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Timeline of medical marijuana legalization in the USA
Timeline of medical marijuana legalization in the USA
	(State-level legalization); 1996: California; 1998: Alaska, Oregon, Washington; 1999: Maine; 2000: Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada; 2004: Montana, Vermont; 2006: Rhode Island; 2007: New Mexico; 2008: Michigan; 2010: Arizona, D.C., New Jersey; 2011: Delaware; 2012: Connecticut, Massachusetts; 2013: Illinois, New Hampshire; 2014: Maryland, Minnesota, New York; 2015: Louisiana; 2016: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, North Dakota, Arkansas; Total states: 29 and D.C.

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New Hampshire needs a subchapter

New Hampshire recently legalized medical cannabis (on 7/23/13). I'm having issues with the editor on the page. Government source is here: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2013/HB0573.html

--anon

So did Illinois on 8/1/13: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-quinn-to-sign-medical-marijuana-bill-thursday-20130731,0,6053984.story — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.241.40.131 (talk) 22:53, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PhD Removal

While I have the highest respect for Carl Sagan and Steven J Gould and all the other scientists, their degrees do not need flaunting. 68.197.174.59 (talk) 23:28, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a source for Carl Sagan being pro medicinal marijuana? Just because he was reported to have used it doesn't mean he was it support of its use as a medication. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.75.83.78 (talk) 22:30, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Map is dated

According to this very article, several states are misidentified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.61.206.217 (talk) 07:01, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like Virginia should be added as well.[1] Kaldari (talk) 01:04, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mass needs to be dark green. I have no clue how to do it. so If anyone feels like it :) -Tracer9999 (talk) 03:37, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ohio is incorrectly labeled, as of Feb 28th 2014

There is at least one error that NEEDS correcting on this page, it lists Ohio as being decriminalized and medical state, it is NOT. It is decriminalized for small possession ($250 fine), and has pending legislation for medicinal use, not a current medical state as of Feb 2014.

I don't know how to edit wikipedia but this needs fixed. Please correct or show me how

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.160.169.34 (talk) 13:23, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Washington DC

the DC section is very dated, at this point, dispensaries have been given their Certificates of Occupancy and retail operations are expected shortly. Grow facilities have been getting their Certs also

http://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/series/medical-marijuana/DC-Announces-Medical-Marijuana-Dispensary-Locations-158566545.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/medical-marijuana-dispensary-prepares-to-open-in-dc/2012/12/31/8829ff44-5111-11e2-8b49-64675006147f_story.html

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/25/first-marijuana-growers-in-dc-clear-regulatory-hur/

--75.75.5.202 (talk) 02:49, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

This article was apparently vandalized. Someone tried to revert to the most recent edit but ended up going back to a vandalized version. I restored the correct edit. That is all.Ctnelsen (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:22, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Links to state government info sites and the like

Regarding my removal of such links [2] [3]: External links do not belong in the body of an article except as references. As this article is not about any individual state, none meet WP:ELOFFICIAL or WP:ELYES. I'm not easily finding any DMOZ listings or other appropriate external links to use as replacements. Maybe find ways to incorporate the ones that meet WP:RS as refs? --Ronz (talk) 00:50, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I completely agree. The only reason I reverted is that because the links themselves are very useful and good quality. I agree that the way they are presented is marginal. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 00:52, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'd hope there's a nice list someone has already made that we can just link to. I don't have time to do look further at the moment... --Ronz (talk) 00:58, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

in the news?

http://www.thestreet.com/story/12728299/1/congress-handcuffs-dea-on-legal-marijuana.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Ten (talk • contribs) 19:08, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Florida

Should we add Florida since Governor Scott legalized the Charlotte's Web strain today?

http://www.local10.com/news/gov-rick-scott-approves-2-bills-for-medical-marijuana/26513618

No, Florida should not be added as patients do not have regular access to medical marijuana. "Unfortunately, the Department of Health has run into many issues implementing the law, which also leaves many patients behind and may not help even those it’s meant to." (Marijuana Policy Project, http://www.mpp.org/states/florida/). Here is some literature outlining the specifics: http://www.mpp.org/states/florida/FL-CBD-bill-summary.pdf Qelmasri (talk) 02:19, 29 April 2015 (UTC)qelmasri[reply]

"[Prescribing patients medicinal marijuana] would violate federal law. Because physicians need a federal DEA license to prescribe medicines, they are very unlikely to openly break federal law, meaning the law is almost surely unworkable. " (http://www.mpp.org/states/florida/FL-CBD-bill-summary.pdf) Qelmasri (talk) 02:25, 29 April 2015 (UTC)qelmasri[reply]

On the grounds of the above two posts/edits, I would like Florida to be removed from the map. In addition to the above points, Florida is not later mentioned in the article as a medical state. Qelmasri (talk) 02:26, 29 April 2015 (UTC)qelmasri[reply]

(Emigdioofmiami (talk) 20:22, 16 June 2014 (UTC))[reply]

New York

Can somebody please update the map and the template to include New York.

