The District of Columbia has fully legalized recreational and medical marijuana, but recreational commercial sale is currently blocked by Congress. Twelve states have both medical marijuana and decriminalization laws. Ten states, Guam, and Puerto Rico have only legalized medical marijuana. Three states and the U.S. Virgin Islands have only decriminalized possession laws. The remaining twenty-two states and two inhabited territories state that marijuana possession and sales are illegal and prohibited entirely.
Rank of Maine, Education. Compared to all other states and the District of Columbia, Maine ranks relatively high when considering the number of students per teacher and on the amount spent per pupil. However, Maine ranks very low when comparing teacher salaries. It does rank fairly high in the percent of residents with high school or bachelorâs degrees, though that may reflect the high proportion of older and retired people in the state.
In 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the average teacher salary in Maine was $45,333.33. The following year, Maine teacher salaries rose by 1.89 percent to $44,375.In 2009, the average teacher salary in Maine increased again by 1.66 percent to $45,110.These increases represent an overall gain of 3.57 percent in Maine teacher salaries between 2007 and 2009.This is slightly higher than the national rate of growth for the same time period, which was 2.8 percent.n 2007, teaching salaries in Maine earned the state a ranking of 31st in the nation. The following year, the average teacher salaries in Maine gained the state a national ranking of 33rd. In 2009, that ranking fell to 35th in the country.