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Cannabis in Alabama is illegal for recreational use. First-time possession of personal amounts is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in prison, a fine of up to $6000, and a mandatory six months driver's license suspension .
2014: D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray signed a bill that decriminalized possession of up to 1 oz (28 g) of marijuana in the U.S. capital for persons 18 years of age or older. The law made possession a civil violation with a penalty of $25, lower than most city parking tickets.
2017: Kansas City, Missouri residents voted to decriminalize cannabis, eliminating jail time for possession of 35 grams or less and reducing the penalty to a $25 fine. [127] 2017: Atlanta decriminalized possession of one ounce or less of cannabis via unanimous city council vote. [128] 2018: Albuquerque decriminalized cannabis through a city ...
On the Florida ballot, Amendment 3 pertains to the legalization of recreational marijuana. Medical marijuana is already legal in the state. Amendment 3 asks voters to consider a state ...
Recreational marijuana is legal in 24 states — just under half the country — while 20 have partially legalized it for medicinal purposes. A few states, like Nebraska and North Carolina, still ...
Taylor thought victory was in view in 2021 when Alabama overcame years of resistance in the Deep South and approved a medical cannabis program. Alabama approved a medical marijuana program in 2021 ...
If marijuana was decriminalized, these numbers were further be reduced again to below 700,000 inmates and save the taxpayers billions of dollars per year. [ 140 ] The United States spends an estimated $68 billion per year on prisoners with a third of that number have been incarcerated for non-violent drug crimes including a sixth of those ...
The future of marijuana legalization in the United States (streaming video). CNBC.: "how public sentiment surrounding marijuana has shifted in the United States and where the law may be headed from here" Adams, Dan (January 22, 2021). "Federal marijuana reform looms after Senate flip — and Massachusetts could end up a loser". The Boston Globe.