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legal history of cannabis in the United States In the United States, increased restrictions and labeling of cannabis (legal term ''marijuana'' or ''marihuana'') as a poison began in many states from 1906 onward, and outright prohibitions began in the 1920s. By the mid-1930s cannabis was regu ...

began with state-level prohibition in the early 20th century, with the first major federal limitations occurring in 1937. Starting with

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in 1973, individual states began to liberalize cannabis laws through

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. In 1996,

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became the first state to legalize medical cannabis, sparking a trend that spread to a majority of states by 2016. In 2012,

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and

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became the first states to legalize

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for

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Federal

* 1937: The

Marihuana Tax Act The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, , was a United States Act that placed a tax on the sale of cannabis. The H.R. 6385 act was drafted by Harry Anslinger and introduced by Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, on April 14, 1937. The Seventy-fift ...

is enacted, effectively prohibiting cannabis at the federal level. Although medical use is still permitted, new fees and regulatory requirements significantly curtail its use. * 1969: The Marihuana Tax Act is struck down in the case '' Leary v. United States''. The Supreme Court rules that the act violates the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination. * 1970: The Controlled Substances Act is enacted. Cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, thereby prohibiting its use for any purpose. * 1990: The Solomon–Lautenberg amendment is enacted. As a result, many states pass "Smoke a joint, lose your license" laws under which any drug offense is punished with a mandatory six month driver's license suspension. * 2014: The

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passes the U.S. House and is signed into law. Requiring annual renewal, it prohibits the Justice Department from interfering with the implementation of state medical cannabis laws. The

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had in 2013 assigned similar policies from within the Justice Department. * 2018: The

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legalizes low-THC (less than 0.3% THC) hemp and hemp-derived products such as

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(CBD) at the federal level. The bill also fully removed or "descheduled" low-THC cannabis products from the Controlled Substances Act, where they had been listed as Schedule I drugs since the CSA's inception in 1970. * 2022: The

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is signed into law to allow cannabis to be more easily researched for medical purposes. It is the first standalone cannabis reform bill enacted at the federal level.

State

Prohibition begins – 1911

* 1911: Massachusetts requires a prescription for sales of

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. * 1913: California, Maine, Wyoming, and Indiana ban marijuana. * 1915: Utah and Vermont ban marijuana. * 1917: Colorado legislators make the use and cultivation of cannabis a misdemeanor. * 1923: Iowa, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont ban marijuana. * 1927: New York, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, and Nebraska ban marijuana. * 1931: Illinois bans marijuana. * 1931: Texas declares cannabis a narcotic, allowing up to life sentences for possession. * 1933: North Dakota and Oklahoma ban marijuana. By this year, 29 states have criminalized cannabis.

Decriminalization begins – 1973

* 1973: Texas law is amended to declare possession of four ounces or less a misdemeanor. *1973: Oregon becomes the first state to decriminalize cannabis – reducing the penalty for up to one ounce to a $100 fine. * 1975: Alaska, Maine, Colorado, California, and Ohio decriminalize cannabis. * 1975: Alaska's Supreme Court establishes that the right to privacy includes possession of small amounts of marijuana. * 1976: Minnesota decriminalizes cannabis. * 1977: Mississippi, New York, and North Carolina decriminalize cannabis. South Dakota also decriminalizes cannabis, but the law is repealed almost immediately afterwards. * 1978: Nebraska decriminalizes cannabis. No other state would decriminalize until 2001. * 1978: New Mexico passes the Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act, becoming the first state to enact legislation recognizing the medical value of marijuana. * 1979: Virginia passes legislation allowing doctors to recommend cannabis for

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or the side effects of

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. * 1982: Alaska passes legislation to further decrease penalties for cannabis. * 1990: Alaska recriminalizes cannabis by voter initiative, restoring criminal penalties for possession of any amount of cannabis.

