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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]
2022: Rhode Island legalizes recreational cannabis through state legislature. [87] 2022: Maryland and Missouri voters approve ballot measures to legalize recreational cannabis. [88] 2023: Kentucky legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. [89] 2023: Delaware legalizes recreational cannabis through state legislature. [90]
Now, cannabis has been fully legalized for recreational use in 24 states, three U.S. territories and Washington D.C., with most states having some sort of state nullification of federal cannabis laws. [32] In 1969, Gallup conducted a poll asking Americans whether "the use of marijuana should be legal" with only 12% at the time saying yes. [33]
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 ...
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 ...
Colorado and Washington were the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational use — but more states have joined.
The NAACP has been strong supporters of the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act – H.R. 1523 and has reached out to members of congress to get this act passed. [160] This act is designed to decrease penalties for low-level marijuana possession and supports prohibiting federal enforcement of marijuana laws in states which have lesser penalties. [161]
Nebraska: Initiative Measures 437 and 438. Two initiatives related to medical marijuana are on the Nebraska ballot. Currently, both medical and recreational marijuana are illegal in the state.