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Notes: · Reflects laws of states and territories, including laws which have not yet gone into effect. Does not reflect federal, tribal, or local laws. · Map does not show state legality of hemp-derived cannabinoids such as CBD or delta-8-THC, which have been legal at federal level since enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill
July 23, 2013: medical marijuana legalized when Governor Maggie Hassan signed HB 573. [122] [123] July 11, 2015: Governor Hassan expanded medical marijuana law. [124] July 18, 2017: Governor Chris Sununu signed bill decriminalizing up to 0.75 oz (21 g). [125] New Jersey: Legal to possess up to 6 oz (170 g). [126] Licensed delivery services ...
Observers noted that cannabis legalization was approved in states with both conservative and liberal electorates, making it one of the few issues to gain broad bipartisan support in an otherwise highly divisive election. [8] Vermont, which had previously legalized marijuana possession and home growing, legalized retail marijuana sales in 2020. [9]
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The NAACP has been strong supporters of the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act – H.R. 1523 and has reached out to members of congress to get this act passed. [160] This act is designed to decrease penalties for low-level marijuana possession and supports prohibiting federal enforcement of marijuana laws in states which have lesser penalties. [161]
Currently, medical marijuana is legal in the state. Initiated Measure 5 asks voters to consider a new chapter of legislation that would allow the following: Production, processing and sale of ...
Colorado legalized pot in 2012, and in 2021 the state raked in more than $400 million in tax revenue — with that money going to public schools, health care, and substance abuse prevention and ...
In November 2016, the number of legal states doubled as four more states passed ballot measures to legalize cannabis: California, Nevada, Massachusetts, and Maine. [180] This included the nation's most populous state (California), while Massachusetts and Maine became the first eastern states to legalize.