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On September 3, 2020, Wolf and Fetterman held a press conference to reiterate their call for the legislature to take up a cannabis legalization bill. [25] [26] Wolf stated: "Now more than ever, especially right in the middle of a pandemic, we have a desperate need for the economic boost that the legalization of cannabis could provide."
On December 4, 2020, the House of Representatives voted 228–164 to approve the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, the first time that either chamber of Congress had voted to legalize cannabis at the federal level. [188]
1977: Gallup reported 28% support for the legalization of cannabis, a number that would not be surpassed until 2000. [157] 2011: Gallup reported 50% support for legalizing cannabis. [159] 2013: Pew Research reported 52% [160] and Gallup 58% [161] in support of legalizing cannabis. In both polls, a majority of respondents supported legalization ...
[29] As cannabis prohibition continued into the 21st Century, the U.S. Marijuana Party was formed in 2002 as a single-issue party to end the war on drugs and to legalize cannabis. [30] States have also begun to engage in the process of nullification to override federal laws pertaining to cannabis.
Marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. (Richard Vogel /) The bill passed with a simple majority, 228 to 164, with just 6 Democrats opposing it, and 5 votes approving on the ...
Legalizing marijuana in America and Canada is one of the greatest mistakes of all time," he told Time. In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first U.S. states to legalize marijuana for ...
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]
Packaging for a marijuana cigarette sits on top of dried cannabis flowers on April 30, 2024 in San Anselmo, Calif. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced plans to reclassify marijuana ...