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Marijuana and Drug Policy on the Ballot. Five states will vote on ballot measures that would legalize certain drugs for recreational or medical use. Most of these would legalize recreational ...
Voters in three states will decide whether to legalize recreational use. Earlier this year, Pew reported that 88% of U.S. adults said marijuana should be legal for medical or recreational use.
1:10. Election Day is Tuesday and in four states, voters will have the opportunity to cast their thoughts on the future of marijuana legislation. Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Florida ...
The movement to legalize recreational marijuana has run into a wall of resistance, failing in all three states where it was on the ballot this year and leading proponents to weigh a tactical shift focused more on state legislatures and the federal government.. Over the past dozen years, the number of states legalizing marijuana use by adults rose rapidly from zero to 24, even as it remains ...
Are you wondering what the marijuana laws are in your state? This marijuana legalization map clearly defines the laws in each state and remains up-to-date with the latest changes on a monthly basis.
Nearly six-in-ten Americans (57%) say that marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational purposes, while roughly a third (32%) say that marijuana should be legal for medical use only. Just 11% of Americans say that the drug should not be legal at all.
Although the use and possession of cannabis is illegal under federal law, medicinal and recreational cannabis use has become increasingly widespread. Thirty-eight states and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical cannabis, while 23 states and D.C. have legalized recreational use.
WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Friday that would legalize marijuana nationwide, eliminating criminal penalties for anyone who manufactures, distributes or possesses the substance....
Senate Democrats reintroduced broad legislation on Wednesday to legalize cannabis on the federal level, a major policy shift with wide public support, but it is unlikely to be enacted this year...
Nearly two-thirds of conservative and moderate Democrats (63%) say marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use. An overwhelming majority of liberal Democrats (84%) say the same. There also are racial and ethnic differences in views of legalizing marijuana.