A Brief History Marijuana Legalization Movement in United States

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King James ordered every colonist to

grow 100 plants and England's only colony in America began to grow hemp in order

to meet this obligation and, soon,

to serve a growing demand in other

colonies

The Pure Food and Drug Act was then passed by

the United States Congress in 1906 and required that certain

special drugs, including cannabis, be accurately labeled with contents.

The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 effectively

made possession or transfer of cannabis

illegal throughout the United States under

federal law, excluding medical and industrial

uses

Marijuana Tax Act

United States Congress passed the Boggs Act of 1952 and the Narcotics

Control Act of 1956. The acts made a first-

time cannabis possession offense a

minimum of two to ten years with a fine up to

$20,000

Boggs Act of 1952

The law reduced the penalty for personal

possession of an ounce or less of marijuana from a felony to a

citable misdemeanor with a maximum fine of

$100. Possession of more than an ounce

was made a misdemeanor, making

the maximum fine $500 and/or six months in

jail.

The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 reinstated

mandatory prison sentences, including large scale cannabis distribution. Later an

amendment created a three-strikes law, which created mandatory 25-years imprisonment for

repeated serious crimes.

Anti-Drug Abuse Act 1986

In 1996 California becomes first state to legalize marijuana for

medical use. Pass Proposition 215 which

says provide seriously ill patients with a safe and

reliable source of medical cannabis,

information and patient support"

First State To Legalize

Marijuana

In 2005 which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that even where individuals or businesses in accordance with state-approved medical cannabis programs are lawfully cultivating, possessing, or distributing medical cannabis, such persons or businesses are violating federal marijuana laws.

On November 6, 2012, Colorado and

Washington became the first states to

legalize the sale and possession of cannabis

for recreational use since the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 when they

passed Colorado Amendment 64 and

Washington Initiative 502.

On May 3, 2015 by an executive order by governor Alejandro

Garcia Padilla. In late December 2014, the

U.S. Virgin Islands passed a bill that

decriminalized possession of cannabis

up to an ounce. And Now 24 states in USA

have legalize marijuana for medical use.

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