... 1937, which made the possession of Cannabis illegal, except for medical purposes. Although the federal government and private companies recognized medical uses for Marijuana for many years, the government slowly began to criminalize the use of Marijuana, which culminated in the government passing a law through the Narcotics Control Act of 1956, which criminalized first time possession of Marijuana with a mandatory ... of all medical Marijuana dispensaries were raided and/or closed annually (Porter, 2012); and federal law enforcement agencies made almost four times as many arrests of ind...

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