Introduction: Our federalism on drugs / Jonathan H. Adler -- Public opinion and America's experimentation with cannabis reform / John Hudak and Christine Stenglein -- The effect of state marijuana legalizations : an update / Angela Dills, Sietse Goffard, and Jeffrey Miron -- The smoke next time : nullification, commandeering, and the future of marijuana regulation / Ernest A. Young -- State marijuana reforms and the lingering shadow of preemption / Robert A. Mikos -- Federal nonenforcement : a dubious precedent / Zachary S. Price -- Banks and the marijuana industry / Julie Andersen Hill -- Legal advice for marijuana business entities / Cassandra Burke Robertson -- The contingent federal power to regulate marijuana / William Baude.
Summary:
"More than one-half the 50 states have legalized the use of marijuana at least for medical purposes, and about a dozen of those states have gone further, legalizing it for recreational use. Either step would have been almost inconceivable just a couple decades ago. But marijuana remains an illegal-controlled substance; under a 1970 federal law, so those who sell or grow it could still face federal prosecution. How can state and federal laws be in such conflict? And could federal law put the new state laws in jeopardy at some point? This book, an edited volume with contributions by highly regarded legal scholars and policy analysts, is the first detailed examination of these and other questions surrounding a highly unusual conflict between state and federal policies and laws. Marijuana Federalism surveys the constitutional issues that come into play with this conflict, as well as the policy questions related to law enforcement at the federal versus state levels. It also describes specific areas--such as banking regulations--in which federal law has particularly far-reaching effects. Readers will gain a greater understanding of federalism in general, including how the division of authority between the federal and state governments operates in the context of policy and legal disputes between the two levels. This book also will help inform debates as other states consider whether to jump on the bandwagon of marijuana legalization"-- Provided by publisher.
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