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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]
2018: Vermont becomes the first state to legalize recreational cannabis through state legislature. Unlike all other states that had legalized recreational cannabis, however, no provision was made for commercial sale. [65] 2018: Indiana legalizes CBD for any use. [66] 2018: Kansas legalizes CBD for any use. [67]
Country/Territory Recreational Medical Notes Afghanistan Illegal Illegal Main article: Cannabis in Afghanistan Production banned by King Zahir Shah in 1973. Albania Illegal Legal Main article: Cannabis in Albania Prohibited but plants highly available throughout the country and law often unenforced. On 21 July 2023 the Albanian Parliament voted 69–23 to legalize medical cannabis. Algeria ...
Medical and recreational marijuana are illegal in the state. Initiative Measure 437 asks voters to consider a statute that would legalize the use, possession and acquisition of up to five ounces ...
An October 2022 survey from Pew Research found that 59% of adults support legalizing marijuana for both medical and recreational use while 30% support it solely for medical use.
Twenty-four states and D.C. have legalized adult recreational use. Kentucky’s governor signed a law this year legalizing medical marijuana, but it won’t go into effect until 2025.
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]
Ohio voters approved a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana — the 24th state to do so, in a push that’s expanding to more conservative territory.