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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. [82] 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. [83]
Drug use rates in Portugal were found to be dramatically lower than the United States with decriminalization enacted. [142] Teenage use of marijuana in the Netherlands where it is sold legally and openly is lower than in the United States. [143] [144] Uruguay became the first country in the world to completely legalize cannabis in 2013. [145]
A 2013 study showed that 32.8% of people surveyed in Utah, a state where Marijuana use is illegal, believed that they had a risk of harm from Marijuana consumption, whereas only 18.8% of people surveyed in Washington, a state where adult-use is legal, believed they had a risk of harm. [13]
Recreational and medical use of marijuana, along with specific use of some psychedelics, were on the ballot in several states on Election Day. Here's your guide to the initiatives and their statuses.
The short answer is no. Worse, if you work for a legal marijuana dispensary, you can still be convicted of a crime. If marijuana use is legal in your state, or if you have a legal prescription for ...
In 1977, it rose to 28% and experienced a period of gradual increase thereafter. According to the latest poll, two-thirds of Americans think marijuana use should be legal. [34] In addition, a report by Business Insider indicates that in 2022 alone, Americans spent an estimated $30 billion on legal marijuana products.
Marijuana sales are mostly cash-based, but rescheduling the drug will open the door to numerous legal and illegal cryptocurrency accounts and provide federal banking access to the new millions in ...
Drug decriminalization is in some ways an intermediate between prohibition and legalization, and has been criticized by Peter Lilley as being "the worst of both worlds", in that drug sales would still be illegal, thus perpetuating the problems associated with leaving production and distribution of drugs to the criminal underworld, while also ...