<P> 2010 The Fiscal Year 2011 National Drug Control Budget proposed by the Obama Administration devoted significant new resources, $340 million, to the prevention and treatment of drug abuse . </P> <P> 2012 Colorado and Washington (state) passed laws to legalize the consumption, possession, and sale of marijuana . </P> <P> 2014 Alaska and Oregon passed laws to legalize the consumption, possession, and sale of marijuana . </P> <P> In 2016 recreational marijuana use was legalized in California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Maine . </P>

History of drug use in the united states