How Marijuana Is Both Legal and Illegal in the U.S.
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- Опубликовано: 15 авг 2021
- 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)
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
Exactly
It is sad that it often happens.
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Beyond disgusting and corrupt
I'd just kill myself or move. Why would anyone pay taxes to a country that locks you up for having God's gift. It would be extremely depressing no doubt.
I would want to Timothy McVeigh the nearest federal office.
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.
You forgot the scientists. They need their grant money for "research"
@Asherah 1147 LMFAO 😂😂😂
That's smart because the pandemic got people stressing.👌🏿💯
Why do they want to give Visas so people can hire cheap labor instead of Americans at a living wage?
If it's legalized it doesn't need decriminalization.
It's already decriminalized. Nobody is going to prison for pot anymore. Hell if you get busted with heroin they just send you to the clinics.
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.
It was to criminalize blks and incarcerate them
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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
And in what way is this constitutionally unjust?
@@vitsadelhole learn what the supremacy clause is
@@chrisprilloisebola the laws are different but not in conflict therefore do not violate supremacy
@@vitsadelhole how so? They are literally in conflict. Federal government makes weed illegal while the states make it legal.
@@chrisprilloisebola no the states do not make it legal they just make it not illegal under state law, that is a massive distinction and exactly why it does not violate the supremacy law, it in no way contradicts or interferes with the federal law only states that the state itself does not see possession and distribution as a crime, and this is a right provided to said state explicitly by the 10th amendment buddy
Should have never been illegal in the first place. Federal legalize cannabis ASAP.
The liberals better get on there law makers ass, while they are in power.
@@homermoore Liberals don’t give a damn about the people, they only care about long term power and trashing the bill of rights.
truth
Ppl deserve a Legal, Non-addictive, Non-deadly alternative to Alcohol, Tobacco & Rx meds. Legalize marijuana, period.
Thats the thing prescription medication is addictive, its done that way on purpose.
Weed should be illegal, it destroyed my life. 😢
@@DerekPKyou destroyed it on your own. How silly it is to blame a flower for your mishaps.
@DerekPK would've been cool if you could get help without the threats of charges
@@DerekPK its good for most people maybe 2 percent of people might have bad reactions with it
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
Because our legal system is a cluster fuck of complexity. Legalizing something has to go through a process that involves convincing members of congress and the senate, many of which are paid under the table by prisons and big pharmas. So much campaign money comes from these shady industries. It’s all about money, and the rich will do everything in their power to stay rich.
Facts!!
Yeah, I always think about this. The USA doesn't make sense on so many issues. Alcohol is the worst drug in the world. Most violent crimes are committed when people are drunk or blackout drunk. Drug offenses can have mandatory sentencing but rape, child molestors get out on good behavior and go do it again. I've heard of murderers getting out in 13 years and then committing murder. But some college kid gets caught selling cocaine for the first time to his friends. He gets mandatory 25 years. That is sick. Violent criminals should get the harsh sentencing not drug users or even dealers--if they aren't violent. Like you said it makes no sense when junior can go out and buy 151 and risk alcohol poisoning or a blackout where he may unknowingly commit a violent crime. Meanwhile cigarettes kill more people than all illegal drugs combined but they are ok. What a crazy country. But in Asia where I live, they think all drugs are the same as heroin. Probably because they follow the US federal policy and don't think for themselves. And of course alcohol and cigarettes are fine--oh yeah and they hand out benzos like candy and never tell you they are addictive. UPSIDE DOWN WORLD
Because they locked a lot of black people up and don’t want to let them free, that’s why 🐝1
@@bruceniblett959 thats because a drunk loses its intelligence not to get busted in crime , while drug users(such as marijuana) dont lose their average intelligence while committing a crime dummy
Federal government to the cannabis industry: "You can't use our banks, but we still want our cut of your money!"
Banks are scam dude there has been several times in history when banks have stolen people's money
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Trait of a 3rd world country.
Dam all these dispensaries can't use a banking system? That fucking sucks for banks and pot growers.
Nixon would use Marijuana at the forefront of the controlled substances act yet probably had an alcoholic beverage every night.
He would have several drinks nightly !
Because drugs are bad
@@moleman5178 alcohol is 1000000x more dangerous, literally. Alcohol has killed millions directly and indirectly. Weed has killed 0 directly, and probably less than 1000 times indirectly.
Alcohol is legal dingus
@epiphanyofCorrectness The point is that both alter state of consciousness. The only distinction is that one is legalized before the other.
