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Illegal. The year 2023 began with several state efforts to legalize adult-use or medical cannabis, despite an apparently stalled federal effort to do so. [ 1] A cannabis industry executive predicted that at least two states would enact adult-use reform in 2023, with the most likely states to legalize being Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Ohio. [ 2]
Passed the House of Representatives on April 1, 2022 (220-204) The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, also known as the MORE Act, is a proposed piece of U.S. federal legislation that would deschedule cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and enact various criminal and social justice reforms related to cannabis ...
Weston, West Virginia: WDTV. House Bill 4873 proposes the legalization of recreational marijuana for adults aged 21 and older in West Virginia. ^ "Gov. Josh Shapiro calls on lawmakers to legalize marijuana". Lancaster, Pennsylvania: WGAL. February 6, 2024. ^ "Governor Shapiro's 2024–25 budget address as prepared".
WASHINGTON — Cannabis reform is moving one step closer to reality at the federal level, with a committee hearing on a bipartisan bill to expand banking services for legal marijuana businesses ...
According to a national poll commissioned by the Coalition for Cannabis Scheduling Reform, the overwhelming majority of 18-to-25 year-old likely voters (65%) expressed support for Biden’s ...
Passed the Senate on November 16, 2022 (voice vote) Signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 2, 2022. The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act is an Act of Congress allowing medical research on cannabis. The act is "the first standalone marijuana-related bill approved by both chambers of the United States Congress".
Cannabis plants destined for medical use are shown in a growing room in a 2023 file photo. Illinois legalized medicinal marijuana beginning in 2014, then legalized it for recreational use in 2020.
The Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative, also known as Amendment 2, was on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Florida as an initiated constitutional amendment. The amendment was approved by 71.32% of the vote making it the highest percentage win in 2016 of any other state cannabis ballot in the United States. [133]