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Marijuana's status and classification under federal law hinders oversight and scientific research. States have implemented inconsistent standards and regulations, with only two states capping THC levels in most recreational marijuana products and just ten requiring warnings about the potential for habit formation.
In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [1]
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 ...
Easing federal marijuana restrictions is also a political issue that both parties hope to capitalize on ahead of next year's presidential election, as polls have indicated a majority of Americans ...
Nearly six in ten Americans say that marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational purposes, according to a Pew Research poll last month. Cannabis is legal in 24 states for recreational use.
1923: Iowa, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont ban marijuana. [14] 1927: New York, [14] Idaho, Kansas, Montana, and Nebraska ban marijuana. [15] 1931: Illinois bans marijuana. [16] 1931: Texas declares cannabis a narcotic, allowing up to life sentences for possession. [17] 1933: North Dakota and Oklahoma ban marijuana. [15] By this year, 29 states ...
In 2018, Wisconsin voters approved non-binding referendums to legalize medical or recreational marijuana. [145] In 2021, Governor Tony Evers included legal marijuana in his budget proposal. It was removed by Republican-controlled Legislature. [146] While possession remains illegal under state law, law enforcement has been lax in recent years.
However, dozens of Ohio governments will still ban recreational marijuana dispensaries despite the statewide legalization, according to Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law.