Marijuana- its legalization, its social acceptability, and its health effects- has long been a contentious subject. You’re probably aware that attitudes towards marijuana vary across America, and that’s not only reflected in people’s social customs, but in the legal framework surrounding the drug.
Cannabis Law: The Past, Present and Future
Cannabis, or marijuana opinion has been shifting sharply this last decade, so much so the plant has been completely legalized in three states. Many states have approved the use of medical marijuana and even more have decriminalized the plant in order to quell the rising number of non-violent offenders filling up our already overpopulated jails.