Table 2.

State Social and Drug Policies by Marijuana Legalization Status (Percentages and Medians).

State-level Characteristics	Medical Marijuana Not Legal (n = 17), % or Median	Medical Marijuana Legal Before 2010 (n = 13), % or Median	p Valuea	Medical Marijuana Legal 2010–2018 (n = 21), % or Median	p Valuea	Recreational Marijuana Legal (n = 11), % or Median	p Valuea
Other drug-related policies
% Marijuana possession decriminalized	18	77	0.002	57	.020	100	<0.001
Legal syringe exchange program	0	69	<0.001	33	.011	73	<0.001
Alcohol sales tax control (%)b	41	38	1.000	25	.482	40	1.000
Alcohol Sunday ban (%)c	41	0	0.010	10	.051	0	0.023
Other state-level policies
% Approves of gay marriage	43.8	60.2	<0.001	54.6	.015	61.3	<0.001
% Law allowing nurse practitioners to practice independently	24	85	0.003	33	.721	73	0.019
Abortion restrictiveness (%)			<0.001		.005		<0.001
Strongly protected access	0	38		5		27
Protected access	0	38		24		45
Some access	0	8		19		18
Restricted access	6	0		0		0
Severely restricted	94	15		52		9
Stand your ground gun law	65	31	0.139	38	.191	27	0.120
Concealed carry gun law (%)			0.143		.076		0.194
No permit required	24	23		24		27
Discretionary/reasonable issue	0	0		5		0
Rights restricted-very limited issue	0	23		24		18
Shall issue	76	54		48		55

^aMann–Whitney U test (continuous variables), Pearson’s χ² test or Fisher exact test (counts).

^bState sets the price of and gains profit/revenue directly (rather than solely from taxation) from the wholesale or retail system of distribution for the index beverage.

^cBans on Off-Premises Sunday Sales—States are classified as having local option if at least some local governments have the authority to permit Sunday sales as an exception to a State ban.