Maximum Yield Cannabis USA December 2017 / January 2018 | Page 61

ALABAMA
Alabama, the state that brought us
such luminaries as George Wallace
and Bull Connor, not surprisingly
opposes marijuana legalization
vehemently. It still observes
prohibition, with dry towns
and municipalities in up to
one-third of its counties. With
no initiative process on its
ballots, there is little hope
for grassroots (pun intended)
activists in the Heart of Dixie
to make any real progress
in the near future for either
medicinal or recreational
use of cannabis.
Alabama law adds
an additional penalty
for folks who may be
convicted of any crime
relating to marijuana;
they are banned for life
from child adoption within
the state. This means that an
individual or couple who would
like to adopt a child, but have a
possession charge somewhere in their past,
are unable to improve the life of a child in need.
“IT IS AGAIN
no surprise that
these bastions of
conservative practices
will continue to dig their
heels in, hold their breath, and
stomp their collective feet when it
comes time to take a stance on the
legalization of marijuana.”
IDAHO
Much of the popular sensibility in Idaho stems
from its high population of practicing Mormons
(Idaho has the second largest Mormon population
in the country behind Utah) who by decree are
opposed to the use of cannabis in any form. A
2016 poll regarding marijuana legalization found
that 64 per cent of the population opposed any
form of legalization, with 53 per cent of those
respondents indicating that they were strongly
opposed to its legalization.
Idaho’s laws reflect this disdain for any use of
marijuana. Possession of mere marijuana para-
phernalia, not even the substance itself, can lead
to a charge and conviction of a misdemeanor.
KANSAS
Kansas can boast the lowest usage levels of mari-
juana anywhere in the country, if that is what they
want to hang their hat on. An estimated 8.2 per cent
of Jayhawks use cannabis in any form versus over
12 per cent of the rest of the country. This could be
the cause or the effect of its anti-cannabis position.
It should not be much of a surprise that the state
that spawned the Westboro Baptist Church, with
its anti-progressive stances on everything and its
stated intolerance of every other religion, would
be firmly in the camp of the states that have no
plans of legalizing marijuana. As recently as 2014,
polls indicated that 33 per cent of the state not only
was opposed to legalization or decriminalization
of marijuana, they felt it should be a felony to
possess marijuana.
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