The article reports on the legality of marijuana possession and use throughout the United States, focusing on the distinctions between state and federal law. Topics addressed include discussion of how federal government employees are banned from using marijuana even in states where it is legal, ...
The movement toward relaxing punishment on marijuana use took a new turn in October 2022, when President Joe Bidensaidhe would issue pardons to everyone convicted of the federal crime of simple marijuana possession, while calling for governors to make similar moves for convictions under state laws...
Those who voted on the legal fate of this plant never had the facts, but were dependent on information supplied by those who had a specific agenda to deceive lawmakers. You’ll see below that the very first federal vote to prohibit marijuana was based entirely on a documented lie on the ...
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Marijuana is still illegal at the federal level, hurting veterans who can't be prescribed medical pot at Veterans Affairs clinics, he said. They "come home with chronic pain and we're pushing them to opioids," Schweich said. "That's crazy. That's unpatriotic and it's a disgrace." ...
"Although medical and recreational marijuana may be legal in some U.S. states and Canada, the sale, possession, production and distribution of marijuana or the facilitation of the aforementioned remain illegal under U.S. federal law," the U.S. Customs and Border Protection service declared in ...
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...
to legalize adult-use marijuana and furthers a trend of more conservative states establishing legal markets. With Ohio, 53 percent of the U.S. population now live in a jurisdiction where anyone at least 21 years old can legally possess weed. More details: The new law allows adults over 21...
“The direct answer” to the question of whether marijuana is a gateway drug, said Susan Weiss, a research director at the federal National Institute on Drug Abuse, “is maybe.” Advertisement Marijuana is undoubtedly a gateway in one respect: Its use almost always precedes the use of...
Meanwhile, controversies erupted over restrictions on who could use recreational marijuana based on where they lived, and who would really stand to benefit financially from legal marijuana. Because marijuana remains illegal under federal law,its use is not permitted in public housing– and could cause...