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Country/Territory Recreational Medical Notes Afghanistan Illegal Illegal Main article: Cannabis in Afghanistan Production banned by King Zahir Shah in 1973. Albania Illegal Legal Main article: Cannabis in Albania Prohibited but plants highly available throughout the country and law often unenforced. On 21 July 2023 the Albanian Parliament voted 69–23 to legalize medical cannabis. Algeria ...
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]
As defined by US federal law, non-psychoactive hemp (also commonly termed "industrial hemp"), regardless of its CBD content, is any part of the cannabis plant, whether growing or not, containing a ∆ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of no more than 0.3% on a dry-weight basis. [45]
CBD, short for cannabidiol, is derived directly from the hemp plant, which a report from Harvard University calls, "a cousin of marijuana." The compound does not cause a "high" effect, unlike THC ...
The FDA has thus not approved CBD for any other medical use; however, the 2018 farm bill legalized CBD extracted from hemp (less than 0.3% THC) at the federal level. [197] The legality of CBD products also varies by state, and in some jurisdictions prohibition is not strictly enforced. [198] [199]
CBD is legal in Japan and been sold in the country since 2013, [21] with CBD-infused products such as oils, cosmetics, and foodstuffs being readily available at both specialty shops and major retailers. [21] [43] The value of the CBD food market in Japan was an estimated US$10-18 million in 2020, representing an increase of 171 percent from ...
Culture has dubbed CBD oil a miracle — you can now find it in lattes, food and creams — but is it effective? And is it legal? Scientists answer whether the popular CBD oil trend is legitimate ...
Legal status by country As of 2022, Uruguay and Canada are the only countries that have fully legalized the cultivation, consumption and bartering of recreational cannabis nationwide. [ 270 ] [ 271 ] In the United States , 24 states, 3 territories, and the District of Columbia have legalized the recreational use of cannabis – though the drug ...