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November 1996: first state to legalize medical marijuana when Proposition 215 was approved by 56% of voters. [31] November 2016: Proposition 64 passed by 57% to 43%, legalizing sale and distribution, effective January 1, 2018. [32] Colorado: Legal to possess up to 2 oz (57 g) [33] Legal to possess up to 2 oz (57 g)
The legal history of cannabis in the United States began with state-level prohibition in the early 20th century, with the first major federal limitations occurring in 1937. Starting with Oregon in 1973, individual states began to liberalize cannabis laws through decriminalization. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical ...
In the United States, increased restrictions and labeling of cannabis (legal term marijuana or marihuana) as a poison began in many states from 1906 onward, and outright prohibitions began in the 1920s. By the mid-1930s cannabis was regulated as a drug in every state, including 35 states that adopted the Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act. [1]
Marijuana may remain illegal federally, but in most states, it’s accessible for adult medical or recreational use. On November 7, voters in Ohio made it the 24th state to approve legal ...
Several states followed with successful ballot initiatives in 1998, and in 2000 Hawaii became the first to legalize through an act of state legislature. [3] By 2016, legalization of medical cannabis had spread to a majority of states. At the federal level, cannabis remains a prohibited substance by way of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of ...
The Cole memo, issued by former Deputy Attorney General James Cole in 2013, urged federal prosecutors to refrain from targeting state-legal marijuana operations. [21] Regarding the medical use of cannabis, the Rohrabacher–Farr amendment still remains in effect to protect state-legal medical cannabis activities from enforcement of federal law.
Gettman's study, Marijuana Production in the United States, shows that Massachusetts ranks 44th marijuana cultivation by state, producing 12,700 lbs. of marijuana worth $20 million, though this statistic was realized prior to the legalization of recreational marijuana and the large-scale commercial grow operations that supply the substantial ...
Cannabis in Virginia is legal for medical use and recreational use. The first medical marijuana dispensary opened in August 2020, [1] and adult recreational use became legalized in July 2021. [2][3] In April 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam approved a bill to decriminalize simple marijuana possession, which took effect July 2020.