West Virginia should legalize recreational cannabis and join the growing number of states that already took that step. That's according to Huntington MayorSteve Williams,who is a Democratic candidate for governor of the Mountain State.

Voters should weigh in on the issue via a statewide constitutional amendment, Williams said this week, reported WV MetroNews. He added cannabis reform would have to get the green light from the state's legislature as well, in order to become law.

"West Virginia has an opportunity to join the growing number of states, including Maryland, Ohio, Virginia and Washington, D.C., that...