Cannabis Laws in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has a functioning medical cannabis program but adult-use remains illegal, with small-amount posse...
Cannabis Laws in Portland, Oregon
Recreational cannabis is legal for adults 21+ in Portland under Oregon state law, but federal, workplace, and...
Cannabis Laws in Portugal
Portugal decriminalized personal possession of all drugs in 2001, but cannabis remains illegal to sell, cultiv...
Cannabis Laws in Romania
Romania maintains one of the EU's stricter cannabis regimes, with no recreational legalization and a narrow, r...
Cannabis Laws in Rome
A practical guide to what is legal, decriminalized, and prohibited for cannabis users in Rome, Italy as of 202...
Cannabis Laws in Saudi Arabia
Cannabis is fully illegal in Saudi Arabia, with severe criminal penalties that can include long prison terms,...
Cannabis Laws in South Africa
Private adult use and cultivation are legal, but commercial sale remains prohibited under a slowly evolving le...
Cannabis Laws in South Dakota
South Dakota allows medical cannabis under a 2020 voter initiative, but recreational use remains illegal after...
Cannabis Laws in Tennessee
Tennessee remains one of the strictest U.S. states on cannabis, with no medical or recreational program and an...
Cannabis Laws in Toronto
A plain-English guide to what is legal, restricted, and prohibited for cannabis users in Toronto, Ontario as o...
Cannabis Laws in Uruguay
Uruguay was the first country to fully legalize recreational cannabis in 2013, with a state-controlled, reside...
Cannabis Laws in Vermont
Vermont allows adult-use cannabis possession, home cultivation, and licensed retail sales, with strict limits...
Cannabis Laws in Vietnam
Cannabis is illegal in Vietnam for recreational and medical use, with severe penalties including possible deat...
Cannabis Laws in Washington
Washington legalized adult-use cannabis by ballot initiative in 2012 and runs a state-licensed retail market r...
Cannabis Laws in Washington, D.C.
A guide to D.C.'s unusual legal landscape, where possession and gifting are legal but sales remain banned unde...
Cannabis Laws in Wisconsin
Wisconsin remains one of the most restrictive U.S. states on cannabis, with no medical program and criminal pe...
Cannabis Laws in Wyoming
Wyoming remains one of the strictest cannabis states in the U.S., with no legal recreational or broad medical...
Cannabis Legalization Efforts in East Asia During the 1960s
A short answer to a common question: there was essentially no meaningful cannabis legalization movement in Eas...
Cannabis Legalization Efforts in South America During the 1930s
A short answer to a question with a false premise: the 1930s in South America were defined by prohibition, not...
Cannabis Legalization Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa During the 1980s
A look at what actually happened with cannabis policy in Sub-Saharan Africa during the 1980s versus what the i...
Cannabis Legalization Efforts in Western Europe (1900s)
How the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and their neighbours moved from prohibition toward tolerance across the tw...
Cannabis Legalization Efforts in the United States During the 1900s
A century of criminalization, backlash, and the slow, uneven return of legal cannabis in America from 1900 to...
Cannabis Literature in 1960s America
How a decade of beat poets, underground newspapers, and pulp paperbacks rewrote the public image of marijuana...
Cannabis Literature in Australia and New Zealand During the 1900s
A century of pamphlets, parliamentary reports, underground manuals, and academic work that shaped Antipodean c...