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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]
2014: Utah becomes the first state to pass a low-THC, high-CBD medical cannabis law. [50] These laws allow low-THC cannabis oil to be used for treatment of certain medical conditions (mostly seizure disorders) with a doctor's recommendation. 2014: Maryland legislators decriminalize cannabis and approve a comprehensive medical cannabis law ...
In 2000, Hawaiian governor Ben Cayetano signed into law Act 228, allowing medical marijuana cardholders to grow their own cannabis or appoint a caretaker to do so. In signing the law, Hawaii became the 8th state to legalize medical cannabis and the first to do so through an act of state legislature.
Experts say effects of reclassifying marijuana would be felt mostly outside of California, which is one of 24 states where weed is legal for recreational use and one of 38 where it is legal for ...
During the early 1970s legislative efforts to reform cannabis laws began to materialize. Among these was a 1972 ballot measure seeking to legalize cannabis in California, spearheaded by the group Amorphia. [21] Proposition 19 – the California Marijuana Initiative – ultimately failed with 33% of the vote. [12]
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The new marijuana law goes into effect Jan. 1. ... What new California cannabis law says. Hanh Truong. January 2, 2024 at 8:00 AM ... employers still have the right to “maintain a drug- and ...
The first state to effectively legalize medical cannabis was California in 1996, when voters approved Proposition 215 by a 56–44 margin. Several states followed with successful ballot initiatives in 1998, and in 2000 Hawaii became the first to legalize through an act of state legislature. [3]