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Between 2010 and 2015, the total number of marijuana-distribution arrests made by all police agencies in DC (the Metropolitan Police Department, Metro Transit Police Department, and federal agencies such as the U.S. Park Police and U.S. Capitol Police), declined by 80%. The number of arrests for marijuana distribution and marijuana possession ...
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]
Ultimately the medical use provision was ineffective, however, due to language that created significant conflict with federal law (use of the word "prescribe" instead of "recommend"). [2] In 1998, medical cannabis initiatives were voted on in the states of Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Nevada – all of which passed. [16]
While marijuana is illegal federally, the 50 states and D.C. have different laws on medical or recreational use.
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that he would support Washington, D.C., taxing and regulating legalized marijuana. Comer told reporters he ...
Arizona also passes a medical cannabis ballot measure, but it is rendered ineffective on a technicality. [30] 1998: Oregon, Alaska, and Washington all legalize medical cannabis through ballot measure. [31] Nevada also passes a medical cannabis initiative, but it requires second approval in 2000 to become law, as per the state constitution. [32]
In 1998, Georgia Congressman Bob Barr successfully blocked implementation of Initiative 59 [3] – the "Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1998" – which would have legalized medical marijuana in Washington, D.C. [4] The "Barr Amendment" to the 1999 Omnibus spending bill not only blocked implementation of Initiative 59, but also prohibited the vote tally from even ...
On December 17, 2009, Rev. Bryan A. Krumm, CNP, filed a rescheduling petition for Cannabis with the DEA arguing that "because marijuana does not have the abuse potential for placement in Schedule I of the CSA, and because marijuana now has accepted medical use in 13 states, and because the DEA's own Administrative Law Judge has already ...