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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.
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 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 ...
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]
Legalizing marijuana in America and Canada is one of the greatest mistakes of all time," he told Time. In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first U.S. states to legalize marijuana for ...
A new study released by Health Affairs breaks down how medical marijuana has affected other medicine costs. Medicare prescription costs drop after medical marijuana legalized Skip to main content
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]
Legalizing and promoting the use of medical marijuana, I believe, is a mistake as well because it normalizes it and therefore promotes its use. Legalizing the recreational use of marijuana is a ...