Medical cannabis begins – 1996

* 1996: California becomes the first state to legalize medical cannabis with the approval of

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. Arizona also passes a medical cannabis ballot measure, but it is rendered ineffective on a technicality. * 1998: Oregon, Alaska, and Washington all legalize medical cannabis through ballot measure. Nevada also passes a medical cannabis initiative, but it requires second approval in 2000 to become law, as per the state constitution. * 1999: Maine legalizes medical cannabis through ballot measure. * 2000: Hawaii becomes the first state to legalize medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2000: Nevada and Colorado legalize medical cannabis through ballot measure. * 2001: Nevada decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. * 2003: Maryland passes legislation establishing reduced penalties for persons using cannabis due to a medical necessity (as established at trial). * 2004: Vermont legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2004: Montana legalizes medical cannabis through ballot measure. * 2006: Rhode Island legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2007: New Mexico legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2008: Michigan approves a ballot to legalize medical cannabis. Massachusetts approves a ballot measure to decriminalize cannabis. * 2010: New Jersey legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2010: Arizona legalizes medical cannabis through ballot measure. * 2010: California legislators reduce penalties for cannabis to a civil infraction. * 2011: Delaware legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2011: Connecticut decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. * 2012: Connecticut legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2012: Rhode Island decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature.

Recreational legalization begins – 2012

* 2012: Colorado and Washington become the first two states to legalize the recreational use of cannabis following the passage of Amendment 64 and Initiative 502. Massachusetts approves a ballot measure to legalize medical cannabis. * 2013: Vermont decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. * 2013: New Hampshire legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2013: Illinois legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2014: Utah becomes the first state to pass a low-THC, high-CBD medical cannabis law. These laws allow low-THC cannabis oil to be used for treatment of certain medical conditions (mostly seizure disorders) with a doctor's recommendation. * 2014: Maryland legislators decriminalize cannabis and approve a comprehensive medical cannabis law, expanding the very limited measure that was passed in 2003. * 2014: Missouri decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. * 2014: Minnesota legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2014: New York legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2014: Alaska and Oregon legalize recreational cannabis through ballot measure. * 2014: By the end of the year, 10 more states pass low-THC, high-CBD medical cannabis laws: Alabama, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Tennessee, Iowa, South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina, and Missouri. * 2015: Delaware decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. * 2015: Louisiana legislators pass a limited medical cannabis law. * 2015: During the year, five more states pass low-THC, high-CBD medical cannabis laws: Virginia, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming. * 2016: Pennsylvania legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2016: Ohio legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2016: Illinois decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. * 2016: California, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts approve ballot measures to legalize recreational cannabis. Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota approve ballot measures to legalize medical cannabis. * 2017: West Virginia legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2017: Indiana passes a low-THC, high-CBD medical cannabis law. * 2017: New Hampshire decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. * 2018: Vermont becomes the first state to legalize recreational cannabis through state legislature. Unlike all other states that had legalized recreational cannabis, however, no provision was made for commercial sale. * 2018: Indiana legalizes CBD for any use. * 2018: Kansas legalizes CBD for any use. * 2018: Oklahoma legalizes medical cannabis through ballot measure. * 2018: Michigan approves a ballot measure to legalize recreational cannabis. Missouri and Utah approve ballot measures to legalize medical cannabis. * 2019: New Mexico decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. * 2019: North Dakota decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. * 2019: Illinois legalizes recreational cannabis through state legislature, including its commercial sale. It became the first state to legalize the commercial sale of recreational cannabis through an act of state legislature. * 2019: Hawaii decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. * 2020: Virginia decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. * 2020: Vermont legalizes commercial recreational cannabis sales through state legislature. * 2020: Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota approve ballot measures to legalize recreational cannabis, with South Dakota becoming the first state to legalize recreational use without first legalizing medical use. Mississippi and South Dakota approve ballot measures to legalize medical cannabis. * 2021: South Dakota initiative to legalize recreational use is ruled state-unconstitutional by a circuit court judge. * 2021: New York legalizes recreational cannabis through state legislature. * 2021: Virginia legalizes recreational cannabis through state legislature. * 2021: New Mexico legalizes recreational cannabis through state legislature. * 2021: Mississippi initiative to legalize medical cannabis is overturned by the

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due to issue with state's

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process. * 2021: Alabama legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2021: Louisiana decriminalizes cannabis through state legislature. * 2021: Connecticut legalizes recreational cannabis through state legislature. * 2022: Mississippi legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. * 2022: Rhode Island legalizes recreational cannabis through state legislature. * 2022: Maryland and Missouri voters approve ballot measures to legalize recreational cannabis.

