Excitement is growing as the Drug Enforcement Administration decides whether or not to reschedule cannabis, which it’s expected to do in the next few months. But as Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Irvine’s School of Law, explains in a recent op-ed in the Washington Post, federal rescheduling won’t end prohibition. That’s because it won’t change state drug laws.
“Completely legalizing marijuana in the United States would require the actions of both the federal government and every state government,” Chemerinsky noted. Absolutely right! More of your pot questions answered by a pot lawyer here.