Multiple States Add Legalizing Marijuana to the 2022 Ballot
All of the states where ballots have been introduced would allow cannabis-use for those 21 and older, with Missouri and Maryland also permitting private home cultivation, if they are approved.
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As prohibitions against marijuana ease around the country, Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota are the latest states to add measures to their ballots in 2022, reports Mike Catalini for the Associated Press. Idaho, Kansas and Nebraska are the only states that have not implemented any kind of public-use marijuana program, either medical or recreational. All of the states where ballots have been introduced would allow cannabis-use for those 21 and older, with Missouri and Maryland also permitting private home cultivation, if they are approved.
The policies could go into effect as early as this year in some states. Meanwhile, on the federal level, while marijuana remains a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD, and can carry criminal penalties for possession, President Biden has directed the secretary of Health and Human Services and the U.S. attorney general to review how it is categorized.
