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In 2014, Governor Shumlin stated his support for a tax-and-regulate system for cannabis. [6] A Rand Corporation study commissioned by the state in May 2014 and released in January 2015 stated that Vermont could gain $20 million and $75 million a year in tax revenue, but noted too that these sums would be vulnerable to either federal interference, or market competition if a neighboring state ...
The law made possession a civil violation with a penalty of $25, lower than most city parking tickets. 2014, D.C. voted by ballot Initiative 71 to legalize recreational marijuana possession, cultivation, and transportation; commercial production and sale prohibited. The law went into effect February 26, 2015, following 30 days of congressional ...
1913: California, Maine, Wyoming, and Indiana ban marijuana. [15] 1915: Utah and Vermont ban marijuana. [15] 1917: Colorado legislators make the use and cultivation of cannabis a misdemeanor. 1923: Iowa, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont ban marijuana. [15] 1927: New York, [15] Idaho, Kansas, Montana, and Nebraska ban marijuana. [16]
Vermont is the first state to take this step by an act of the legislature, rather than as a ballot initiative. Vermont becomes ninth state to legalize marijuana Skip to main content
A Vermont man who was fired from his job after he said a random drug test showed he used medical marijuana while off duty for chronic pain has lost his appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court over ...
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 ...
These laws impose mandatory driver's license suspensions of at least six months for committing any type of drug offense, regardless of whether any motor vehicle was involved in the offense (thus the nickname "Smoke a joint, lose your license" laws, also referred to as "Possess a joint, lose your license" laws). [84]
Minnesota's legal marijuana laws enacted last year go far beyond licensing growers and sellers. They apply to every business because of new rules on who can test for marijuana and when. With a few ...