The government decided to legalize the use of recreational marijuana in the state.
Washington state will vote for Initiative 502 in the November 2012 election and if it passes it will become the first state to legalize marijuana.
When the state decides to remove the Marijuana-related criminal charges from the statutes.
Yes, Indian reservations have more power than states, but less power than the Federal government. That's the reason why California and other states were able to legalize marijuana because the ban of marijuana is a state law. States have the power to override current state laws, and indian reservations are able to override state laws. If the ban of marijuana was a Federal law then neither Indian reservations nor States would be able to legalize it.
yes they could. very legal.
California was the state that used marijuana for medical use first.
The definition of the word legalize is to make something lawful. That is, to give legal validity to something. For example, the State of Washington recently legalized marijuana.
Never, because we are a mainly conservative state that won't budge, consider moving to Colorado
Yes, states' rights is an important issue to this day. You can see the tension between the federal government and state governments with the move to legalize marijuana at the state level.
Yes, several states have all ready legalized it, but there is a problem the federal government hasn't. What happens is the Feds can come into the state an raid the dispensaries. Cities have also passed laws that marijuana can't be grown or sold in the city. This has happened in central California and the growers are going to smaller towns to get permission to grow in greenhouses in the city.
In most states, Marijuana is legalized through medical use. Doctors and prescribe marijuana, but cannot give it to them. Until recently doctors recommended (California, for example) that they find a safe way of getting it. Now in California they have privately owned stores that will sell all types of marijuana to people who possess a medical marijuana license. Massachusettes will be voting to be the first state to fully legalize and sell marijuana to residents of Massachusettes, by the government.
The definition of the word legalize is to make something lawful. That is, to give legal validity to something. For example, the State of Washington recently legalized marijuana.