The legalisation of recreational cannabis is obvious tension with three international treaties that together commit the United States to punish and even criminalise related activities.
As cannabis for therapeutic purposes policy continues to evolve, including incorporation of greater commercialization, it is possible that the full effects of its legalisation have yet to take place.
Responses to women involved with illicit drugs must take gender into account to produce fair outcomes that ensure international human rights obligations and meet the reality of women's lives.
