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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2016 May 18;51(9):1174–1184. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2016.1160932

TABLE 3.

Consensus Scores by State

State Initiation Quantity Distribution Overall Restrictiveness Changes Over Time
Alaska 1 3 5 9
Arizona 3 3 3 9
California 5 4 4 13
Colorado 4 3 3 10 Distribution changed from 4 to 3 in 2010 due to the addition of dispensaries.
Connecticut 3 1 1 5
DC 3 1 1 5
Delaware 3 2 1 6
Hawaii 4 3 5 12
Illinois 4 2 2 8
Maine 5 3 4 12
Maryland 3 2 1 6
Massachusetts 4 4 4 12
Michigan 4 3 5 12
Minnesota 2 1 1 4
Montana 4 4 5 13
Nevada 3 2 3 8 Distribution changed from 5 to 3 in 2013 due to added dispensaries.
New Hampshire 3 2 2 7
New Jersey 2 1 1 4
New Mexico 4 4 2 10
New York 2 1 1 4
Oregon 3 5 3 11 Distribution changed from 5 to 3 in 2013 due to added dispensaries
Rhode Island 4 4 3 11 Distribution changed from 4 to 3 in 2009 due to the addition of dispensaries
Vermont 3 2 2 7 Initiation changed from 2 to 3 in 2006 due to newly approved conditions. Distribution changed from 4 to 2 in 2011 due to the addition of dispensaries
Washington 5 5 4 14