https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3 Recreational Marijuana and Federalism en-us 2018-02-06 14:46:29 UTC 2025-11-24 21:13:19 UTC hello@padlet.com lmarrero1109 https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3/wish/228631181 - Recreational marijuana is legal in 9 states and Washington, D.C.
- Medical marijuana is legal in 29 states.
- If marijuana remains a state issue, legal weed smokers can still be prosecuted.]]> 2018-02-06 14:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3/wish/228631181 lmarrero1109 https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3/wish/228631242 - "Good people don't smoke marijuana"-Jeff Sessions (Attorney General)
- During Donald Trumps election he claimed marijuana legalization "should be a state issue, state-by-state".
- Although states can legalize it,  it is still federally illegal, therefore a marijuana smoker in Colorado and California (for example) can still be prosecuted.]]> 2018-02-06 14:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3/wish/228631242 lmarrero1109 https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3/wish/228631339 often capitalized : federalism is the distribution of power in an organization (such as a government) between a central authority and the constituent.]]> 2018-02-06 14:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3/wish/228631339 lmarrero1109 https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3/wish/228647849 - http://reason.com/archives/2017/03/01/the-marijuana-exception-to-federalism
- https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/18/most-famous-marijuana-users_n_5160073.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxqYj1-vo0U
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/08/14/will-marijuana-make-federalism-go-up-in-smoke/?utm_term=.ba3daea2bc2c
- ]]> 2018-02-06 15:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3/wish/228647849 lmarrero1109 https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3/wish/228675331 - Making marijuana a federal issue will allow the government to really research the drug and help progress its legalization.
- Legal weed smokers can no longer be prosecuted and the government will have the freedom to regulate it how they choose.]]> 2018-02-06 15:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3/wish/228675331 lmarrero1109 https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3/wish/229577093 Marijuana has been an issue in the United States for many years. During Donald Trumps election, the newly elected president claimed the legalization of the drug "should be a state issue, state-by-state". Currently, people who smoke weed in states where its legal can still be prosecuted for the consumption and possession of the drug. To this day, there have been no reported overdoses from smoking legal marijuana. What is the government afraid of? If marijuana is legalized federally , with strict regulation, it will allow the drug to progress.]]> 2018-02-08 14:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lmarrero1109/federalismp3/wish/229577093