# Have we achieved Ecotopia yet?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-achieved-ecotopia-yet/703732
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 5, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-achieved-ecotopia-yet/703732 "2014-11-05T11:25:29Z")
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### Author: ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-achieved-ecotopia-yet/703732/1 "2014-11-05T11:25:29Z")

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Here are some things that are shared by the states of Oregon and Washington:

1. Legal marijuana (not just medical MJ) (just passed by Oregon, won’t actually take effect until next July)
2. Physician-assisted suicide approved by legislation (as opposed to court ruling)
3. Automatic minimum wage indexing. The two states have the highest minimum wages of any states.
4. Vote-by-mail for all voters

OK, they’re not the only states to have these things. Other states have some of them, but not all. Colorado has three of them (all but #2), so it’s close to being a member of the club.  
Note that all the things listed are legal-type things, not, for example, geographical things. So any state can adopt them.