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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 ...
August 1, 2013: Gov. Pat Quinn signed bill legalizing medical marijuana effective January 1, 2014. [71] May 31, 2019: the General Assembly passed the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act to legalize recreational marijuana use beginning January 1, 2020, allowing adults age 21 and over to possess up to 30 g (1.1 oz). [72]
Introduced in the Senate as S. 4226 by Cory Booker on May 1, 2024. The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (S.4226 in the 118th Congress) is a proposed bill in the United States Congress to recognize legalization of cannabis by the states. The authors are Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Cory Booker, and Senator Ron Wyden.
The crowd cheers as Indiana Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer McCormick speaks during a town hall at UA Local 136 in Evansville, Ind., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.
Ohio voters' decision to legalize recreational marijuana has once again surfaced the topic in Indiana, and it could be an issue in Hoosiers' election of a new governor in 2024.. Legalization is ...
Indiana's legislative leaders, with whom the power to change the state's marijuana laws lie, are talking about this change at the federal level, even if they didn't assign the topic to an interim ...
The year 2022 began with several United States cannabis reform proposals pre-filed in 2021 for the upcoming year's legislative session. Among the remaining prohibitionist states, legalization of adult use in Delaware and Oklahoma was considered most likely, and Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island somewhat less likely; medical cannabis in Mississippi was called likely at the beginning ...
In 2016, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act was voted into law, legalizing recreational consumption for those over 21 in the state. In 2017, Senate Bill 94 was signed by the California Governor integrating the previous state medical marijuana regulations and the adult use regulations of the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) (Proposition 64) to ...