Alabama legalizes medical; Wyoming now among only five states where marijuana is fully criminalized By Brendan LaChance on May 19, 2021
BOISE, IDAHO/USA – MAY 7, 2016: Woman displaying a sign in support for cannabis for PTSD patients for the Global Marijuana March in Boise, Idaho (Shutterstock)
CASPER, Wyo. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation on Monday that will legalize medical marijuana in the state, according to the Associated Press. The bill will allow people with certain medical conditions such as cancer, a terminal illness or depression to get medical marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation.
Wyoming is now one of only five states where marijuana remains fully criminalized. The other four states where both recreational and medical marijuana remain illegal and marijuana possession has not been decriminalized include Idaho, South Carolina, Kansas and Tennessee.
Inspired by a fellow Bayou State native, music mogul
Master P is leading the charge to acknowledge May 20 as Cannabis Freedom Day, meant to champion widespread legislative change and freedom for people convicted of marijuana sales.
Fate Vincent Winslow was sentenced to life in prison in 2008 after selling $20 of marijuana to an undercover officer, his fourth felony offense. After 12 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary also known as Angola, a huge prison industrial complex sitting on land that was formerly a slave plantation, he was released in December 2020, aided by Innocence Project New Orleans activists, resentenced to 12 years with time served.
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