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Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
Consuming any drug is illegal and requires juridical process. Possessing, purchasing, or receiving any illegal drug is punishable by 1–2 years of prison, treatment, or probation. [270] Sale and supply is punishable by a prison term of 5–10 years, and production or trafficking by a minimum term of 10 years. [270] Turkmenistan: Illegal: Illegal
While marijuana has been decriminalized throughout many states in the US, it remains a Schedule I drug as of October 2024. However, on January 12, 2024, the FDA announced its recommendation that marijuana be moved to a Schedule III drug, which is a much less strictly-regulated category and would acknowledge its potential for medical use. [67]
President Joe Biden’s pardon of some marijuana-related crimes applies only to federal cases, leaving a messy patchwork of state laws.
The Justice Department on Thursday formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy. A proposed rule sent to the federal ...
Medical and recreational marijuana are already legal in the state. Question 4 asks voters about legislation that would allow the following: Possession, growing and use of "certain natural ...
In 2013, between 128 and 232 million people used cannabis (2.7% to 4.9% of the global population between the ages of 15 and 65). It is the most commonly used largely-illegal drug in the world, with the highest use among adults in Zambia, the United States, Canada, and Nigeria. Since the 1970s, the potency of illicit cannabis has increased, with ...
For over 50 years, marijuana has been in the same category of controlled substances as heroin and LSD. The DEA is finally proposing to end that ludicrous policy.