> Controlled substance act is not a gray area anywhere in the US as far as I know. There is nothing gray at all about federal LEO raiding a dispensary on privat

> Controlled substance act is not a gray area anywhere in the US as far as I know. There is nothing gray at all about federal LEO raiding a dispensary on private non-federal land. These dispensaries are basically depending on the kindness of federal agencies to look the other way. As soon as they become political enemies with someone they are cooked. Your last two sentences are correct, but there are actually grey areas here. It's actually more complicated than it seems. IANAL, but I have worked in drug policy previously, so I have worked with lawyers who are very well-versed on the nuances of this law. The ambiguity isn't whether marijuana falls under the CSA (it does) - it's the extent to which federal agents can pursue violations of it in specific circumstances. Especially since this often involves the cooperation of local law enforcement (ie, subject to the state), and some states even statutorily prohibit local law enforcement from assisting federal law enforcement with matters that are legal under state law. A lot of it is grey specifically because aspects of these issues haven't been definitively tested in court in recent years, and as time goes on, they become more murky because state laws change, and federal agents become less excited about pressing the issue with the possibility of an unfavorable court ruling. > But federal land is definitely the worst. I had a federal agent obtain a search warrant to strip search me and drag me to a hospital and 'internally search' my GI tract because they claimed there were drugs up my ass. It's truly insane. I'm sorry that happened to you. That's awful.