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Drug policy of California refers to the policy on various classes and kinds of drugs in the U.S. state of California. Cannabis possession has been legalized with the Adult Use of Marijuana Act , passed in November 2016, with recreational sales starting January of the next year.
California prohibits the export of marijuana to other states since with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration considers it a Schedule I drug. [13] [14] California grows up to five times more than its residents consume by some accounts. Others have estimated that 80% of the crop is shipped out of state.
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]
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the Drug Enforcement Administration will propose moving marijuana from the list of Schedule I drugs, which includes heroin and cocaine, to Schedule III ...
Marijuana legalization has broad support, including across partisan lines. Currently the Biden administration is working on a rule to drop pot from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug. Schedule I ...
California Proposition 64 helps to remedy marijuana related incarceration rates considerably. However, some argue that the passing of the MORE Act is a necessary next step down the path of decriminalization of the substance, as it would remove cannabis from the controlled substances list and declassify marijuana as a schedule 1 drug. [36]
California’s excise sales taxes, which can exceed 15%, went into effect in 2018 after the state legalized recreational pot through a 2016 voter-approved ballot initiative, have ended many ...
The Department of Cannabis Control (formerly the Bureau of Cannabis Control, originally established as Bureau of Marijuana Control under Proposition 64, [1] [2] formerly the Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation [3] [4]) is an agency of the State of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs, charged with regulating medical cannabis (MMJ) in accordance with state law pursuant to the ...