This act allowed the US to prevent the misuse or illegal trafficking into the US of cannabis. It also provides the basis for current federal rules and regulations regarding marijuana use.
Congress added marijuana to the Narcotics Control Act of 1956. This resulted in stricter sentences for marijuana related offenses.
Congress established mandatory minimum prison sentences for drug crimes. The Act did not separate drug users from drug traffickers.
Marijuana was removed as a drug from the US Book of Medications.
Even though every state had laws criminalizing the possession and sale of marijuana, federally it was still allowed to be prescribed. However, if a doctor or pharmacist prescribed or sold marijuana they had to register with federal authorities and pay an annual tax or license fee. Doctors, pharmacists and individuals decided it was cheaper and …
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With new treatments available to treat pain, states quickly set regulations on the use of marijuana due to findings that it was unreliable and dangerous to use. (Medical Marijuana: Review and Analysis of Federal and State Policies, 2010) [icon name=”check” prefix=”fas”]
Companies were finding it hard to produce reliable, consistent drugs from hemp and cannabis. Scientists researching the use of marijuana found links between the amount of use and increased crime and “insanity.” (Segal, 1986) Many in the US government were torn. Some thought that there were still safe and appropriate uses for cannabis in the …
At the Second Opium Conference and the International Opium Convention, Egypt suggests that hashish (cannabis resin) be added to the list of narcotics covered by the convention. The convention authorizes the use of “Indian hemp (cannabis) only for scientific and medical purposes. Restrictions on the import and export of cannabis are put into place. (The …
The federal government was concerned about the growing and trading of opium and coca leaves. President Woodrow Wilson signed all three (of what?)into law in 1915. Although it did not include marijuana, it became the model for future drug regulation and is considered the basis for the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937. (Marijuana Research Findings, …
Massachusetts became first state to outlaw Cannabis
