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A motorist drives near AYR Cannabis Dispensary in Panama City, Florida on Oct. 24, 2024. Marijuana ballot measure Amendment 3 will be voted upon on Nov. 5.
Even the New York Times editorial board, which acknowledged marijuana's medical potential, thought the Clinton administration had "little choice but to insist that Federal drug statutes be enforced."
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]
Nearly six in ten Americans say that marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational purposes, according to a Pew Research poll last month. Cannabis is legal in 24 states for recreational use.
USA Today. Lange, Tony (April 20, 2024), "Federal Cannabis Legalization and Reform: Where Are We in 2024?", Cannabis Business Times; David A. Lieb (May 4, 2024). "As the US moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, could more states legalize it?". Associated Press News.
The year 2023 began with several state efforts to legalize adult-use or medical cannabis, despite an apparently stalled federal effort to do so. [1] A cannabis industry executive predicted that at least two states would enact adult-use reform in 2023, with the most likely states to legalize being Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Ohio. [2]
The Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program — which regulates the legal cultivation, production, sale and use of medical marijuana products — is set to officially start Jan. 1, 2025.. But before ...
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 ...