Marijuana
(cannabis) is a green, brown or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems,
seeds and flowers of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. Marijuana is used as a psychoactive
recreational drug with a main active chemical, THC
(delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), the psychoactive ingredient. The highest concentrations of THC are found
in the dried flowers, or buds. When
marijuana smoke is inhaled, THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the
bloodstream and is carried to the brain and other organs throughout the
body. THC from the marijuana acts on
specific receptors in the brain, called cannabinoid receptors, which starts off
a chain of cellular reactions that finally lead to the euphoria, or
"high" that users experience.[1] When people begin using marijuana as
teenagers, the drug may impair thinking, memory, and learning functions and
affect how the brain builds connections between the areas necessary for these
functions.[2]
Below, I provide you with a
table of all 50 states in the United States with varying degrees of
legalization of Marijuana in each state.
Goal number six of the New World
Order (aka, the Illuminati) states to
encourage, and eventually legalize the use of drugs and to make pornography an “art-form” which will be widely accepted. We will talk about the pornography a bit in a
separate segment; right now, I want to focus on marijuana.
As of 7 November 2018, 33 states
have legalized marijuana to some degree.
Laws are changing (almost daily) and right under our noses. Of significance is a bit of legislation
passed in Virginia which laid the groundwork for federal legislation. Lengthy discussions and negotiations paved
the way for passage of Virginia’s bill, SB701, which allows processing and
manufacturing of Cannabidiol oil and
THC-A—marijuana oils that are both low in THC, the compound that provides the
high in cannabis.
Buried in the pages of Congress’ spending plan is a quiet little
passage that radically alters the way America treats medical marijuana.
The provision ends federal
prohibition on medical marijuana and bans federal
agents from policing its users or raiding dispensaries in any state or district
where medicinal marijuana is legal. The
spending plan, and the medical pot provision within it, became law with
President Obama’s signature.[3]
What
we also see is, in all jurisdictions that have either decriminalized or
legalized pot smoking, or enforce medical or medicinal use of marijuana, we do
not see limits on how many nanograms of THC per milliliter is tolerated before
one is over any legal limit of THC content per unit of blood (liked this to
.08% BAC content in many states as a limit of blood/alcohol content that
defines a level of legal intoxication) after using marijuana. Per the California NORML Guide, there is no
simple answer to this question. Detection time depends strongly on the kind
and sensitivity of the test employed; the frequency, dosage, and last time of
use of the drug; the individual subject's genetic makeup, the state of one's
metabolism, digestive and excretory systems; and other random, unknown factors.[4] The most popular kind of drug test is the
urine test, which can detect marijuana for days or weeks after use. The
urine tests do not detect the psychoactive component in marijuana, THC
(delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), and therefore in no way measure impairment;
rather, they detect the non-psychoactive marijuana metabolite THC-COOH, which
can linger in the body for days and weeks with no impairing affects. Because of THC-COOH's unusually long
elimination time, urine tests are more sensitive to marijuana than other
commonly used drugs. According to a
survey by Quest Diagnostics, 50%
of all drug test positives are for marijuana.[5]
There is a lot of misinformation about
marijuana legalization and decriminalization and it is validly understandable
why confusion exists. You may find the below table helpful to understand your
state’s current posture on use of, possession of, or sale of marijuana.
Legalization of marijuana means, if you
follow the state laws as to age, place, and amount for consumption, you cannot
be arrested, ticketed, or convicted for using marijuana. However, you can still get arrested for
selling or trafficking marijuana if you aren’t following state laws on
licensure and taxation.
A report from the Colorado Department
of Public Safety shows that arrests of black and Hispanic youths between the
ages of 10 and 17 for marijuana charges has increased sharply since
legalization of the mind-altering drug in the Centennial State[6]
with the following crimes statistics as noted below:
·
overall, arrests of minors for
marijuana jumped 5 percent from 2012 to 2014, with minority youth accounting
for the total increase,
·
while Whites saw an 8 percent decline
in arrests, Hispanics saw a 29 percent jump in youth arrests — and black youth
saw a staggering 58 percent increase.[7]
And that
is all I have to say about that.
|
State
|
Legal Status
|
Medicinal
|
Decriminalized
|
State Laws
|
|
Alabama
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Alaska
|
Fully Legal
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
Arizona
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
Arkansas
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
California
|
Fully Legal
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
Colorado
|
Fully Legal
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
Connecticut
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
Reduced
|
|
|
Delaware
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
Reduced
|
|
|
District of Columbia
|
Fully Legal
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
Florida
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
Georgia
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Hawaii
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
Idaho
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Illinois
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
Reduced
|
|
|
Indiana
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Iowa
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Kansas
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Kentucky
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Louisiana
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Maine
|
Fully Legal
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
Maryland
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
Reduced
|
|
|
Massachusetts
|
Fully Legal
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
Michigan
|
Fully Legal
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
Minnesota
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
Reduced
|
|
|
Mississippi
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
Reduced
|
|
|
Missouri
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
Reduced
|
|
|
Montana
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
Nebraska
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
Reduced
|
|
|
Nevada
|
Fully Legal
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
New Hampshire
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
Reduced
|
|
|
New Jersey
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
New Mexico
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
New York
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
Reduced
|
|
|
North Carolina
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
Reduced
|
|
|
North Dakota
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
Ohio
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
Reduced
|
|
|
Oklahoma
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
Oregon
|
Fully Legal
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
Rhode Island
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
Reduced
|
|
|
South Carolina
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
South Dakota
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Tennessee
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Texas
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Utah
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
Vermont
|
Fully Legal
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
Virginia
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
|
|
Washington
|
Fully Legal
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
West Virginia
|
Mixed
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
|
Wisconsin
|
Fully Illegal
|
No
|
No
|
[1] https://www.drugs.com/illicit/marijuana.html
[2] https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana
[3]
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/congress-quietly-ends-federal-medical-marijuana-prohibition/
[4]
http://www.canorml.org/healthfacts/drugtestguide/drugtestdetection.html
[5]
ibid
[6]
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/25/thanks-colorado-more-kids-going-to-pot.html?intcmp=hphz19
[7]
ibid
[8] https://disa.com/map-of-marijuana-legality-by-state
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