What are the cannabis laws in your state?
The United States has a patchwork of state-determined marijuana laws. With five forms of legalization across the country — while still illegal at the federal level — USAFacts has a guide for understanding marijuana laws in each state.
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- Marijuana is fully legal in Washington, DC, plus states like Alaska, California, Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon, and 11 others as of April 14.
- Alabama passed a medicinal marijuana law in May. It will be the 16th state to allow for medicinal use only.
- States legalizing marijuana conflict with federal laws. Under the Controlled Substances Act, federal law prohibits cannabis sale and use. Marijuana remains classified as a Schedule I drug with a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use.
Learn more, including the forms of marijuana legalization, plus cannabis laws where you live, in this report.
How the pandemic changed air travel
The number of people who passed through airport security in April 2020 was 96% lower than the same period a year before. Flight travel has started to rebound, though not to pre-pandemic levels.
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USAFacts created this map from Transportation Security Administration checkpoint data at the country's 60 busiest airports. Click here to interact with it and track how passenger numbers have fluctuated from airports in Washington, DC to Chicago to San Francisco and dozens in between.
Rising vaccinations
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- So far, 371,520,975 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed nationally. Eighty percent — 300,268,730 doses — have been used.
- Vermont has approximately 623,657 residents and, currently, the nation's highest vaccination rate at 57%. Mississippi has 2.9 million people and the lowest rate, at 27%.
For up-to-date statistics, visit the USAFacts vaccine tracker.
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Firearm manufacturing in the US
Federally licensed firearms manufacturers must report the number of guns they produce each year to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. These reports can shed light on firearms manufacturing nationwide. See the data on how many guns are made in the United States in this report.
- There are 15,264 federally licensed firearms manufacturers as of January 2021.
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- Licensed US firearms manufacturers produced 7 million pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, and similar firearms in 2019, down 39% from a high in 2016.
- Most US-produced firearms are pistols or rifles. In 2019, manufacturers produced 3 million pistols and nearly 2 million rifles.
- Gun parts and firearms created by unlicensed manufacturers for personal use, sometimes called "ghost guns," aren't required to provide serial identification numbers. Therefore, there is no reliable data on ghost guns.
See more metrics about rifles, pistols, revolvers, and shotguns in 2019 state by state.
One last fact
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The US approved foreign aid equivalent to $68.6 billion in current dollars in 1949. Most went to Western European countries as part of the Marshall Plan after World War II. Here are the top 10 recipients of US foreign assistance from 1949 to 2019, adjusted for inflation.
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