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A ballot measure to legalize cannabis for medical use, the Nevada Medical Marijuana Act, passed with 59% of the vote in 1998. [2] It passed for a second time in 2000 with 65% of the vote. [3] The initiative was required to pass in two consecutive elections because it sought to amend the state constitution. [4]
2000: Hawaii becomes the first state to legalize medical cannabis through state legislature. [ 33 ] 2000: Nevada and Colorado legalize medical cannabis through ballot measure.
Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]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. [2]
In November 2016, the number of legal states doubled as four more states passed ballot measures to legalize cannabis: California, Nevada, Massachusetts, and Maine. [179] This included the nation's most populous state (California), while Massachusetts and Maine became the first eastern states to legalize.
Nevada regulators have issued the first license to operate a lounge where cannabis can be consumed recreationally, marking the first of what are expected to be dozens of such operations. The state ...
Cannabis regulatory agencies exist in several of the U.S. states and territories, the one federal district, and several areas under tribal sovereignty in the United States which have legalized cannabis. In November 2020, 19 state agencies formed the Cannabis Regulators Association.
Cannabis dispensaries, cultivators, laboratories and producers have paid more than $109 million in excise taxes and fees over the course of fiscal year 2019, breaking the $100 million mark for the ...
Which states have legal marijuana in 2024? Nearly half of the states in the US have legalized cannabis according to previous reporting by USA Today, though N.C. is not included.. Here's a list of ...