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July 14, 2014: medical marijuana legalized when Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation allowing edibles, oils, pills, and vaporization, but not smoking. [ 144 ] [ 145 ] June 20, 2019: full decriminalization bill passed legislature and signed into law by Governor Cuomo.
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 ...
In the United States, the use of cannabis for medical purposes is legal in 38 states, four out of five permanently inhabited U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia, as of March 2023. [1] Ten other states have more restrictive laws limiting THC content, for the purpose of allowing access to products that are rich in cannabidiol (CBD), a ...
The Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program — which regulates the legal cultivation, production, sale and use of medical marijuana products — is set to officially start Jan. 1, 2025.. But before ...
Missourians over the age of 21 may make and consume marijuana-infused edibles at home. Only licensed dispensaries can sell them commercially.
Arizona also passes a medical cannabis ballot measure, but it is rendered ineffective on a technicality. [29] 1998: Oregon, Alaska, and Washington all legalize medical cannabis through ballot measure. [30] Nevada also passes a medical cannabis initiative, but it requires second approval in 2000 to become law, as per the state constitution. [31]
Florida voters had the chance to make recreational marijuana legal for adults, but although the amendment received a majority of the votes (55.9% in the unofficial results) it failed to meet the ...
The Cole memo, issued by former Deputy Attorney General James Cole in 2013, urged federal prosecutors to refrain from targeting state-legal marijuana operations. [21] Regarding the medical use of cannabis, the Rohrabacher–Farr amendment still remains in effect to protect state-legal medical cannabis activities from enforcement of federal law.