Because of the reliance that the United States had this falling was inevitable but it was an emergency situation. This allowed production during WWW and the positive outcome of production. As the decade progressed there was more advancement towards the elimination of the drug. Subsequently in 1942 marijuana was removed from the US pharmacopoeia. A year later in 1943, physicians were no longer able to prescribe medicine that contained cannabis, marijuana. Thus showing positive improvement in where the drug can become more known for what it truly is instead of the reliable plant it was.
Finally in 1945 the Roosevelt administration re- bans the industrial use of marijuana. Because of these acts and restrictions the government was able to initiate bigger acts upon this drug. The asses were the most controversial times because in 1951 a person who was in possession of marijuana and or any other drug listed could be convicted at a federal level. This was a huge step for the nation as a drug free environment. In 1956 congress deems marijuana e classified under the Narcotics Control Act.
This great accomplishment ended the asses and leads us into the 1960 with a strong foot forward. The asses, the Hippie movement was coming into bloom. The experimentation of drugs was the “cool” thing to do as a teen. Of these drugs was marijuana, a “lightweight” drug for the teen of this decade. The first public protest against the restriction of the marijuana laws was conducted in 1964. This was the first time that the people had a great impact in what the laws were to become creating a huge shift in the years to come. The reign of a on cannabis society was short lived.
From 1968 to 1969 the DEAD was formed which initiated the Marijuana Act. Later that decade, “President Lyndon B. Johnson merges two agencies to establish the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the predecessor of the Drug Enforcement Agency, in a broader reorganization of government antiradar policies”( Pierre). In the late asses marijuana became a fashionable drug that everyone wanted to use thanks to the hippie movement. This brought forward many people who started to fight for the legalization of this drug and soon states would begin to individually legalize it.
The asses were a positive advancement towards the elimination of marijuana although with some major setbacks. In 1970, the “Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act [r]places and updates all previous laws concerning narcotics and other dangerous drugs. [There is a great] [e]emphasis on law enforcement. [Which] [I]includes the Controlled Substances Act, where marijuana is classified a Schedule 1 drug (reserved for the most dangerous drugs that have no recognized medical use)” (Gustier).
Later in the decade in 1972 President Nixon rejects the Shafer Commission proposal that recommends the decentralization of his drug. Not approving this proposal was a huge step in the right direction. Although we had this accomplishment we had a step back because in 1973 Oregon decides to discriminative marijuana as they are the first state to do so. Three years later in 1976, “President Jimmy Carter endorses the Shafer Commission’s findings and sends a statement to Congress on August 3 asking them to discriminative cannabis possession in America for adults” (Pierre).
Thus concluding this decade and making way to the ass’s. Continuing in the footsteps of Oregon, in 1980 11 more states decided to criminality the usage of marijuana brining about a movement of the wrong power, the power to minimize the enormous issue that the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes is. In 1980 the war on drugs begins. From 1981 to 1985 the FDA, Food and Drug Administration, approved marijuana as treatment for nausea giving organizations such as NORMAL, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, the power to fight.
Finally in 1986, “President Reagan signed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, instituting mandatory sentences for drug-related crimes” (“Marijuana Timeline”). In closing the decade the Bush administration started heir own war on drugs. ““President George Bush declares a new War on Drugs in a nationally televised speech” (“Marijuana Timeline”). In the 1996, “California voters passed Proposition 21 5 allowing for the sale and medical use of marijuana for patients with AIDS, cancer, and other serious and painful diseases.
This law stands in tension with federal laws prohibiting possession of marijuana” (“Marijuana Timeline”). We finally enter into the sass’s when in 2004 California limits on Medical Marijuana Possession moving forward as then in 2005 they suspend the usage of the medical card. Although they suspended the usage they resumed the usage of the card it in the same year. “The United States Supreme Court upholds the power of Congress to prohibit and prosecute medical marijuana even in the 11 states that permit it. 005 US Supreme Court Rules Congress May Ban Marijuana Use in Gonzalez v. Rich” (Moore). This case allowed for the prosecution of people who are using marijuana for medical purposes. In 2010 recreational marijuana usage was denied in California allowing for others to follow along. Because of this it led to the continuation of the closing of dispensaries and growers in the state of California. In 2012 Colorado and Washington legalized the consumption of marijuana for recreation purposes.
