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[24] [25] [26] Recreational-use revenue in Illinois is expected to reach an estimated $1.6 billion a year. [27] Illinois became the first state in the nation to legalize cannabis for recreational sale through a state legislature rather than ballot initiative. [28] Overall, Illinois is the 11th state in the US to allow recreational marijuana. [29]
Missouri had $12.7 million in sales over its first weekend of legalized recreational use.
Feb. 16—THE INK WAS barely dry on the latest proposal to legalize recreational use of marijuana when some insiders declared it dead on arrival in the state Senate. ... Soldati claimed his video ...
Illinois will become the 11th U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana for adults under a bill that won final passage in the state legislature on Friday. The Democratic-controlled ...
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]
1927: New York, [15] Idaho, Kansas, Montana, and Nebraska ban marijuana. [16] 1931: Illinois bans marijuana. [17] 1931: Texas declares cannabis a narcotic, allowing up to life sentences for possession. [18] 1933: North Dakota and Oklahoma ban marijuana. [16] By this year, 29 states have criminalized cannabis. [19]
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In 2018, J. B. Pritzker ran for Governor of Illinois on a platform to legalize cannabis, among other issues, and was elected in November, 2018. [5] A 2017 poll conducted by Illinois Policy Institute showed over 70% support in the state for legalization and regulation.