In the United States, the use of cannabis for medical purposes is legal in 41 states, four out of five permanently inhabited U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia, as of July 2025. Ten other
Cannabis pills sold by Parke, Davis & Co.
"Cannabis is Medicine, Let States Regulate!" protest in San Francisco, April 4, 2012
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signs a bill to legalize medical cannabis on April 19, 2017
Medical cannabis supporters demonstrate in Los Angeles (August 2007)
Barney Frank was an American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. A Democrat, Frank served as chairman of the House Financial Se
1981, Congressional Pictorial Directory – Frank's first term as Congressman
Frank in 2002 in his congressional office