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The Adult Use of Marijuana Act went into effect on January 1, 2018. [21] Adults 21 and over in California may now possess up to one ounce of dried marijuana or eight ounces of concentrated cannabis and can grow up to six marijuana plants for personal use subject to certain restrictions. [22]
"The California cannabis industry needs that right now," said Amy Jenkins, legislative advocate for the California Cannabis Industry Assn. "The industry has a significant number of challenges with ...
California prohibits the export of marijuana to other states since with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration considers it a Schedule I drug. [13] [14] California grows up to five times more than its residents consume by some accounts. Others have estimated that 80% of the crop is shipped out of state.
Looking ahead, on the back of official recommendations, the public overwhelmingly favors legalization and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is considering the reclassification of marijuana ...
While marijuana has been decriminalized throughout many states in the US, it remains a Schedule I drug as of October 2024. However, on January 12, 2024, the FDA announced its recommendation that marijuana be moved to a Schedule III drug, which is a much less strictly-regulated category and would acknowledge its potential for medical use. [67]
In a three-county region of Northern California known as the "Emerald Triangle," the opposite effect has happened as marijuana legalization has spread across the U.S., and it's threatening the ...
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]
The Justice Department on Thursday formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy. A proposed rule sent to the federal ...