Final: Law and Order

Question 1

1937- marijuana tax act

Answer 1

through taxation and regulation congress effectively prohibited the possession and sale of marijuana

Question 2

1957- the boggs act

Answer 2

established mandatory sentences for offenses involving a variety of drugs including marijuana

Question 3

1961- UN single convention on narcotic drugs

Answer 3

banned use of cannabis for anything other than medical and scientific purposes

Question 4

1970- controlled substances act

Answer 4

establishing federal us drug policy under which and part of supply chain of certain substances is regulated

Question 5

1971- national commission on marijuana and drug abuse

Answer 5

recommended rescheduling of marijuana (removed from schedule 1) and elimination of penalties for possession marijuana (personal and non profit transfers)

Question 6

1970s

Answer 6

president carter, AMA, psychiatric, and bar associations as well as council of churches endorsed decriminalization

Question 7

1981

Answer 7

zero tolerance policy under reagan administration

Question 8

1996 california

Answer 8

removed criminal penalties for use , possession and cultivation of marijuana by patients with medical marijuana prescriptions (42 states today)

Question 9

2012- colorado and washington

Answer 9

voted to allow recreational cannabis by any adult older than 21 (15 states today)