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Marijuana impacts young people's mental development, their ability to concentrate in school, and their motivation and initiative to reach goals. And marijuana affects people of all ages: Harvard University researchers report that the risk of a heart attack is five times higher than usual in the hour after smoking marijuana.
Now, cannabis has been fully legalized for recreational use in 24 states, three U.S. territories and Washington D.C., with most states having some sort of state nullification of federal cannabis laws. [32] In 1969, Gallup conducted a poll asking Americans whether "the use of marijuana should be legal" with only 12% at the time saying yes. [33]
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 data shows increases in support for marijuana legalization across the board — across age, race, gender and political demographics. More Americans than ever before favor outright marijuana ...
Plus, if young people do get their hands on marijuana, if it is legal, it will be tested, free of dangerous additives and correctly labeled for dosage. Legalization is safer for our kids.
In the event marijuana is fully legalized — the commonwealth already has a medical program — the crime would no longer exist; neither, they said, should past records and current sentences.
2012: medical marijuana legalized when Question 3 passed by 60%. [100] [101] 2016: legalized recreational marijuana when Question 4 passed by 54%. [102] Michigan: Legal to possess up to 2.5 oz (71 g) in public or 10 oz (280 g) at home Legal to possess up to 2.5 oz (71 g) Legal for recreational use up to an amount of 12 plants per household. [103
President Joe Biden’s pardon of some marijuana-related crimes applies only to federal cases, leaving a messy patchwork of state laws. Is pot legal now? Why marijuana is both legal and illegal in ...