Talk:Places that have decriminalized non-medical cannabis in the United States

Map
Update the map! It's just that the map is outdated. New Mexico has adopted a medical marijuana program, and yet it is neither shaded blue nor is it discussed in the article beneath. Could someone please make the necessary changes? —Preceding unsigned comment added by W000t311 (talk • contribs) 17:21, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Could I just offer a suggestion? Whenever the map is updated in the future, it might be a good idea to also label (using small green dots) the cities in the US that have decriminalized non-medical cannabis. Perhaps this has been discussed in the past, or perhaps this would clutter the map--it just seems like individual cities have passed legislation regarding this issue so it might be nice if the map reflected local legislation as well as state policies. Thanks! Another Believer (talk) 20:27, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * By the way, W000t311, this article is about non-medical marijuana decriminalization, not medical marijuana programs. Regardless, the map DOES need to be updated.Another Believer (talk) 18:17, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

THERE'S NO EXPLANATION OF ARIZONA LAW. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.19.149.194 (talk) 06:26, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Cannabis or marijuana
Before replacing marijuana with cannabis throughout this article or moving the article to 'Places that have decriminalized cannabis in the United States', please read Manual of Style, which says, ''Articles that focus on a topic specific to a particular English-speaking country should generally conform to the usage and spelling of that country. For example: American Civil War: American English usage and spelling; Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: British English usage and spelling.'' Cannabis is refered to most often as marijuana in the United States. —User:Christopher Mann McKay 18:23, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


 * All the cannabis articles are referred to as cannabis. Why do you keep removing the link from Cannabis (drug). Please stop this line of behaviour that is unhelpful to our readers and destructive tot he encyclopedioa. Marijuana is a slang term and therefore your MoS claims are wrong, SqueakBox 19:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I have addressed these issues on Talk:Legal history of cannabis in the United States, as you voiced the same opinions on that talk page. —User:Christopher Mann McKay 20:15, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The "marijuana" terminology needs to go. The substitution of the term Marijuana for cannabis was a deliberate ploy at the time when certain commercial and racists influences were bent on getting cannabis prohibited. In fact, another word for cannabis is hemp. Before 1937 Hemp (cannabis) was a vital agricultural commodity, used to make paper, fiber, clothing, food, rope, birdseed, oil, medicine, plastics and fuel. Those who wished to see it banned knew that the Congress would never do so if they knew they were banning hemp, so they dredged up a Mexican slang word for it which they felt would sound exotic and foreign and sinister. The Congress, true to form, did not realize that marijuana, hemp and cannabis were the same. They believed the anti-marijuana propaganda and banned it. Consider, if I wanted to ban the drinking of bottled water you would laugh. But if I told you I wanted to ban hydrocarbon encased dihydrogen oxide, you would have to be a chemistry major to know I was talking about the same thing.

On the same subject, under Wisconsin, "112 grams (almost a quarter pound) of marijuana or 28 grams of cannabis" makes no sense, as cannabis and marijuana are one and the same. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.33.164.128 (talk) 04:30, 9 June 2010 (UTC)


 * There are several hypotheses regarding the etymology of the word marijuana or marihuana. Many believe it derives from the Mexican name for 'Mary Jane', or "Mary and Jane' (Maria y Juana). Others have suggested that Mexican-Spanish word for 'intoxicant'), or its linguistic relative maraguango (a Panamanian provincialism). Numerous other derivations of marijuana have also been proposed. The legal use of the Spanish word "marihuana", instead of the proper Latin "cannabis" or the English "hemp," is often referenced in support of this theory. The immigration of Mexicans into the United States after the 1910 Revolution triggered a form of xenophobia that resulted in our modern anti-cannabis laws. Some people believed that these immigrants brought marijuana with them. Incidentally, another spelling is "mariguana." Simultaneous movement (talk) 18:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

New Hampshire
New Hampshire has just decriminalized it. I'm not a very good editor or writer. Someone may wish to look it up and add it to this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.118.124 (talk) 01:57, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Source? Another Believer (talk) 18:17, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Mississippi
I noticed that under the Ms. section it states that "House Bill 28" had something to do with it but after looking around I found the house bill here http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/pdf/HB/0001-0099/HB0028IN.pdf and it has Nothing relevant to do with the section. I inform us of the real story... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.179.79.2 (talk) 02:10, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Connecticut
http://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/conn-passes-bill-decriminalizing-marijuana-1.2937882?qr=1

It appears that marijuana has been decriminalised in Connecticut. This may be relevant information to add to this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.166.24.177 (talk) 03:31, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Definition of Legalization
I wonder whether you can truly say that Washington or Colorado have legalized cannabis, while there are tons of strings attached to it: It's still illegal for citizens to grow it in their houses or gardens, it is only available in designated and tightly regulated and controlled shops, the whole supply chain is fully state-surveyed, there are still maximum quantities for legal possession et cetera. In my opinion legalization would mean a different thing, namely no strings attached. -- Alexey Topol (talk) 08:06, 8 January 2014 (UTC)