Abstract
It is not often that states affirmatively seek to legalize conduct prohibited by federal law. Rarer still do states seek to expressly authorize and affirmatively regulate commercial activities that remain subject to federal prohibition. Yet that is precisely what is occurring with marijuana. Indeed, what the federal government seeks to prohibit, many states hope to tax.
The insistence of multiple states on experimenting with various levels of marijuana decriminalization or legalization raises a host of important and difficult legal questions. To explore these questions, and the emerging landscape of marijuana law and policy, the Center for Business Law & Regulation at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law hosted an interdisciplinary conference on “Marijuana, Federal Power & the States” in September 2014 [to which this article is the introduction].
This abstract has been adapted from the text of the article.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2015
Publication Information
65 Case Western Reserve Law Review 505-512 (2015)
Repository Citation
Adler, Jonathan H., "Marijuana, Federal Power and the States" (2015). Faculty Publications. 2292.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/2292
Comments
Introduction to the symposium Marijuana, Federal Power, and the States (2014) at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.