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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]
Now, cannabis has been fully legalized for recreational use in 24 states, three U.S. territories and Washington D.C., with most states having some sort of state nullification of federal cannabis laws. [32] In 1969, Gallup conducted a poll asking Americans whether "the use of marijuana should be legal" with only 12% at the time saying yes. [33]
When Carter recommended federal decriminalization, marijuana was illegal for all uses in every state. Today it is legal for medical use in 38 states , 24 of which also allow recreational use.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 passed by the House on March 6 contained language directing the Department of Justice to study state legalization and regulation, [14] [non-primary source needed] a provision of the failed 2023 PREPARE Act that Rep. Dave Joyce had called preparation for "the inevitable end to federal cannabis prohibition".
Weed legalization has become increasingly common in the U.S., despite the fact that marijuana is still illegal on a federal level. As of April 20, 20 states and the District of Columbia have ...
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday took an immense stride toward a more just and equitable drug policy, passing a long-awaited bill to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level and ...
It was the first time a federal bill to legalize cannabis had ever passed a congressional committee. [86] The MORE Act passed the full House of Representatives on December 4, 2020, by a vote of 228–164. [87] [88] It passed the House for a second time on April 1, 2022, by a vote of 220–204. [89]
Tuesday’s congressional hearings to discuss federal cannabis legalization included testimony from advocates such as Alabama Mayor Randall Woodfin, deputy director of NORML Paul Armentano and ...