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The Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative, also known as Amendment 2, was approved by voters in the Tuesday, November 8, 2016, general election in the State of Florida. The bill required a super-majority vote to pass, with at least 60% of voters voting for support of a state constitutional amendment. [ 2 ]
2016: Pennsylvania legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. [59] 2016: Ohio legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. [60] 2016: Illinois decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. [61] 2016: California, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts approve ballot measures to legalize recreational cannabis.
In 2016, a second attempt was made to pass a constitutional amendment to legalize medical cannabis in Florida. Appearing on the ballot as Amendment 2, the initiative was approved on November 8, 2016, with 71.3% of the vote. [17]
In additional to the presidential election, U.S. voters went to the polls to decide on a number of statewide issues, including marijuana legalization.
By 2016, legalization of medical cannabis had spread to a majority of states. At the federal level, cannabis remains a prohibited substance by way of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970. Under the CSA, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) classifies cannabis as a Schedule I drug, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no ...
Going forward, Democrats will 'encourage the federal government to remove marijuana from its list as a Class 1 Federal Controlled Substance.' Democrats announce marijuana reform as part of 2016 ...
A new study released by Health Affairs breaks down how medical marijuana has affected other medicine costs.
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]