The march towards good sense and marijuana freedom continues apace. To give a glimpse of what’s in store for 2014, here’s a 50-state guide to legislation and ballot measures that are in the works thus far this year.

By my count, 13 states may follow Colorado and Washington State’s lead and legalize recreational use—either at the ballot box or in state capitols. Medical marijuana is on the table in 16 states. Five states may decriminalize possession, replacing criminal penalties with civil fines.

Of the 20 states that do not have a push underway this year, 12 have already OK’d medical marijuana or decriminalization. Additionally, activists in at least three states with nothing currently underway are organizing 2016 initiative drives.

The following leans heavily on reportage from The Daily Chronic and an ACLU report, The War on Marijuana in Black and White.

Alabama – Decriminalization

Sponsored by Rep. Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham), HB 76 reduces the penalty for first-time possession of up to an ounce for weed to a civil fine that would not appear on one’s record.

Additionally, Todd is sponsoring HB 104 with former state trooper Rep. Mike Ball (R-Madison) and Allen Farley (R-Jefferson). The bill allows the patients with serious neurological conditions, or their parents, to seek relaxed sentencing when they are prosecuted for possession. Police in Alabama made 5,235 arrests for possession in 2010.

Current law

Recreational: No

Medical: No

Decriminalization: No

Alaska - Recreational

State election officials announced this week that an initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana has reached the required number of signatures. There are still more signatures to be verified, but at this point it looks like a near certainty that the measure will qualify for the August ballot.

“It’s clear to everyone that prohibition is a failed policy,” says Tim Hinterberger, a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage’s School of Medical Education and an initiative co-sponsor.

In 2010, police in Alaska made 2,028 arrests for marijuana possession.

Current law

Recreational: No

Medical: Yes

Decriminalization: Yes

Arizona – Recreational

Activists are gathering signatures to put a measure legalizing recreational use on the November 2014 ballot. Word on the street, however, is that signature gathering is behind schedule and financial backing is lacking. A 2016 initiative push is expected to garner more support.

A flaw in Arizona’s medical marijuana law made national news last year after an appeals court convicted a patient who was not impaired of DUI. The court ruled that state lawmakers meant to criminalize driving for weeks after marijuana ingestion—well after any psychoactive effects have worn off. And judges are duty bound to enforce stupid laws, because checks and balances. Wait, what?

Law enforcement made 18,348 arrests for marijuana possession in 2010.

Current law

Recreational: No

Medical: Yes

Decriminalization: No

Arkansas – Medical

Campaigners are gathering signatures for two medical marijuana initiatives. Both measures would allow patients to buy from non-profit dispensaries; one would allow patients to grow their own if there is no dispensary near their home. If voters approve both measures, the one with the most votes takes effect.

Last fall, the Arkansas Baptist State Convention passed a resolution urging pastors to oppose medical marijuana from the pulpit, calling legalization “poor policy” that is “based on bad science.” Here’s Reason’s Jacob Sullum on the science. And here is the Scientific American on the same.

Police in Arkansas made 6,310 arrests for marijuana possession in 2010.

Current law

Recreational: No

Medical: No

Decriminalization: No

California – Recreational

Four groups have filed potential referendums with state election officials. Supporters must gather 500,000 signatures by April to qualify for the November ballot. At least one of the measures could save California taxpayers $100 million a year in police, court, and prison costs according to the state’s attorney general.

California voters approved medical marijuana in 1996, but the intervening years, especially under President Obama’s tenure, have been a rough ride for dispensary owners, who have found themselves on the receiving end of federal raids, asset forfeiture, and some serious prison time—all while obeying state law. Dick moves, Mr. President.

In 2010, police in California made 57,262 arrests for marijuana possession.

Current law

Recreational: No

Medical: Yes

Decriminalization: Yes

Colorado – Great Success

Activists, regulators, and politicians are hashing out a post-prohibition regulatory regime. (Pun intended. But I’m done.)

Proponents sold legalization as a bid to treat marijuana like alcohol, so it should not surprise that there are some tricky regulatory issues to work out (or leave festering). States are still tinkering with their alcohol control systems many decades after killing capital-p Prohibition.

Police in Colorado made 10,343 arrests for marijuana possession in 2010, costing taxpayers nearly $38 million in incarceration, police, judicial and legal expenses. The figure does not include losses to individuals arrested. Outlook for 2014: zero arrests for possession. Mucho revenue.

Current law

Recreational: Yes

Medical: Yes

Decriminalization: Yes

Connecticut – Nothing

Medical marijuana got the OK in Connecticut in 2012, but will not go on sale until this summer. In the meantime, police recently busted a terminal cancer patient for growing his own (and broadcasting this fact on YouTube). Also, the guy had a little cocaine. But, come on—terminal cancer.

In 2010, police in Connecticut made 8,815 arrests for marijuana possession.

Current law

Recreational: No

Medical: Yes

Decriminalization: Yes

Delaware – Nothing

Delaware approved medical marijuana in 2011, but state officials are still hammering out details. Last fall, regulators proposed limiting sales to one dispensary that has leave to grow only 150 plants, meaning long commutes and an unsteady supply for many patients.

The proposed rules fly in the face of official pronouncements. In August, Governor Jack Markell (D) wrote that “[t]he sensible and humane aim of state policy in Delaware remains to ensure that medical marijuana is accessible via a safe, well-regulated channel of distribution to patients with demonstrated medical need.”

Law enforcement in Delaware made 2,554 arrests for marijuana possession in 2010.

Current law

Recreational: No

Medical: Yes

Decriminalization: No