How Marijuana Is Both Legal and Illegal in the U.S.

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Publicado 2021-08-16
More than half of the states in the U.S. have legalized recreational and medical marijuana use. However, cannabis remains just as illegal as heroin on the federal level. This environment can be tricky to navigate, both for cannabis businesses and for the lawyers who advise them. In this video, Boston University law professor Jay Wexler explains how states got around the federal ban on cannabis, and Lauren Thomas, general counsel of the marijuana software company, Dutchie, describes the unique legal challenges that cannabis businesses face. (Produced by Macarena Carrizosa; Senior Producer: Andrew Satter; Executive Producer: Josh Block)
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  • @popthatbeep
    Imagine getting out of prison after 30 years sentence because of marijuana just to see marijuana has being legal on the street. Would be a very numb and existentially depressing moment
  • @locojazz5770
    Legalize and decriminalize weed all 50 states. Federal wants money, state wants business. Now would be a good time to advocate change, since we are still in the pandemic.
  • @AlIegory
    They really need to change this federal law. I don't even smoke but the law is bad and the current drug classification is a complete joke.
  • @jessj.j.french7482
    And Thomas Jefferson once said if a law is constitutionally unjust it is the duty of every citizen and legislator not to follow it or enforce it
  • @wrestling4sure
    Should have never been illegal in the first place. Federal legalize cannabis ASAP.
  • @dvilla743
    Ppl deserve a Legal, Non-addictive, Non-deadly alternative to Alcohol, Tobacco & Rx meds. Legalize marijuana, period.
  • @shanecarney7782
    But Tobacco and Alcohol is ok. Regardless of the negative effect it has had on lives and overall health compared to marijuana. Not to mention all the chemicals added to tobacco strictly just to make tobacco products more addictive (which has always been and is still legal in my lifetime at least) why does the legalization of marijuana on a federal level have to be so complicated still, what a Joke
  • @V45hTh3Stamp3d3
    Nixon would use Marijuana at the forefront of the controlled substances act yet probably had an alcoholic beverage every night.
  • @robertbeck8585
    I moved from a state (TX) where anything other than flower is a felony. And they’ve only recently eased up on personal amounts. I remember watching friends go to jail for roaches and pipes.
  • @williammwoodjr
    Today is my 59th birthday! I just lost my job of 3 years because of a positive THC drug test. (In Blue Ridge GA) The person who I served is disabled and now deprived of my service. (I never used while working) I have Glaucoma and PTSD and Pot helps better than anything else I've tried.... Plus I like how it makes me feel. I am now without a job.... and this sucks. I am heart-broken for my friend that I served. I love and miss him, and my fellow co-workers.
  • @travishope9364
    Federal government to the cannabis industry: "You can't use our banks, but we still want our cut of your money!"
  • @brianh2287
    I am glad I live in IL for once. Marijuana has worked wonders for my sleep. The only thing that is criminal is that it is illegal.
  • @hothmandon
    The federal government deserves to be harshly disciplined for keep in it illegal. From pay deductions to the threat of prison.
  • @SynthetickRS
    It's nice to see all the reform over the past few years. We got bigger issues in the world just tax it and move on.
  • @sandberg131
    We don't give a shit about the federal law
  • @timothydale3006
    What's crazy is alcohol is legal people get drunk and drive kill people in wrecks and more weed people just chill, eat and helps people in so many ways
  • @Flowmaster925
    government says its bad, but adults find out its not, now the brain has a hard time trusting the government lol