal sales: $17.2 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $536,501
Stoned Index Score: 3.86
45
North Carolina
![](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/Rockfish-Gap-Virginia-Cherokee-North-Carolina.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: CBD or low-level THC only
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 12,960
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 3.89
44
Kentucky
![The Battleship Rock surrounded by trees at the Red River George Geological Area in Wolfe County, Kentucky](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/wolfe-county-kentucky.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: CBD or low-level THC only
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 13,000
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 3.99
43
Wyoming
![the reflection of glaciers and tress in a lake in Teton, Wyoming](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/teton-range-wyoming.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: CBD or low-level THC only
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 13,140
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 4.35
42
Tennessee
![Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains National Park Magical Destinations](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/06/cades-cove-tennessee.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: CBD or low-level THC only
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 13,240
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 4.60
41
Kansas
![tallgrass prairie kansas on a mild summer morning](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/light-fog-heavy-dew-fills-valley.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: No
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 13,930
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 5.69
40
Idaho
![priest lake idaho](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/priest-lake-idaho.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: No
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 13,960
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 5.77
39
Georgia
![Georgia](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/ga.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: CBD or low-level THC only
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 13,710
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 5.79
38
Wisconsin
![Scenic Small Town Nestled in Autumn Valley, Beautiful Rural Wisconsin Fall colors.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/wisconsin-state-scenery.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: CBD or low-level THC only
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 13,770
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 5.94
37
South Carolina
![south boundary road south carolina](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/south-boundary-road-south-carolina.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: CBD or low-level THC only
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 13,820
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 6.07
36
Louisiana
![the cameron parish marshes Louisiana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/07/cameron-parish-louisiana.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 12,540
2022 projected medicinal sales: $44 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $946,482
Stoned Index Score: 7.80
35
Mississippi
![cypress preserve mississippi state natural wonders](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/cypress-preserve-mississippi.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 11,670
2022 projected medicinal sales: $101 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $3.4 million
Stoned Index Score: 8.23
34
Oklahoma
![a sunny day in edmond oklahoma](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/edmond-oklahoma.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 13,150
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 8.32
33
North Dakota
![a butte and green trees at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/theodore-roosevelt-national-park-north-dakota.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 12,170
2022 projected medicinal sales: $36 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $4.7 million
Stoned Index Score: 10.93
32
Indiana
![brown county state park viewed from water](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/brown-county-state-park.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: CBD or low-level THC only
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 15,890
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 11.32
31
Missouri
![green fields by the Missouri River in Glasgow, Missouri](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/glasgow-missouri.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 14,820
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 12.55
30
Ohio
![A Stone Stairway And Path Through A Forest Glen Helen Nature Preserve Yellow Springs Ohio](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/yellow-springs-ohio.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 13,960
2022 projected medicinal sales: $298 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $2.5 million
Stoned Index Score: 13.12
29
West Virginia
![landscape photo of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia at sunset](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/harpers-ferry-west-virginia.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 14,650
2022 projected medicinal sales: $36 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $2.0 million
Stoned Index Score: 14.29
28
Virginia
![landscape photo of Buchanan, Virginia](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/bunchanan-virginia.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 12,050
2022 projected medicinal sales: $17.2 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $201,510
Stoned Index Score: 14.30
27
Arkansas
![crag juts out among trees in arkansas](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/06/hawksbill-crag-arkansas.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 13,610
2022 projected medicinal sales: $139 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $4.6 million
Stoned Index Score: 14.45
26
South Dakota
![buffalo in custer state park, south dakota](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/buffalo-custer-state-park-south-dakota.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 12,260
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: N/A
Stoned Index Score: 14.62
25
Pennsylvania
![pine creek gorge pennsylvania state natural wonders](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/pine-creek-gorge-pennsylvania.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 14,470
2022 projected medicinal sales: $363 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $2.8 million
Stoned Index Score: 14.72
24
Minnesota
![river in minnesota](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/sunrise-on-autumn-river-northern-minnesota.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 15,900
2022 projected medicinal sales: $101 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $1.8 million
Stoned Index Score: 17.22
23
New Jersey
![trees and walkway at a park in Burlington County, New Jersey](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/burlington-county-new-jersey.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 12,420
2022 projected medicinal sales: $284 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $3.2 million
Stoned Index Score: 18.47
22
Florida
![aerial view of islamorada florida keys](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/islamorada-florida.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 14,450
2022 projected medicinal sales: $1.7 billion
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $7.9 million
Stoned Index Score: 20.15
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21
Maryland
![Deep Creek Lake, Maryland](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/deep-creek-lake-maryland.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 14,810
