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On November 27, 2012, after voters in the states of CO and WA voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced a bill referred to as the 'Respect States and Citizens Rights Act' which aimed to amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude any state that has legalized marijuana (for medical OR recreational ...
No changes are expected to the medical marijuana programs now licensed in 38 states or the legal recreational cannabis markets in 23 states, but it's unlikely they would meet the federal ...
A "yes" vote on the amendment supports recreational marijuana legalization for people who are 21 and older, while a "no" vote favors keeping in place the system that makes marijuana only available ...
The move has been welcomed by some as a long-overdue reform, but the effects of reclassifying marijuana are not clear, and could end up meaning more regulation rather than less.
The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act is a series of federal marijuana decriminalization bills that have been introduced multiple times in the United States Congress. The bills propose to legalize and end the prohibition of marijuana at the federal level by amending the United States Code (removing Marijuana from the Controlled ...
The Drug Enforcement Administration initiated a 2024 policy review to potentially reschedule marijuana as a Schedule III drug, amounting to "the agency's biggest policy change in more than 50 years". [4] Some hiring and retention policies in federal employment and the armed forces evolved during 2024.
Marijuana’s reclassification initiative reflects that the clear majority of Americans want legalized marijuana, for better or for worse. Similarly, Prohibition ended because of the public’s ...
A 2024 Pew Foundation report found that 88 percent of Americans favor legalization for either medical or adult recreational use. Fifty-seven percent favor both. Recreational marijuana is legal in ...