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In 2017, South Carolina re-legalized the growing of industrial hemp, under the auspices of the federal 2014 Farm Bill. The new legislation permits up to 20 cultivators to hold state licenses for 20 acres (8.1 ha) each, expanding to 50 licenses and 50 acres (20 ha) for 2018. [2]
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]
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]
In 2021, marijuana was legalized for medical use in Cherokee, a sovereign nation located on the Qualla Boundary with its own elections, laws, government, and self-governed and autonomous institutions.
Senate Bill 375, creating a legal adult-use market under the Hawaiʻi Cannabis Authority, was approved by its first committee on February 16. [45] Senate Bill 669, legalization of possession for adult use, was introduced in February. [46] South Carolina H 3561 to decriminalize cannabis was introduced on January 10. [47]
Amendment 3 would allow non-medical marijuana use and would remove criminal or civil penalties for adults over 21 who possess and use up to three ounces of pot for personal use.
State senators took another stab at legalizing medical marijuana in NC, this time by adding new language to a bill that would regulate hemp and ban these other drugs.
In 2018, U.S. states proposed or are expected to propose cannabis reform legislation for medical marijuana and non-medical adult use. State-level legalization remains at odds with cannabis' status as a Schedule I narcotic under the Controlled Substances Act at the Federal level, and the Cannabis policy of the Donald Trump administration appeared to become more hostile than that of the previous ...