Justice Department in March 2015 over the provisions of state and federal law for medical marijuana. It notes the amendment to the 2015 appropriations bill where the Congress barred the Justice Department from spending money to prevent states from implementing laws for medical marijuana. The ...
Will marijuana laws change under the new presidential administration and/or Congress in 2025? Federal employees should know that both 2024 presidential candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, have publicly agreed on the need to reform the nation’s cannabis laws. Harris could...
CBD has the potential to act as a relaxant and help with anxiety issues and inflammation without any harmful compounds. This is why it is legal to produce and market. Differences Between State Laws on Marijuana Right now, the issue of marijuana legalization remains a state issue, with each st...
Earlier this year, a study shot down the notion that medical marijuana laws can prevent opioid overdose deaths, challenging a favorite talking point of legal pot advocates. Yet, the ongoing overdose crisis has caused New York, New Jersey and other states to turn to marijuana on the premise ...
HIGH FEDERALISM: MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION AND THE LIMITS OF FEDERAL POWER TO REGULATE STATES.The conflict between state marijuana legalization and the blanket federal marijuana prohibition of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) has created a federalism crisis in which the duties of state officials to ...
If a state defies federal law, but the federal government doesn't enforce its law in that state, is federal law really the trump card? Because marijuana is a controlled substance, enforcement of the federal laws prohibiting it fall to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and so...
Out of Joint: How The Growing Disconnect Between Federal and State Marijuana Laws Impacts EmployersBY BARBARA L. JOHNSONEDWARD CADAGINPEGGAH SADEGHZADEH
000. Subsequent convictions and greater amounts of marijuana can result in much harsher penalties. For example, the sale of less than 50 kg of marijuana, the smallest amount category, constitutes a felony under federal law. The crime is punishable by five years in prison and a $250,000 ...
State Marijuana Laws March 6, 2022 Today, forty-eight (48) states accept the medical use of marijuana. However, marijuana’s classification in the federal Controlled Substance Act (CSA) has not changed as a result. State laws are not … State Marijuana Laws Posts navigation ← older Search...
House of Representatives on Friday voted to pass legislation to legalize marijuana at the federal level, one step closer to decriminalizing cannabis in the United States and the latest example of evolving attitudes on the subject. While the bill, called the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment ...