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Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
Cannabis in California has been legal for medical use since 1996, and for recreational use since late 2016. The state of California has been at the forefront of efforts to liberalize cannabis laws in the United States, beginning in 1972 with the nation's first ballot initiative attempting to legalize cannabis (Proposition 19).
1973: Oregon becomes the first state to decriminalize cannabis – reducing the penalty for up to one ounce to a $100 fine. [21] 1975: Alaska, Maine, Colorado, California, and Ohio decriminalize cannabis. [21] 1975: Alaska's Supreme Court establishes that the right to privacy includes possession of small amounts of marijuana. [22]
Since California voters legalized recreational marijuana use for adults in 2016 and state-licensed retailers could legally open their doors at the beginning of 2018, the cannabis industry has ...
Read more:Contaminated weed in you. Arizona State University toxicologist Max Leung, who was part of the state team that in 2017 advised California cannabis regulators on pesticide risks, said the ...
California voters legalized recreational adult use of cannabis in November 2016, and the first legal retailer of weed in Fresno County opened its doors in the western outpost of Coalinga in the ...
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 ...
There are 24 states in the U.S. with laws legalizing recreational marijuana. Here’s what you need to know about what you can and cannot do with pot.