Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
Medical and recreational marijuana are already legal in the state. Question 4 asks voters about legislation that would allow the following: Possession, growing and use of "certain natural ...
Studies on decriminalization of marijuana in Portugal have indicated it to be a "huge success". [142] Drug use rates in Portugal were found to be dramatically lower than the United States with decriminalization enacted. [142] Teenage use of marijuana in the Netherlands where it is sold legally and openly is lower than in the United States. [143 ...
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 ...
So far, 19 states levy a "cannabis tax" for the sale of recreational weed. Between July 2021 and June 2022, 11 states collected up to $774 million in state cannabis taxes, the highest being ...
Recreational marijuana is legal in 24 states — just under half the country — while 20 have partially legalized it for medicinal purposes. A few states, like Nebraska and North Carolina, still ...
Notes: · Reflects laws of states and territories, including laws which have not yet gone into effect. Does not reflect federal, tribal, or local laws. · Map does not show state legality of hemp-derived cannabinoids such as CBD or delta-8-THC, which have been legal at federal level since enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill
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]