E216 CMAJ, July 12, 2016, 188 (10) laws. Portugal, for instance, diverts drug offenders
away from typical criminal punishments, such as prison sentences, toward mandatory …

Two US states have legalized recreational marijuana, and more may follow; the Obama
administration has conditionally accepted these experiments. Such actions are in obvious …

There is every reason to believe that 2016 will be a turning point in the history of marijuana
regulation in this country. Although the federal prohibition on all marijuana conduct remains …

Recreational cannabis' is being decriminalized, deregulated, and even legalized across a
growing number of jurisdictions throughout the world. 2 This article addresses the …

This document discusses the legal regulation of marijuana in Canada and in a number of
other jurisdictions. After some material on marijuana itself, it provides an overview of the …

The present system of worldwide drug control is based upon three international conventions:
the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the 1971 …

Canada lags behind jurisdictions such as Colorado and Washington in the legalization of
recreational marijuana but not in consumption. An empirical study conducted in downtown …

As the number of US states that seek to loosen restrictions on marijuana rapidly increases, a
heated debate over state and federal regulation has ignited. But an important component of …

Cannabis is regulated in over one-third of the United States and it has finally made its way to
Virginia. While it is not yet legal in the Commonwealth, it has been decriminalized. This is …

researchers have found no reliable evidence that marijuana is a serious threat to the health
of a normal, adult user. crazed killers.'The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 effectively outlawed …