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What Denver did isn't legal either. The DEA regulates all scheduled drugs, not states and absolutely not cities. Cities are generally prohibited from making la

What Denver did isn't legal either. The DEA regulates all scheduled drugs, not states and absolutely not cities. Cities are generally prohibited from making laws contravening state and federal law (not always followed and the cities basically always lose the lawsuits).

jelliclesfarm 7y ago
I think DEA regulations apply only when crossing state borders.
- bifrost 7y ago
  Nope! This is also why weed in any federal building is a federal crime. Probably a bad idea to smoke weed in a national park too.
  - jelliclesfarm 7y ago
    Yes. Good point. But isn’t there a difference between legalization and decriminalization? CA has already drawn a line in the sand with our state law enforcement answers sanctuary state status..especially with their cooperation..or lack there of..with the feds and federal agencies.
    - bifrost 7y ago
      Ignoring federal law doesn't make anything legal, it just makes it harder to get caught. California is going to end up in an interesting battle one way or another.
dragonwriter 7y ago
> The DEA regulates all scheduled drugs, not states and absolutely not cities States and cities absolutely do regulate them, and can (but cannot Constitutionally be compelled to) assist in enforcing the federal law even if they don't adopt their own. Most illegal drugs are subject to state and federal prohibition, which are mostly also priorities for enforcement by most general-jurisdiction local law enforcement. But there is a recent trend for states dropping or limiting their prohibitions on certain drugs (mostly marijuana) and cities, states, and even the federal government deprioritizing enforcement of some drug laws (notably, there is an outright legal prohibition on federal expenditures on enforcement of federal marijuana laws against use conforming to state-level medical-use laws.) And that's all completely legal (state licensing and taxation schemes for federally-prohibited activities may not be, however) though the federally prohibited acts don't become legal through any combination of state legalization/decriminalization and federal, state, or local deprioritization.

jelliclesfarm 7y ago

I think DEA regulations apply only when crossing state borders.

bifrost 7y ago
Nope! This is also why weed in any federal building is a federal crime. Probably a bad idea to smoke weed in a national park too.
- jelliclesfarm 7y ago
  Yes. Good point. But isn’t there a difference between legalization and decriminalization? CA has already drawn a line in the sand with our state law enforcement answers sanctuary state status..especially with their cooperation..or lack there of..with the feds and federal agencies.
  - bifrost 7y ago
    Ignoring federal law doesn't make anything legal, it just makes it harder to get caught. California is going to end up in an interesting battle one way or another.

dragonwriter 7y ago

> The DEA regulates all scheduled drugs, not states and absolutely not cities States and cities absolutely do regulate them, and can (but cannot Constitutionally be compelled to) assist in enforcing the federal law even if they don't adopt their own. Most illegal drugs are subject to state and federal prohibition, which are mostly also priorities for enforcement by most general-jurisdiction local law enforcement. But there is a recent trend for states dropping or limiting their prohibitions on certain drugs (mostly marijuana) and cities, states, and even the federal government deprioritizing enforcement of some drug laws (notably, there is an outright legal prohibition on federal expenditures on enforcement of federal marijuana laws against use conforming to state-level medical-use laws.) And that's all completely legal (state licensing and taxation schemes for federally-prohibited activities may not be, however) though the federally prohibited acts don't become legal through any combination of state legalization/decriminalization and federal, state, or local deprioritization.