The 'immaculate conception' problem: Maryland medical marijuana growers must break law to grow plant

[Warren DeMontague]

4. which is why Federal law is going to need to be fixed.

Because as much as authoritarians may want to scream "Federal Law" the fact is there simply aren't the resources, Federally, for enforcement of marijuana laws on the ground in all the states.

And if the Feds push too hard on this deal, it's entirely possible that individual States will go "fuck you" and remove cannabis entirely from their law books, which will mean there is ZERO regulatory or law enforcement involvement at the state level. In short, a weed free for all.

I advise anyone currently experiencing a raging authoritarian hard-on at the thought of some great big federal power stopping 40 million or so people in this country from smoking pot to read this and consider the potential fallout.

http://www.thestranger.com/news/2016/12/21/24755256/one-way-to-protect-washington-states-legal-weed-market-from-trump-burn-it-to-the-ground