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Legality of medical and non-medical cannabis in the United States. Areas under tribal sovereignty not shown. Cannabis regulatory agencies exist in several of the U.S. states and territories, the one federal district, and several areas under tribal sovereignty in the United States which have legalized cannabis. In November 2020, 19 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 part of a cannabis plant that is consumed for its psychoactive properties. [7] budder Industry trade name for a concentrated paste extracted from cannabis. [2] [8] [See cannabis edibles and extracts.] budtender A point of sale employee of a cannabis retail dispensary. [9] buzz Slang name for a pleasant euphoric effect of cannabis. [10]
The Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program — which regulates the legal cultivation, production, sale and use of medical marijuana products — is set to officially start Jan. 1, 2025.
In 1996, California became the first state to legalize marijuana for medicinal use, followed by Alaska, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state in 1998. In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the ...
Thirty-eight states and D.C. now have comprehensive medical marijuana programs, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Twenty-four states and D.C. have legalized adult ...
Australian Marijuana Party; Bloc pot; British Columbia Marijuana Party; Cannabis Party (Denmark) Cannabis Party (Spain) Cannabis Without Borders (France) CISTA; Dagga Party (South Africa) Freedom Party of Manitoba; Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis Party; Grassroots Party; Holocaust Survivors and Grown-Up Green Leaf Party; Independent Grassroots Party
Other state and local governments ask law enforcement agencies to limit enforcement of drug laws with respect to cannabis. However, under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, federal law preempts conflicting state and local laws. In most cases, the absence of a state law does not present a preemption conflict with a federal law. [23]