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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]
All jurisdictions that have legalized cannabis allow for its commercial sale, except Virginia and the District of Columbia. All allow for personal cultivation except Delaware, Illinois, New Jersey, and Washington state. At the federal level, cannabis remains prohibited for any use under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.
Other state and local governments ask law enforcement agencies to limit enforcement of drug laws with respect to cannabis. However, under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, federal law preempts conflicting state and local laws. In most cases, the absence of a state law does not present a preemption conflict with a federal law. [23]
Passed by California voters in 2016, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act allows adults 21 and older to legally grow, possess and use cannabis for recreational use. You can grow up to six plants at your ...
Amanita muscaria and its constituents are not scheduled substances, so they are legal for U.S. consumers to possess (except in Louisiana, which has banned the mushroom as part of a longstanding ...
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 ...
The social media post is part of"Real CA Cannabis," a $5-million taxpayer-funded campaign to promote California cannabis as safe, tested and "regulated by the state to protect consumers." In ...
Cannabis in California has been legal for medical use since 1996, and for recreational use since late 2016. The state of California has been at the forefront of efforts to liberalize cannabis laws in the United States , beginning in 1972 with the nation's first ballot initiative attempting to legalize cannabis ( Proposition 19 ).