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.
Now anything under 4 ounces is just a misdemeanor. Many of the major cities in texas have a cite and release policy for weed
Arkansas was the same. Jus couple years ago my mom got sighted for a small joint😂 the government really is unfair to everyone.
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.
Psychedelics??, 👆👆Man's the realest lately, he sells good and quality psychedelic products and also delivers discreetly🍄 💊🍄🍫💯🔌.
How can an employer sack you for something you do out of work? it's an absolute joke mate. Hope you found another job that treats you fairly.
Folks, You want to talk PTSD? Before covid I was at the kiosk where I purchase my CBD oil, talking with the owner when she looked past me and said, "hi how are you"? I turned around to see a haggard looking ole fellow.....that started weeping right there in the mall?!?! The owner came around the counter and was consoling the man. After several minutes he composed himself enough to blurt out, "Mam my flashbacks have near left me and Im now sleeping 6-7 hours a night"! The gentleman was/is a Vietnam Veteran that suffered all those decades with the flash backs and rarely slept more than 2-3 hours a night. It was the gentlemans first time back to the kiosk, since purchasing his CBD and I just happened to be there! Completely random situation. F.W.I.W. I have 2 adult children with severe psychiatric challenges, one being coupled with ALS2 (Stephen Hawking) CBD ALONE haas been a GOD send for them both!! I can only imagine what Cannabis might do for them! Their story is on RUclips, "Is CBD being suppressed". Until this Federal prohibition is struck down there are alot of disabled folks that will suffer until it is!! AS evidenced in my interview about my daughter. She is in a Federalty funded nursing home and they will in no way allow or assist with the administering of CBD oil. Even if she gets her medical card we have been told. This is violation of my daughters civil liberty and civil rights!!! The Federal Cannabis prohibition needs to go now!!!!!!!
@@frankkahler1431 We don’t need cannabis, what we need is Jesus Christ.
@@frankkahler1431 they should release and compensate those incarcerated
We don't give a shit about the federal law
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
It's proven fact that nobody has died in any way from weed
The federal government deserves to be harshly disciplined for keep in it illegal. From pay deductions to the threat of prison.
In a better world every victim of the war on drugs was adequately compensated by now. In a perfect world the war never started to begin with.
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.
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.
Texas needs to legalize it already.
how does a law built on an untruth still have a leg to stand on in a court ? no medicinal uses ? yet opioids with doctors paid to prescribe it ? sacklers no actual cost as by time fines (bribes) paid costs them 0 . kind of like how exon still hasn't paid the court settlement .
The problem is Texas
Its a flower. If someone tells you that you can't grow or smoke a flower. then they are a dictator. What if someone said you can't drink coffee. Because its bad for you. And it is. Same thing. Make cigarettes illegal. I'm addicted to cigarettes.
government says its bad, but adults find out its not, now the brain has a hard time trusting the government lol
Our government is rotten to the core.
" Marijuana is a gateway drug" 😆. Yes, it's a gateway to wellness and feeling better.
FOR REAL
Why do they feel better? They only feel better when they take it right? It’s not a one time consumption it’s one of those take it every day pills.
The reason I never take drugs anymore is because I don’t want my money to be spent on myself, I want my money to help other people.
But you probably drink coffee everyday.
George Washington the first US president smoked weed and the Declaration of Independence is written on hemp so its not American to make weed illegal
they are soo greedy! If this don't tell ya that the gov sells the drugs round here idk .
really good content Bloomberg Law. I broke the thumbs up on your video. Keep up the awesome work.
Legalize and Decriminalize Nation Wide ( TEXAS 😎 ) LONE STAR ⭐STATE⭐
With how fcked up the world is a little bit of weed would make the world a better place
I vote souly on a candidates stance on legalizing mj. It should be legal
I work my ass off and always do the right thing, my bills are ALWAYS paid on time and I always stick to my word, I only smoke at night to get better sleep. Even though I have a medical card all it takes is one mistake at work that may not even be something that was in MY control in the first place and ill get fired in a state where it’s legalized just not federally, suddenly all the hard work and hours I put in (being a literal sheep) just to become an expert in my field would be gone to waste because I smoke sometimes at night, whilst all the employees that are to lazy to actually learn the job and dont want to work can make HUGE mistakes and WONT get fire because they dont smoke… sure I could quit smoking and deal with a little less sleep and wont ever have to ever worry about it in the first place, but why do I need to change for a system that doesn’t want to change for US in the first place, why do WE have to work our asses off and slave our days away, pay taxes, follow 100s of laws, and get bitched at over things that aren’t in our control whilst taking FULL responsibility as a grown and productive member of society and EXPECTED to be the bigger person? So i can be 100000% a “productive member of society” and be LOVING and understanding and charismatic but im just a piece of shit that deserves not to have a job and pay bills and eat JUST because I have insomnia?
