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<ref>As of early 2019, only two countries had legalized the recreational use of marijuana: in 2013 socialist [[Uruguay]] legalized the drug, and [[Canada]], under Trudeau's Liberal Party, legalized marijuana in October 2018.</ref>
<ref>As of early 2019, only two countries had legalized the recreational use of marijuana: in 2013 socialist [[Uruguay]] legalized the drug, and [[Canada]], under Trudeau's Liberal Party, legalized marijuana in October 2018.</ref>
"[[California]] was the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996. Since then, the medical use of cannabis has been legalized in 40 states and the District of Columbia. The recreational or adult-use of cannabis has been approved in the [[District of Columbia]] and 24 states."<ref>https://mjbizdaily.com/map-of-us-marijuana-legalization-by-state/</ref> Due to the [[Supremacy Clause]], federal law criminalizing marijuana has a limiting effect on business operations to the extent the federal government enforces federal law.
"[[California]] was the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996. Since then, the medical use of cannabis has been legalized in 40 states and the District of Columbia. The recreational or adult-use of cannabis has been approved in the [[District of Columbia]] and 24 states," as of November 13, 2023.<ref>https://mjbizdaily.com/map-of-us-marijuana-legalization-by-state/</ref> Due to the [[Supremacy Clause]], federal law criminalizing marijuana has a limiting effect on business operations to the extent the federal government enforces federal law.
==Legal history==
==Legal history==