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Title: Marijuana Federalism
Condition: New
EAN: 9780815737896
ISBN: 9780815737896
Publisher: Brookings Institution
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 17/03/2020
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Weight: 340g
Contributor: Jonathan H. Adler (Edited by)
Author: Jonathan H. Adler
Language: English
Subtitle: Uncle Sam and Mary Jane
Description: On marijuana, there is no mutual federal-state policy; will this cause federalism to go up in smoke?

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 areassuch as banking regulationsin 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.
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Society & Culture, Social Sciences
ISBN-10: 0815737890
Item Width: 14mm
Release Year: 2020

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