““ Some of my finest hours have been spent on my back veranda, smoking hemp and observing as far as my eye can see.””
-Thomas Jefferson
1978 Federal Government IND Compassionate Use Program Supplies Patients with Marijuana and New Mexico Passes First State Law Recognizing Medical Value of Marijuana
May 1985 Marinol Approved by FDA
1988 DEA Judge Francis Young Recommends Marijuana Be Placed in Schedule II
1991 Federal Government Suspends IND Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Program and First Medical Marijuana Initiative Passed in San Francisco
1993 American Medical Student Association Unanimously Endorses Rescheduling of Marijuana
1998-1999 Alaska, Oregon, Washington, and Maine Become 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th States to Legalize Medical Marijuana
2003 US Government Receives Cannabinoids Patent
2008 California Attorney General Issues State Guidelines for Medical Marijuana
2010 New Jersey, Washington DC, Arizona, and Delaware Legalize Medical Marijuana, 16 states in total.
2012 Connecticut and Massachusetts makes 18.
1980 Marinol, a Synthetic Version of THC, and Smoked Marijuana Tested on Cancer Patients
1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act Increases Penalties for Marijuana Possession and Dealing Are Increased
1990 Scientists Discover Cannabinoid Receptors
1992 Scientists Discover First Endocannabinoid and IND Compassionate Use Program Officially Terminated; 13 Patients“ Grandfathered in” and Continue to Get Government Marijuana
1996 California Becomes First State to Legalize Medical Marijuana
2000 Hawaii, Colorado and Nevada Become 6th, 7th, and 8th States to Legalize Medical Marijuana
2004-2007 Montana, Rhode Island, and New Mexico Become 10th, 11th, and 12th States to Legalize Medical Marijuana
2004-2008 Montana, Rhode Island, New Mexico, and Michigan Become 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th States to Legalize Medical Marijuana
2011 Study Finds Legal Medical Marijuana Reduces Fatal Car Accidents
2012 Colorado and Washington Legalize Marijuana for 21 + Recreational Use