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Los Angeles (AFP) - As pot smokers prepare to light up for "4/20" -- the annual counter-cultural celebration of cannabis held on April 20 -- the United States' legalization experiment blazes ahead. Here are five things to know about marijuana in America: Where is it legal? - Eighteen of the 50 US states, plus the capital Washington, have so far legalized recreational weed use for adults. Most states allow at least some medical use -- ranging from oils with low levels of the active ingredient THC to near-legalization. Just a few conservative states such as Idaho, Wyoming and Nebraska have held ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Americans will gather in parks and city plazas under a fog of marijuana smoke on Wednesday to celebrate a drug that remains illegal in much of the country. April 20th has become synonymous with pot, a day when THC-infused clouds drift, people play bongos, and everyone feels a bit of love for each other. But why did 4/20 become so important? What is 4/20? Basically a day that celebrates all things Mary Jane. In more than a dozen US states where weed is legal, big rallies will take place in public spaces, with participants lighting up everything from regu...
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Washington (AFP) - US Senate Democrats on Wednesday rolled out draft legislation that would federally decriminalize marijuana, with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer lending his weight to the latest legislative effort to curb America's war on drugs. The bill would remove pot from the list of controlled substances and allow stronger regulation and taxation of a drug that has been legalized in several states, and the uncertain but multi-billion-dollar legal industry it has created. "This is monumental, because at long last we are taking steps in the Senate to right the wrongs of the failed war on dr...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The US state of Washington is offering "joints for jabs," in the latest innovative bid to get more Americans vaccinated against Covid-19 as inoculation rates continue to slow. Cannabis dispensaries in the northwestern state -- where recreational marijuana sales were legalized in 2012 -- will be allowed to offer one free, pre-rolled joint to anyone aged 21 or above who gets vaccinated at an in-store clinic. The move follows a decision last month to allow bars and other liquor licensees to provide one free alcoholic drink to adults in Washington state who receive their jabs w...
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New York (AFP) - New Yorkers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 were able to get an unlikely freebie Tuesday: a marijuana joint. Activists celebrating the recent legalization of recreational pot in New York state handed out free doobies in Manhattan to anyone with proof they had received at least one vaccine shot. "This is the first time we can sit around and legally hand people joints," said Michael O'Malley, one of the organizers of the "Joints for Jabs" giveaway in Union Square. "We're supporting the federal effort to roll out vaccinations. And we're also trying to get them to federa...
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Washington (AFP) - Virginia on Wednesday became the first southern US state to approve the use of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. The state Senate and House of Delegates voted to allow adults to possess marijuana as of July 1, in a measure approved despite fierce opposition by Republican lawmakers. Democratic Governor Ralph Northam in a statement said his state had "made history as the first state in the South to legalize the simple possession of marijuana." "Marijuana laws were explicitly designed to target communities of color, and Black Virginians are disproportionately likely ...
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New York (AFP) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation legalizing recreational marijuana on Wednesday, with a large chunk of tax revenues from sales set to go to minority communities. New York joins 14 other US states and the District of Columbia in permitting cannabis after lawmakers in both state chambers, where Cuomo's Democratic Party holds strong majorities, backed the bill on Tuesday. "For too long the prohibition of cannabis disproportionately targeted communities of color with harsh prison sentences," Cuomo said in a statement late Tuesday. "This landmark legislation provid...
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New York (AFP) - Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York state lawmakers formally agreed in late-night talks on a deal to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults 21 and over, the governor's office announced Sunday. Once the underlying legislation passes -- Cuomo's Democratic party holds strong majorities in both legislative chambers -- New York will join 14 other states and the District of Columbia in permitting cannabis use. A statement from Cuomo's office said the change could net an additional $350 million in annual tax revenues and create tens of thousands of jobs. The draft law would a...
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