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Proposition 19 – the California Marijuana Initiative – sought to legalize the use, possession, and cultivation of cannabis, but did not allow for commercial sale. [144] It was ultimately defeated by a wide margin (33–67%), [ 145 ] but supporters were encouraged by the results, [ 146 ] which provided momentum to other reform efforts in ...
1977: Gallup reported 28% support for the legalization of cannabis, a number that would not be surpassed until 2000. [157] 2011: Gallup reported 50% support for legalizing cannabis. [159] 2013: Pew Research reported 52% [160] and Gallup 58% [161] in support of legalizing cannabis. In both polls, a majority of respondents supported legalization ...
Cannabis began to attract renewed interest as medicine in the 1970s and 1980s, in particular due to its use by cancer and AIDS patients who reported relief from the effects of chemotherapy and wasting syndrome. [73] In 1996, California became the first U.S. state to legalize medical cannabis in defiance of federal law. [74]
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.
2015: Spain decriminalized cannabis cultivation up to 10 cannabis plants for personal use. [92] 2016: Austria decriminalized possession of small amounts of cannabis. [93] 2016: North Macedonia legalized cannabis for medical use.. [94] 2016: Australia legalized cannabis for medical use. [95] 2016: Poland legalized cannabis for medical use. [96]
A bill to decriminalize marijuana passed a chamber of Congress for the first time ever Friday, as Democrats and a handful of Republicans embraced the growing popularity of legal weed and sought to ...
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 ...
Marijuana plants for the adult recreational market are are seen in a greenhouse at Hepworth Farms in Milton, N.Y., July 15, 2022. New York has issued the first 36 cannabis dispensary licenses on ...