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In 2019, the US gained a total of 1.7 billion dollars in tax revenue due to the legalization of marijuana. In 2021, that number more than doubled to 3.7 billion dollars. [14] The increase in tax revenue being a driving factor in the legalization of marijuana is similar to the effects of the repeal of prohibition.
The tally for medical weed is even higher, at 38. Speaking of medical product, the one bright spot in the 2024 election is that, of the two votes that passed in Nebraska, one legalized medical ...
Country/Territory Recreational Medical Notes Afghanistan Illegal Illegal Main article: Cannabis in Afghanistan Production banned by King Zahir Shah in 1973. Albania Illegal Legal Main article: Cannabis in Albania Prohibited but plants highly available throughout the country and law often unenforced. On 21 July 2023 the Albanian Parliament voted 69–23 to legalize medical cannabis. Algeria ...
The following year, efforts on cannabis reform were more successful, with the Tribal Council passing a resolution instructing the tribal attorney general to draft legislation legalizing medical cannabis. [5] A new feasibility study was approved in 2019, analyzing the pros and cons of medical cannabis legalization. [6]
Marijuana is currently legal in 25 U.S. states, and federally legal in Canada. Other countries, including Mexico, South Africa, and Germany, have legalized marijuana in the last decade.
In the 1970s, marijuana typically contained less than 2% THC, today it routinely contains from 20 to 25%. This has caused a significant increase in marijuana-related problems.
The DEA argues "Legalization has been tried before—and failed miserably. Alaska's experiment with legalization in the 1970s led to the state's teens using marijuana at more than twice the rate of other youths nationally. This led Alaska's residents to vote to re-criminalize marijuana in 1990." [32]
A strong majority of Americans support the legalization of cannabis. An October 2022 survey from Pew Research found that 59% of adults support legalizing marijuana for both medical and ...