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Understand Marijuana Laws in 6 Minutes

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What does legalized weed mean? We explain marijuana legalization so you understand the basics of different state laws and what changed after the 2016 election.

This video is also an overview of the state laws legalizing medical or recreational weed/pot and what Trump might do regarding legalization once he’s President. Be warned that this is a basic overview, not legal advice, and doesn’t get into too many specifics of individual states like Colorado or California.

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Sources:
“Marijuana Legalized for Fun in 4 More States and Medicine in 4 Others,” Governing, http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-medical-recreational-marijuana-2016-state-ballot-measures.html (11/09/16)
Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, “Guidance Regarding Marijuana Enforcement,” Department of Justice, https://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/3052013829132756857467.pdf (08/29/2013)
“Big Weed,” Planet Money, http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/06/384347628/episode-602-big-weed (02/06/15)
“Confronting Wave of Illicit Marijuana Cultivation, Federal, State and Local Authorities Discover and Destroy Major Marijuana Grows in Locations Across Colorado,” U.S. Attorney’s Office: District of Colorado, https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/confronting-wave-illicit-marijuana-cultivation-federal-state-and-local-authorities (10/08/15)
Marc Zilversmit, “Obama’s Medical Marijuana Prosecutions Probably Aren’t Legal,” Slate, http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2016/04/obama_s_medical_marijuana_prosecutions_probably_aren_t_legal.html (04/28/16)
James Higdon, “Jeff Sessions’ Coming War on Legal Marijuana,” Politico, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/jeff-sessions-coming-war-on-legal-marijuana-214501 (12/05/16)
Katy Steinmetz, “7 Reasons President Trump is Unlikely to Fight Legal Marijuana,” Time, http://time.com/4594445/legal-marijuana-trump-sessions-policy/ (12/08/16)
Deborah Bach, “Study Shows Teens and Adults Hazy on Washington Marijuana Laws,” UWToday, http://www.washington.edu/news/2015/03/09/study-shows-teens-and-adults-hazy-on-washington-marijuana-law/ (03/09/15)
“Drug-Impaired Driving Laws,” Governors’ Highway Safety Association, http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/dre_perse_laws.html (December 2016)
“State Medical Marijuana Laws,” National Conference on State Legislatures, http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-medical-marijuana-laws.aspx (11/09/16)
“State Laws,” National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, http://norml.org/laws (12/10/16)

Weed was the real winner of the 2020 election

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Americans are turning against the war on drugs.

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On November 3, four American states voted to legalize marijuana: Arizona, New Jersey, Montana and South Dakota. Combined with the other states that have done so in recent years, one in three Americans now live in a state where access to marijuana has been legalized. It shows that Americans are souring on the harsh drug policies that have put millions of people in prison.

But America’s national drug policy is a different story. Under federal law, marijuana is still classified as a “schedule 1” drug, meaning it’s considered to have little medical value and a high risk of abuse, along with drugs like LSD, heroin, ecstasy and psilocybin mushrooms. In states where marijuana has been legalized, that conflict with federal law creates numerous problems for legal marijuana sellers and users. And few national politicians talk about legalizing marijuana throughout the country. But advocates are hoping that by introducing new state laws one by one, Americans who are ready to move on from the country’s decades-long war on drugs will eventually force the federal government’s hand.

Further reading:
Read Vox’s coverage of marijuana legalization in the 2020 election here: https://www.vox.com/2020-presidential-election/2020/11/4/21548800/election-results-marijuana-legalization-drug-decriminalization-new-jersey-arizona-oregon-montana

There’s more about Americans’ support of weed legalization in the latest Gallup survey: https://news.gallup.com/poll/323582/support-legal-marijuana-inches-new-high.aspx

The ACLU’s report on racial disparities in marijuana possession arrests: https://www.aclu.org/report/tale-two-countries-racially-targeted-arrests-era-marijuana-reform

Marijuana Policy Project’s breakdown of state laws: https://www.mpp.org/states/

FBI’s Crime Data Explorer for arrests by state and year: https://crime-data-explorer.fr.cloud.gov/

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Is Medical Marijuana As Helpful As We Think?

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Medical marijuana is a hot topic in the US. Pot activists are constantly battling the government to allow for the use of weed to cure or treat illness. But what is the scientific community’s take on the issue? Trace finds out.

Read More:
“Marijuana Buffers Pain of Social Exclusion”
http://www.psmag.com/blogs/news-blog/marijuana-buffers-pain-of-social-exclusion-57986/
“New research suggests one reason for the popularity of pot may be that it helps people cope with the pain of loneliness.”

“Marijuana And Cancer: Scientists Find Cannabis Compound Stops Metastasis In Aggressive Cancers”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/marijuana-and-cancer_n_1898208.html
“A pair of scientists at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco has found that a compound derived from marijuana could stop metastasis in many kinds of aggressive cancer, potentially altering the fatality of the disease forever.”

“Cannabis Induces a Clinical Response in Patients with Crohn’s Disease: a Prospective Placebo-Controlled Study.”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23648372
“The marijuana plant Cannabis sativa has been reported to produce beneficial effects for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases, but these have not been investigated in controlled trials. We performed a prospective trial to determine whether cannabis can induce remission in patients with Crohn’s disease.”

“Medical Marijuana for the Treatment of Migraine Headaches: An Evidence Review”
http://www.azdhs.gov/medicalmarijuana/documents/debilitating/Debilitating-Conditions-Migraine-Headaches.pdf
“This review evaluates evidence on cannabis use in adults for the treatment of migraine headaches.”

“Active Component Of Marijuana Has Anti-Cancer Effects, Study Suggests”
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401181217.htm
“Guillermo Velasco and colleagues, at Complutense University, Spain, have provided evidence that suggests that cannabinoids such as the main active component of marijuana (THC) have anticancer effects on human brain cancer cells.”

“Pathways mediating the effects of cannabidiol on the reduction of breast cancer cell proliferation, invasion, and metastasis”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410650/
“Invasion and metastasis of aggressive breast cancer cells are the final and fatal steps during cancer progression.”

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California’s Toke Of Midnight: State Gets Ready To Legalize Recreational Marijuana | CNBC

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CNBC’s Aditi Roy reports from California as the state gets ready to legalize marijuana.
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California’s Toke Of Midnight: State Gets Ready To Legalize Recreational Marijuana | CNBC