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.
â¢ Maine is the only state with just on other state on its border, New Hampshire. â¢ York, Maine, was America's first chartered city in 1641. â¢ Maine was admitted to the Union as the 23rd state on March 15, 1820. â¢ Portland was first selected as the Maine state capital until 1832, when the capital was moved to Augusta.obster and harvests the majority of the lobster in the United States. â¢ Maine has 3,478 miles of coastline-more than California (3,427), and over 5,000 miles of coast if you include all of the islands as well. Only Florida and Louisiana (mostly bayou) have more miles of coastline. â¢ Maine has 3,166 off-shore islands.