On Nov. 5, voters in four red states will cast their ballots for legalizing cannabis and marijuana, the extracts from the plant. Meanwhile, Massachusetts voters will decide whether it will become the third state to legalize psychedelics.

In the 2023 UC Berkeley Psychedelics Survey, 61% of voters said they support the therapeutic use of psychedelics under regulation. Similarly, the vast majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana, with 88% of respondents in a 2024 Pew Research Poll saying they supported legalization that permitted its medical and/or recreational use. Of 24 states that have legalized recreational marijuana, just four of them voted Republican in the last presidential election, although support is increasingly bipartisan, especially among young people.

In fact, this presidential election, Donald Trump expressed support for decriminalizing marijuana in certain circumstances, and Kamala Harris promised to federally legalize it. This support coming from both sides led some to declare marijuana legalization a newly bipartisan issue.

Here are the ballot initiatives involving marijuana and psychedelic legalization this Election Day:

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On the Massachusetts ballot, voting yes in Question 4 would allow adults to use limited quantities of dimethyltryptamine (DMT), mescaline, ibogaine, psilocybin (the ingredient in "magic" mushrooms), and psilocin at home. It also creates a “natural psychedelic substances commission" to oversee the licensing of psychedelic therapy centers where people can go to take psychedelics under the supervision of licensed facilitators.........

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