--WikiTryHardDieHard (talk) 15:05, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Obama vs Obama administration and BLP concerns

In the section titled Notable anti-medical cannabis individuals, Obama has been added. This is a WP:BLP matter. This section is for individuals, not their associated agencies. The addition of Obama (the person), using two older sources regarding acts by his administration, is troubling and simply OR selective choice of sources. Obama is not a dictator and the DEA has always been an extremely powerful rogue agency. Politics is complicated. He should not be added, so I'm moving that content here for discussion:

current U.S. President Barack Obama,^[1]^[2]

Since this is a BLP issue, the content should not be restored without a clear consensus and much better sources regarding his personal and current position on the matter. -- Brangifer (talk) 14:55, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pennsylvania ???

We're very confused. The map shows Pennsylvania as having medical-cannibis laws, but there's no section for Pennsylvania. http://norml.org/laws/pa has nothing about medical marijuana for Pennsylvania. We live in Philadelphia, and as my wife has Chronic Lyme Disease (she takes six doses of three antibiotics daily, and yes it does exist) we think we would have heard. I assume that the map is in error? 71.175.202.62 (talk) 22:50, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notable anti-medical cannabis individuals

I'm removing all of the following unreferenced individuals. Add them back in as references are found and cited.

"Politicians that oppose the medicinal use of cannabis include former Drug Czars Andrea Barthwell, William Bennett,^{[citation needed]}, John P. Walters, former U.S. Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush^{[citation needed]}, Mark Souder. Former Attorneys General Michael Mukasey, Janet Reno, and Dan Lungren also prefer cannabis to be illegal, as well as former U.S. Prosecutors Carol Lam, and Asa Hutchinson,^{[citation needed]} former Solicitor General Paul Clement, International Narcotics Control Board president Hamid Ghodse, Republican Senior and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala. Conservative talk show hosts, such as Rush Limbaugh and Hal Lindsey, also oppose the use of medical cannabis." --WikiTryHardDieHard (talk) 19:06, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Georgia

Why does the US map show that Georgia has decriminalized laws? It does not. Qelmasri (talk) 02:28, 29 April 2015 (UTC)qelmasri[reply]

Chart

Im adding this for future inclusion and continued work. http://www.leafly.com/news/health/qualifying-conditions-for-medical-marijuana-by-state -- WikiTryHardDieHard (talk) 22:34, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

State	Cancer	Glaucoma	HIV/AIDS	Parkinson's disease	Multiple sclerosis	Epilepsy	Seizures	Wasting syndrome	Crohn's disease	PTSD
Alaska^[3]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Arizona ^[4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
California^[5]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Colorado^[6]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Connecticut^[7]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delaware^[8]	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
District of Columbia^[9]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hawaii^[10]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Illinois^[11]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Maine^[12]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maryland	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Massachusetts^[13]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Michigan^[14]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Montana^[15]	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Nevada^[16]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
New Hampshire^[17]	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
New Jersey^[18]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
New Mexico^[19]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Oregon^[20]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Rhode Island	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vermont^[21]	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Washington^[22]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

[1] ttp://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/10/07/obama-administration-shatters-campaign-promise-escalates-crackdown-on-medical-marijuana/

[2] ttp://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obamas-war-on-pot-20120216

[3] Alaska NORML

[4] Arizona Qualifying Conditions

[5] California Qualifying Conditions

[6] Colorado Qualifying Conditions

[7] CT qualifying conditions

[8] Delaware Qualifying COnditions

[9] DC NORML

[10] NORML Hawaii

[11] Illinois NORML

[12] Maine NORML

[13] Massachusetts NORML

[14] Michigan NORML

[15] Montana NORML

[16] Nevada NORML

[17] NH NORML

[18] NJ NORML

[19] NM NORML

[20] OR NORML

[21] Vermont NORML

[22] Washington State NORML

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 "Politicians that oppose the medicinal use of cannabis include  former [[Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy|Drug Czars]] [[Andrea Barthwell]], [[William Bennett]],{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}, [[John P. Walters]], former [[President of the United States|U.S. Presidents]] [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]]{{Citation needed|date=September 2014}},  [[Mark Souder]]. Former Attorneys General [[Michael Mukasey]], [[Janet Reno]], and [[Dan Lungren]] also prefer cannabis to be illegal, as well as former [[United States Attorney|U.S. Prosecutors]]  [[Carol Lam]], and [[Asa Hutchinson]],{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} former [[Solicitor General of the United States|Solicitor General]] [[Paul Clement]], [[International Narcotics Control Board]] president [[Hamid Ghodse]], Republican Senior  and former [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services]] [[Donna Shalala]]. Conservative talk show hosts, such as [[Rush Limbaugh]] and [[Hal Lindsey]], also oppose the use of medical cannabis." --[[User:WikiTryHardDieHard|WikiTryHardDieHard]] ([[User talk:WikiTryHardDieHard|talk]]) 19:06, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
+== Georgia ==
+Why does the US map show that Georgia has decriminalized laws? It does not. [[User:Qelmasri|Qelmasri]] ([[User talk:Qelmasri|talk]]) 02:28, 29 April 2015 (UTC)qelmasri
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-== Georgia ==
-Why does the US map show that Georgia has decriminalized laws? It does not. [[User:Qelmasri|Qelmasri]] ([[User talk:Qelmasri|talk]]) 02:28, 29 April 2015 (UTC)qelmasri