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Cannabis in Alabama is illegal for recreational use. First-time possession of personal amounts is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in prison, a fine of up to $6000, and a mandatory six months driver's license suspension .
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]
2014: Alaska and Oregon legalize recreational cannabis through ballot measure. 2014: By the end of the year, 10 more states pass low-THC, high-CBD medical cannabis laws: Alabama, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Tennessee, Iowa, South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina, and Missouri. [55]
Taylor thought victory was in view in 2021 when Alabama overcame years of resistance in the Deep South and approved a medical cannabis program. Alabama approved a medical marijuana program in 2021 ...
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 ...
Marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. (Richard Vogel /) The bill passed with a simple majority, 228 to 164, with just 6 Democrats opposing it, and 5 votes approving on the ...
Observers noted that cannabis legalization was approved in states with both conservative and liberal electorates, making it one of the few issues to gain broad bipartisan support in an otherwise highly divisive election. [8] Vermont, which had previously legalized marijuana possession and home growing, legalized retail marijuana sales in 2020. [9]
The year 2022 began with several United States cannabis reform proposals pre-filed in 2021 for the upcoming year's legislative session. Among the remaining prohibitionist states, legalization of adult use in Delaware and Oklahoma was considered most likely, and Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island somewhat less likely; medical cannabis in Mississippi was called likely at the beginning ...