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A Gateway To Future Problems: Concerns About The State By-State Legalization Of Medical Marijuana, Paul Lewis
A Gateway To Future Problems: Concerns About The State By-State Legalization Of Medical Marijuana, Paul Lewis
The University of New Hampshire Law Review
[Excerpt] “Before 2009, every American presidential administration had been uniform in its policy of consistently enforcing the nation’s drug laws. Pursuant to federal law, possession, use, or cultivation of any drug deemed illegal by Congress was, universally, a prosecutable offense. Notwithstanding this unwavering policy, throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the marijuana industry continued to grow, and several states legalized medicinal marijuana despite the standing federal prohibition. Moreover, President Barrack Obama, shortly after taking office, broke precedent with his predecessors when he put forth a policy of non-enforcement through a publicly released memorandum authored by the then Deputy Attorney General, …
One Toke Over The Line: The Proliferation Of State Medical Marijuana Laws, Troy E. Grandel
One Toke Over The Line: The Proliferation Of State Medical Marijuana Laws, Troy E. Grandel
The University of New Hampshire Law Review
[Excerpt] “Marijuana has been used for medicinal purposes for at least five thousand years. In fact, it was used medicinally in the United States up until the twentieth century when antidrug zealots managed to prohibit it. Prohibition was the status quo until 1996 when California became the first state to adopt a law allowing medicinal marijuana use. Since then, thirteen additional states, along with the District of Columbia, have enacted similar laws. More states are now lining up with their own laws, which are in various stages of adoption. In addition, the Supreme Court has impacted the issue, both with …