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In that year, marijuana arrests made up 49.9% of all drug possession arrests in the state. [9] In Maryland, Black people were 2.9 times more likely than Whites to be arrested for marijuana possession. [10] In April 2014, Governor Martin O'Malley signed a law that decriminalized the possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana.
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On June 23, 2011, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), along with 1 Republican and 19 Democratic cosponsors, introduced the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011, which would have removed marijuana and THC from the list of Schedule I controlled substances and would have provided that the Controlled Substances Act not apply to marijuana except ...
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]
Maryland wants to help people once convicted of marijuana-related offenses land jobs in the state's legal cannabis industry. Gov. Wes Moore announced the new workforce development program on Thursday.
The mass pardon by Governor Wes Moore, a Democrat, comes after Maryland residents voted in November 2022 to legalize adult use of marijuana through a ballot referendum. "We cannot address the ...
Taking into account deaths from non-illegal drugs leaves only 21 percent of CDC "drug-induced death" figures actually due to the use of "illegal" drugs. [83] Claims that cannabis is far more powerful than it used to be are also dubious, with "scare figures" skewed by comparing the weakest cannabis from the past with the strongest of today. [84]
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore ordered more than 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions on Monday, saying the “most sweeping state-level pardon in any state” will help reverse harms from the past ...