Recreational marijuana movement takes root in Midwest but efforts elsewhere have stalled

The legal marijuana movement, which in recent years has flourished in coastal states, is taking up new roots in the Midwest even as efforts have stalled in nearly a dozen other states this year.

Lawmakers in Illinois on Friday approved a measure legalizing the sale of marijuana to anyone over the age of 21, making it the second state in the nation's core to legalize pot, after Michigan.

To date, 11 states, including Illinois, have legalized recreational marijuana, a majority through ballot measures