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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]
The resolution urged the state Democratic Party to "support Democratic candidates and policies which promote the full repeal of cannabis prohibition by its removal from the Controlled Substances Act, and to support the creation of new laws which regulate it in a manner similar to other culturally accepted commodities". [11]
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment passed by a vote of 53%–47% as an amendment to the state constitution. [15] It allows patients who obtain a doctor's recommendation to possess up to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 ounces (71 g) of cannabis for treatment of any of 12 qualifying medical conditions. [ 15 ]
The Ark. Medical Marijuana Amendment is an amendment to the state's constitution that officially legalizes the distribution and possession of medical pot. Is it now legal to smoke weed in Arkansas?
The first state to effectively legalize medical cannabis was California in 1996, when voters approved Proposition 215 by a 56–44 margin. Several states followed with successful ballot initiatives in 1998, and in 2000 Hawaii became the first to legalize through an act of state legislature. [3]
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reports that, as of May 15, 2022, there were 712,421 patients and 37,221 caregivers registered in the state’s medical marijuana program. The state’s ...
2015: Louisiana legislators pass a limited medical cannabis law. [57] [58] 2015: During the year, five more states pass low-THC, high-CBD medical cannabis laws: Virginia, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming. [55] 2016: Pennsylvania legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. [59] 2016: Ohio legalizes medical cannabis through state ...
The legislation advancing in the Senate would make sweeping changes to the state’s 7-year-old medical marijuana program.