A Public Health Approach to Regulating Commercially Legalized Cannabis
Policy Statement from the American Public Health Association (APHA): As of January 2020, 33 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands had legalized medical use of cannabis/marijuana, and 11 of those jurisdictions had legalized nonmedical adult use, typically in commercial and retail marketplaces. The federal government has not challenged