Legal history of cannabis in the United States

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In the United States, regulation on the use, sale, and labeling of cannabis (legal term marijuana or marihuana) began at the state level in the early 20th century, and outright prohibitions began in the 1920s. By the mid-1930s, cannabis was regulated as a drug in every state, including 35 states that adopted the Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act. The first national regulation was the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937. Cannabis was officially outlawed for any use with the passage of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in 1970. Multiple efforts to reschedule cannabis under the CSA have failed, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative (2001) and Gonzales v. Raich (2005) that the federal government has a right to regulate and criminalize cannabis, even for medical purposes. A rescheduling hearing for cannabis is scheduled for June 2026. States and other jurisdictions implemented policies that conflicted with federal law, beginning with the passage of California...

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