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An amended bill was returned from bicameral conference committee on June 5. [35] [36] On June 13, the bill passed 14-10 in the New Hampshire Senate, then was tabled (killed) in the House. [37] [38] Around January 7, the Hawaii Attorney General released an over 300-page draft legalization bill to be considered by the state legislature. [39]
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
Although a proposal to reclassify marijuana would not make it legal, “it is a historic and meaningful change at the federal level that I think is going to give many state lawmakers a little less ...
On November 27, 2012, after voters in the states of CO and WA voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced a bill referred to as the 'Respect States and Citizens Rights Act' which aimed to amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude any state that has legalized marijuana (for medical OR recreational ...
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to partner with Republicans in Congress to address the federal treatment of marijuana, which would align federal law with state laws and establish a ...
Cultivating, distributing and possessing marijuana violates federal drug laws. However, the recreational use of cannabis has been legalized in 23 states, three U.S. territories, and D.C. so far.
The year 2023 began with several state efforts to legalize adult-use or medical cannabis, despite an apparently stalled federal effort to do so. [1] A cannabis industry executive predicted that at least two states would enact adult-use reform in 2023, with the most likely states to legalize being Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Ohio. [2]
The federal government first classified cannabis as a Schedule I drug back in 1970 with the Controlled Substances Act. For years, it sat alongside heroin on the same list under federal law.