Raich and Federalism
by TChris
Even states that aggressively prosecute pot smokers agree that California is entitled to try its own approach -- permitting patients to use medicinal marijuana, at least where the weed doesn't travel in interstate commerce -- without federal interference. It remains to be seen whether the Supreme Court will agree (TalkLeft's coverage of the issue, argued in Ashcroft v. Raich, is collected here), but Jonathan Adler today takes a serious look at the federalism concerns underlying California's struggle to chart its own course on this divisive issue.
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