2022 projected medicinal sales: $139 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $289 million
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $7.1 million
Stoned Index Score: 20.16
20
Hawaii
![the Wailua falls and green trees in Kauai, Hawaii](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/kauai-hawaii.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 14,560
2022 projected medicinal sales: $120 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $8.5 million
Stoned Index Score: 21.03
19
New York
![field of flowers and tress and a lake in Fort Montgomery, New York](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/fort-montgomery-new-york.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 15,530
2022 projected medicinal sales: $504 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $2.6 million
Stoned Index Score: 25.70
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18
Illinois
![Open country road in rural Illinois as the sun sets](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/lasalle-illinois.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 15,410
2022 projected medicinal sales: $400 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $3.2 million
Stoned Index Score: 26.00
17
Delaware
![View from inside the Ashland covered bridge in Yorklyn, New Castle County, Delaware during the fall with colorful foliage in bright sunlight](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/delaware-in-fall.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 17,400
2022 projected medicinal sales: $12 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $67 million
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $8.1 million
Stoned Index Score: 27.84
16
Connecticut
![Lynde Point Lighthouse, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/04/old-saybrook-connecticut.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 18,680
2022 projected medicinal sales: $103 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $99 million
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $5.7 million
Stoned Index Score: 28.44
15
New Hampshire
![white mountain highway with covered bridge new hampshire](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/white-mountain-highway-new-hampshire.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 20,890
2022 projected medicinal sales: $36 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $2.7 million
Stoned Index Score: 30.79
14
Arizona
![Arizona](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/az.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 17,200
2022 projected medicinal sales: $948 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $243 million
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $16.4 million
Stoned Index Score: 44.78
13
New Mexico
![the native pueblo in Taos New Mexico](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/taos-new-mexico.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 18,990
2022 projected medicinal sales: $275 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $13.1 million
Stoned Index Score: 45.81
12
Michigan
![Michigan](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/mich.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 18,910
2022 projected medicinal sales: $698 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $663 million
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $13.6 million
Stoned Index Score: 46.16
11
Rhode Island
![flowers and beach in Newport, Rhode Island](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/newport-rhode-island.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: No
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 21,210
2022 projected medicinal sales: $69 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $122 million
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $18 million
Stoned Index Score: 48.18
10
Montana
![Montana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/mn.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 20,070
2022 projected medicinal sales: $148 million
2022 projected recreational sales: N/A
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $13.1 million
Stoned Index Score: 49.34
9
California
![a lake, flowers, and mountains in Chula Vista, California at sunrise](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/chula-vista-california.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 18,890
2022 projected medicinal sales: $133 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $7.6 billion
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $19.6 million
Stoned Index Score: 52.52
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8
Massachusetts
![aerial view of a road with a hairpin turn in a forest of fall foliage](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/12/mohawk-trail-massachusetts.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 20,870
2022 projected medicinal sales: $113 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $1.1 billion
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $17.6 million
Stoned Index Score: 55.41
7
Alaska
![view of talkeetna from the highway](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/talkeetna-alaska.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 24,520
2022 projected medicinal sales: $3 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $119 million
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $16.7 million
Stoned Index Score: 63.66
6
Nevada
![Landscape at Great Basin National Park, Nevada. Scenic view of Wheeler Peak. A large Bristlecone Pine tree in the foreground. A blue clouded sky above.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/07/bristlecone-pine-great-basin-national-park-nevada.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 22,610
2022 projected medicinal sales: $38 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $615 million
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $21.2 million
Stoned Index Score: 63.70
5
Washington
![stone bridge and walkway surrounded by fall foliage at washington park arboretum in seattle](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/washington-park-arboretum-seattle.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 24,180
2022 projected medicinal sales: N/A
2022 projected recreational sales: $1.5 billion
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $19.7 million
Stoned Index Score: 66.06
4
Maine
![asticou azalea garden in the fall with a reflection on the pond](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/asticou-azalea-garden-maine.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 25,530
2022 projected medicinal sales: $28 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $237 million
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $19.7 million
Stoned Index Score: 66.96
3
Vermont
![cityscape of windsor vermont](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/windsor-vermont.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 25,710
2022 projected medicinal sales: $44 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $64 million
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $17.3 million
Stoned Index Score: 67.36
2
Oregon
![red, pink, orange, and yellow roses with a forest in the background](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/international-rose-test-garden-portland-oregon.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 28,560
2022 projected medicinal sales: $59 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $848 million
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $21.5 million
Stoned Index Score: 79.10
1
Colorado
![reflection of the Rocky Mountains in front of lake in Denver, Colorado](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/denver-colorado-1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Medicinal use: Yes
Recreational use: Yes
Adult cannabis users per 100,000 people: 27,707
2022 projected medicinal sales: $360 million
2022 projected recreational sales: $2.1 billion
2022 projected total sales per 100,000 people: $42.7 million
Stoned Index Score: 99.97
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