The worldview on cannabis shifts on a seemingly daily basis. While some countries pursue legislation to legalize, at least for medicinal use, others remain firm that marijuana and any associated products should remain illegal. While there is a growing list of places where cannabis is legal, each...
Alabama still lacks recreational cannabis legalization. In Alabama, having any amount of cannabis in your possession is illegal and can result in up to a year in jail and a $6,000 fine. Even if you possess a medical marijuana card from another state, it is still unlawful to transfer cannab...
In Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina and Wyoming, marijuana and all cannabis products are illegal, and weed is not decriminalized. What other countries have legalized weed? Marijuana is legal in several countries, including Canada, Germany, Mexico, South Africa and Thailand....
Where is cannabis legal in the world? Get the laws about medical marijuana for your country and/or state, as well as laws about recreational cannabis.
At the federal level, cannabis is still considered an illegal substance in the United States. That said, individual states do have the right to determine their laws around cannabis sales and usage. Currently, cannabis is allowed in 24 states, 3 territories, and the District of Columbia. Interes...
Twenty-three other states, Washington, D.C., and Guam would act to legalize the drug in the next 11 years as public support for legalization rose rapidly – despite marijuana being illegal at the federal level. Some strains of the cannabis plant – often called marijuana or weed – contai...
Mexico Rules Consumption and Cultivation of Cannabis is a Fundamental Human Right - Waking Timeslegalize it
In New York, people who were once imprisoned for marijuana crimes received preference for licenses to sell cannabis; Gov. Kathy Hochul last year also created a statewide task force to examine whether reparations can be made to address the legacy of racial injustice. Some Native nations have been...
California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana in defiance of federal law in 1996. Two years later, Washington State and Oregon followed suit. Today, there are 33 U.S. states where medical cannabis is legal and feature comprehensive public medical marijuana programs in their books...
industry is waning,” said Nikolas Komyati, a principal at the law firm Bressler Amery and Ross in New Jersey, and the practice area leader for Bressler’s Cannabis Law Practice Group. “That said, you still are in an industry which is legal under state law but illegal under federal law...