Welcome to Germany1937. Just lost my job today.
Couldn’t have said it better
Mine stopped testing for THC.
Sounds like some have a curb on the business and some don’t, I live in Texas where it should have been legalized many years ago to keep the illegal weed from crossing the border, and now it’s fintenal that comes across the border along with meth, heroin , and other drugs, not as much marijuana crosses the border like it use to,marijuana is like smoking a strong cigarette and you might get a little buz but not like the film that was made back in the sixties where they show a man going mad after smoking a marijuana cigarette, that just don’t happen the truth being stretched a little, and if their gonna legalize it for over half the United States then they should make it excess able to everyone in this country, otherwise it’s not fair to other law biding citizens who would like to share in the right to have legal marijuana in their state too, and medical should be excess able to whom ever wants it and not the stuff rated at less than one percent of t h c that Texas is promoting for medical marijuana, when other states can get whatever they want with as much t h c as needed for their pain, we want ours too.
They need more lawsuit against the state for discriminating truck drivers come home after 2 weeks 4 weeks 6 weeks on the road and want to sit in his chair and smoke shouldn't have to worry about it five days later
Thank God I live in Canada. I can buy and smoke all the weed I want without repercussions lol
You squat in Canada that's stolen injun land
God this country can be so silly sometimes.
There is no reason to illegalized weed there is a lot of reasons why we should be legal. Hemp is allowed in TN and I live here and I plan on paying 30 for both CBD and tch hemp and blend it. Now there is alot of things should be illegal not marijuana.
TDG #1 FULLSUPPORT
Full Legalization of marijuana
In the United States Of America
Nixon DRUG WAR was directly towards Weeds. It was grafted basically as a tool for WHITE SUPREMACISTS to be able to have an edge on who they can incarcerated in mass. The prison industrial complex has spent lot of money pushing to keep the law prohibiting Marijuana used. When the drug testing were put in place it was easier to catch THC not coke n heroin users. The law is illegal and eliminated lot of good blacks from jobs that are handed over to mediocre whites. The laws give white cops more power to bring in blacks. Basically white used more cannabis and blacks get more jail sentences more often. This a law for white supremacy to be able to rule. Now you can understand that the South n heavily republicans states are in love with the prohibition.
Is cannabis fully legal in all states of canada? I mean can we just go and buy weed or hash from stores just like alcohol and cigarettes?
such a ridiculous moment in time we are in smh
It’s actually getting ridiculous at this point just make it fully legal
Very well done expose'. We really need to address the integrity/discretion crisis in our "Justice System". I'd suggest We the People start by taking over/back the private bar system and replacing it with a public licensing system like the rest of this nations professionals are held accountable to, as there is clearly an accountability issue at play/fault here.
so let me get this straight. local/state police do not have any legal obligation to enforce ANY federal laws, is that correct? and while they don't have to enforce a federal law, they can if they want to, correct?
the video could have noted that non-intoxicating hemp, a (previously) valuable agricultural product, was legalized in 2018 under that year's federal farm bill. this also can cause confusion for law enforcement, as low-THC hemp and high-THC cannabis are somewhat related, and sniffing dogs might not know the difference.
Marijuana is made illegal because it threatens the pharmaceuticals establishment on making profits on medications that helps with insomnia, anxiety, stress, seizures, PTSD, and the list goes on. It's against the law to put a patent on nature so they could not own it but they could outlaw it. With the introduction of GMOs it now has the potential to be profitable to the pharmaceutical establishment. The problem is the already existing strains of marijuana out there and the fact that it's recreational in a lot of States. Pharmaceutical companies will lose billions if marijuana is made completely legal. Yes reefer madness did happened, but that's not ultimately why it was made illegal. That was just used as an excuse to ban a substance over greed.
Please share my comment with everybody. More people need to know the truth.
Hemp can save the planet!
I just bought weed out of tobacco outlet to see how good is it for price
It’s all about the money, it’s so ridiculously hard to tax marijuana. I mean suppose if everything did go according to plan then you could just be 21, walk into a dispensary and buy a gram right? Well given how said gram would more than likely be $15+, who wouldn’t just go to a local dealer for way better prices?
I tried telling people that God made weed naturally but they didn't listen.
It has been regulated not legal there is a huge difference, basically one gives power to all people in the case of regulation, if it were just legalized it would be an agricultural product that anyone could grow and sell
Coming from a man that says I am not a crook
LEGALIZE IT DUDE!!!!!!!!!!
It's legal where I live but even when it wasn't I was never worried about buying it and smoking it.
If you can buy it at a dispensery legaly just ignore the federal law
Sometimes I smoke but other times i dont so who cares if it's only legal in some places if we only smoke it some of the time.
Is there any country yet where buying and selling weed or hash or hemp is fully legal just like alcohol and cigarettes?
Thailand, Jamaica
I find it interesting how marijuana is one of the biggest test of federalism we have had in American hiatory. I cannot believe how successful it is at undermining the national government in the United states. I would not have thought states would be able to do so otherwise.
seems that being a black market seller would still be the way to go.
Wtffffffff they said MJ is next to heroin.. I've done heroin! It's not even close are u serious
Bruh
Yea legalize the dam stuff and be done with it, I’m 73 years old and I’m tired of going out of state to buy my dam pot, I need the dam stuff because of ptsd I got on my tour to Vietnam, you know it’s about time they legalize the stuff because everybody smokes the dam stuff, if you pull 15 people off the streets of some big city and checked them to see if they use marijuana they would find that ten or twelve out of those fifteen people use marajuana and that’s a fact, their are more users now days.
Most Americans favor legalization. How can we claim freedom when something most Americans do is illegal?
2:39 crystal meth is schedule 2 not 1
caffeine is literally more dangerous than TH; makes me wonder why thc still has so many laws to it is baffling, you literally cannot overdose on thc.
Schedule I isn’t for the most dangerous drugs, just ones without recognized medical use. It’s an easy assumption since Schedules V-II are numbered based on their potential for abuse (5 being smallest 2 being highest), but that grading system only applies to drugs with an accepted medical use. Schedule I is for *ANY* drug with a federally recognized potential for abuse but without any recognized medical use. So in this system heroin, mdma, weed and ayahuasca are scheduled together but not because anyone considered them to be the most dangerous, or to have a similar harm potential, just that there is abuse potential and no medical use.
Other drug schedules that might surprise you are Meth and Crack at schedule 2.
Meth is used medically like it’s chemical cousin amphetamine (Aderall) as a diet aid, narcoleptic therapeutic and focus medication. It’s marketed under the brand name Desoxyn.
Cocaine is still used as a topical numbing agent (if you’ve ever used it recreationally you’ve experienced the affect first hand). Typically only used on patients who can’t tolerate other first line medicines like Lidocaine. Drug dealers will sometimes rub cocaine on their gums to test the strength and purity. Faster, stronger numbing means stronger, purer product.
Time to legalize
I love the Dutchie app!!!
I think I realize what else could be keeping marijuana illegal, and that's the fact that the price of farming in general is at an all time high. Farmers are paying 300% more on fertilizer, and marijuana requires more nutrients than most common crops. Thats not all, barrels of oil were $30-40, now they are over $100 a barrel. So the fuel we need to use for powering these farmers machines are even higher. Another thing is, when everyone and their moms can now buy weed. Bro, those people are going to eat more.
Lets say all the milk is gone when you walk into a grocery store, expect the price to be higher next time you see milk again. Thats just how it works, the cow does not magically produce more milk. The same goes for when weed dispensaries are all over the place and you go in expecting to buy in bulk, when now you are limited to what you buy so they can control the supply and demand.
Keep it illegal
@@moegreen5760 Why don’t we make it illegal for turds to believe that one should lose basic liberties for choosing to consume a substance to manipulate consciousness?
@@majav15mg because legalizing is playing into the hands of political donors who get license priority and who are putting inferior product on the market. If that’s what legalization looks like, keep it illegal, and let the money go to better products
@@moegreen5760 Then at least decriminalize it.
Hey there growmies! First year growing, just finished harvesting 5 to 6 pounds of the best yummy lemon meringue and white widow I've ever had! Sorry feds, not sorry! Its killin pain and you shouldnt stand in the way. Shame on you! Stay elevated people! Embrace freedom and secure it, as it needs re-established in a big way!
This is just an example of the laws Is only for people from poverty
Do you have any idea how many Doctors, lawers, engineers, nurses ect smoke in their downtime?
Let me tell you, it’s pervasive throughout the entire strata of incomes !!
A lot of the dispensary’s in Michigan have police officers renting grow rooms .
Can you read? Poor people don't have the money for lawyers and court cost. Rich people do. The cop renting a grow room just further drives the hypocrisy forward
Do as I say not as I do lol that shit is dead
Linda lou
We need deregulation not legalization or decriminalization. Freedom is just that, free.
When will the lazy federal government legalize it disgrace
I lost thread at 280E. But hey, cool.
A real stoner is going to smoke pot legal or not
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Thank Anslinger
Went to The Penitentiary 4 this Marijuana TAX ACT....1st offense...2 to 10 years😮
Create a new banking system for this business especially
Lets go Texas, figure it out already.
Imagine creating the law for reefer
Where 6 SSRIs have failed weed has done the job. Please legalize it already!
eventually the federal government will stop this madness........a year later and it only worse.
2:37 The clown states that "Category 1 is the most dangerous drugs." But, at the same time, the chart on screen indicates nothing about danger or addictiveness. It only has two qualifications: high potential for abuse (i.e. popularity) and no medicinal value. That's why Marijuana was made Schedule 1. While no one in their right mind has thought Marijuana was dangerous, at least since the 1970s, it's probably the most widely popular illegal drug in the US. Also, the federal government decided there was no medical use for it, and then banned or highly restricted medical research until very recently. So that was a self-fulfilling criteria. Gradually, more research has opened up and it's now commonly understood to have large medical potential. But the drug remains hugely popular, so remains Schedule 1.
Ultimately, the federal scheduling process needs to either be reviewed or eliminated entirely. This issue should be left to the states. Keep in mind that psychedelics such as Psylocybin and Peyote/Mescaline are also Schedule 1 drugs, despite psychologists finding value in prescribing them.
I wonder what Kiki Camarena would think about all of this?
The legalization of marijuana should be regulated at federal level to protect children and teens. The news at the TV was about a teen smokes marijuana and passed out drooling. All the dispensaries around the country should be monitoring and check the content. How much they sell? The dispensary that sells the product to the kids, should be immediately close. A girl purchased a lollipop couldn't close the mouth and dull until the effect pass away. Any adult providing kids with marijuana should go to jail. Human being should always have rules and regulations. Protect the people.
Take that slave shit over to Ukraine
Educate regulate decriminalize legalize 💯
Where is all that marijuana tax money going to
That's what narcotic anonymous told me.
Those days are over od Nixon. State laws are lenient for most part for small amounts of weed.. even you have a good chance of mailing small amounts in the mail. They only target the big guys with loads of it.
What this doc has not addressed yet is: if weed was illegal at the federal level, how exactly did some states make it legal? Isn’t that the definition of a slap in the face?
They're called lobbyists.
Erase all laws against weed and get your heads out the holes, pharmaceutical companies sell worse things and cigarettes are available everywhere, when is a full change coming not just making minor adjustments to basic laws how about legal federally
How can we call ourselves united if we can't respect each other's choices or all agree on the same thing we aren't united are we?
This video leaves out large amounts of history and context predating regan.
Bull, Nixon is the one that pushed GIs
Into combat ino Vietnam war even if GIs had guts hanging. It was the worst battle of the hippie era. The war in drugs not on drugs
You forgot to mention Arizona!
Legalize it!
Also legalise misinformation on RUclips.
public enemy number 1 was nixon
Fr
Legalize marijuana so we all can enjoy it it's not fair that some states have it legalized and some can even get an ounce
This all puts a bind on law enforcement when it comes to 'just' laws. The same principles that apply to cannabis legalization, are now used to limit access to abortion, sex education, Medicare, etc. It was the same principle that Alabama used to fight against civil rights, In the 60s.
This is not brought on by moralists, with real objection to abortion or drug use, this is the social policy design of selfish people with a personal stake on controling society for their own ends. Personal and civil rights shouldn't be a piecemeal option.
Yeah hard to not feal singled out in this hypocrisy
We all know it's a conspiracy ! Only those who don't smoke it don't know!Makes you smarter
The states arent united are they?
Tyrants
0:25....state vs federal. 1:34...
Please hurry up Ga and make it legal
Yeah make it legal, make USA like Netherlands?
The government has zero right to involve themselves in drugs where adults are concerned. Its none of their business whether i smoke a joint or not.
How dare they!
Legalize it