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cannabis in the United States
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Cannabis in the United States
The use, sale and possession of
cannabis
(marijuana) in the
United States
is illegal under federal law. However, some states have created exemptions for
medical cannabis
use, as well as
decriminalized non-medical cannabis use
. In four states,
Alaska
,
Colorado
,
Oregon
and
Washington
, the sale and possession of marijuana is legal for both medical and non-medical use; and
Washington DC
has legalized personal use but not commercial sale. Multiple efforts to
reschedule cannabis
under the Controlled Substances Act have failed, and the
United States Supreme Court
has ruled in
United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative
and
Gonzales v. Raich
that the federal government has a right to regulate and criminalize cannabis, whether medical or recreational.
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