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In Colorado, cannabis has been legal for medical use since 2000 and for recreational use since late 2012. On November 7, 2000, 54% of Colorado voters approved Amendment 20, which amended the State Constitution to allow the use of marijuana in the state for approved patients with written medical consent. Under this law, patients may possess up ...
Cannabis dispensary in Denver, Colorado. The policies took effect when the Governor ratified the ballots, which was to happen within 30 days of the election. [34] Governor John Hickenlooper officially added the law to his state's constitution on Monday December 10, 2012 making the private consumption of marijuana legal in Colorado.
A 2010 report predicted that full marijuana legalization could save the United States more than $13 billion a year, with $8 billion of that amount resulting from no longer having to enforce prohibition. [12] The legalization of marijuana may create new job opportunities. The current industry supports nearly 430,000 full-time jobs, however it is ...
The rising numbers of adverse effects occurring in the wake of legislative reform of marijuana are disturbing. But they are not surprising. ... Colorado and Washington voted to legalize the ...
Johnson said THC levels really started to take off after marijuana became legal for recreational use in Colorado in 2014. Since then, 24 states, two territories and Washington, D.C. have legalized ...
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 ...
A February 2021 study published in the Journal of Studies of Alcohol and Drugs concluded that increases in marijuana use among California youth were attributed to legalization and that these ...
The legal history of cannabis in the United States began with state-level prohibition in the early 20th century, with the first major federal limitations occurring in 1937. Starting with Oregon in 1973, individual states began to liberalize cannabis laws through decriminalization. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical ...