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Cannabis trafficking, including sale, import, or cultivation for sale, is punishable by jail time. Legalized in Catalonia in 2017, [247] but that law was challenged by the state and declared unconstitutional. [248] Cultivation in private areas for own consumption is allowed if the plants cannot be seen from the street or other public spaces. [249]
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]
The bill was introduced in the United States Senate on July 21, 2022 as S.4591. [9] [10] In addition to decriminalizing cannabis at the federal level, the bill would expunge federal cannabis-related criminal records. It would add new funding for law enforcement to go after illegal marijuana operations. [9]
Republican support for the cannabis banking bill is dependent on language preventing a revival of the Obama-era "Operation Choke Point." How a cannabis bill stopped being about weed Skip to main ...
Assemblymember Matt Haney says the bill, which needs Senate approval before it heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom, would level the playing field for the highly taxed and regulated legal weed industry.
A cannabis banking bill cleared a Senate committee for the first time ever on Wednesday morning. The Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act provides a safe harbor for legal ...
Was the Department of Health Division of Medical Marijuana and Integrative Therapy until October 1, 2020; [6] medical cannabis only – there is no regulatory agency for other use. [a] Puerto Rico Medical Cannabis Regulatory Board (a division of the Puerto Rico Department of Health). The Board was created in 2017 under the MEDICINAL Act of 2017 ...
[82] [83] The bill, which seeks to improve access to banks for cannabis businesses, is the first standalone cannabis reform bill approved by either chamber of Congress. [ 84 ] On November 20, 2019, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act passed the House Judiciary Committee by a 24–10 vote. [ 85 ]