Municipal

* 1906:

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requires a prescription for cannabis drugs. * 1915:

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restricts cannabis. * 1972: Ann Arbor City Council decriminalized cannabis, reducing the penalty to a $5 fine. The law was overturned by a Republican-led council a year later, but reinstated through voter referendum in 1974. * 1977:

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decriminalized cannabis through ballot initiative. * 1978:

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residents approved Proposition W, a non-binding measure directing city law enforcement to "cease the arrest and prosecution of individuals involved in the cultivation, transfer, or possession of marijuana". Mayor

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was assassinated shortly afterwards, however, and the initiative was disregarded by new mayor

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/ref> * 1991: San Francisco residents approved the non-binding Proposition P in support of the medical use of cannabis. The city Board of Supervisors followed with Resolution 141-92 in 1992, which allowed for the distribution of medical cannabis throughout the city. * 1998: Washington, D.C. residents approved

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to legalize medical cannabis, but the Barr amendment blocked implementation until 2009, with the first legal sales finally occurring in 2013. * 2003:

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residents voted to make enforcement of cannabis laws the lowest priority. * 2004:

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residents approved Measure Z, making private adult cannabis offenses the lowest possible priority for law enforcement, establishing a system to regulate, tax, and sell cannabis pending state legalization, and urging legalization on the state and national levels. * 2005:

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residents voted to legalize cannabis. * 2006: San Francisco made enforcement of cannabis laws the lowest priority. The change was approved through a Board of Supervisors vote. * 2009:

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residents voted to legalize cannabis. * 2012:

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decriminalized cannabis through a city council vote. * 2012:

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, Grand Rapids, and

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residents voted to decriminalize cannabis. * 2013:

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residents voted to legalize cannabis. * 2014:

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decriminalized cannabis through a city council vote. * 2014: After a city council vote decriminalized cannabis in March, Washington D.C. residents voted to approve Initiative 71 in November to legalize recreational use of cannabis and personal cultivation. A congressional rider passed afterwards prevented D.C. City Council from legalizing commercial sales. * 2014:

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decriminalized cannabis through a new policy announced by city officials. * 2015:

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decriminalized cannabis through voter referendum. * 2015:

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commissioners voted to decriminalize cannabis. * 2015:

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residents voted to decriminalize possession of cannabis less than 200 grams. * 2015:

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decriminalized cannabis through a city council vote. * 2016: Tampa decriminalized cannabis through a city council vote. * 2016:

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decriminalized cannabis through a city council vote. * 2016:

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decriminalized cannabis through a city council vote. * 2016: Nashville decriminalized cannabis through a Metro Council vote. * 2016:

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decriminalized cannabis through a city council vote. * 2016: Residents in the Ohio cities of Bellaire, Logan,

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, and Roseville voted to decriminalize possession of cannabis less than 200 grams. * 2017:

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decriminalized cannabis through a new policy announced by the city's district attorney. * 2017: Kansas City, Missouri residents voted to decriminalize cannabis, eliminating jail time for possession of 35 grams or less and reducing the penalty to a $25 fine. * 2017:

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decriminalized possession of one ounce or less of cannabis via unanimous city council vote. * 2018:

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decriminalized cannabis through a city council vote.

Territory

* 2014:

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legalized medical cannabis through ballot measure. * 2014: The U.S. Virgin Islands decriminalized cannabis. * 2015:

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legalized medical cannabis by executive order. * 2018: The

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legalized recreational cannabis through an act of legislature. * 2019: The U.S. Virgin Islands legalized medical cannabis through an act of legislature. * 2019:

legalized recreational cannabis through an act of legislature.

Native American reservations

* 2014: The Justice Department announced a policy to allow recognized Native American tribes to legalize cannabis on their reservations, including in states where cannabis remains illegal. * 2015: The

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(South Dakota) voted to legalize recreational cannabis on its reservation. * 2015: The

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in the

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legalized and opened the United States' first tribal retail cannabis sales shop on their trust lands.

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followed later in the same year. * 2015: The Pinoleville Pomo Nation in California announced a plan to grow cannabis and sell it to California medical dispensaries. * 2016: The

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made legal arrangements with the State of Washington to grow its own medical cannabis.

Opinion

Presidential

* 1972: President

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