State Marijuana Legalization: Issues and Effects

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Jermaine Stone (Editor)

Series: Drug Transit and Distribution, Interception and Control
BISAC: POL020000

An increasing number of states have adopted laws that legalize marijuana for medical or recreational purposes under state law, yet federal penalties remain. In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. In 2013, the Department of Justice (DOJ) updated its marijuana enforcement policy by issuing guidance clarifying federal marijuana enforcement priorities and stating that DOJ may challenge those state marijuana legalization systems that threaten these priorities. This book examines, among other issues, DOJ’s efforts to monitor the effects of state marijuana legalization relative to DOJ’s 2013 guidance; and factors DOJ field officials reported affecting their marijuana enforcement in selected states with medical marijuana laws. (Imprint: Novinka)

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. State Marijuana Legalization: DOJ Should Document Its Approach to Monitoring the Effects of Legalization
United States Government Accountability Office

Chapter 2. Statement of Benjamin B. Wagner, U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of California. Hearing on ”Is the Department of Justice Adequately Protecting the Public from the Impact of State Recreational Marijuana Legalization?”

Chapter 3. Testimony of Douglas J. Peterson, Attorney General of the State of Nebraska. Hearing on ”Is the Department of Justice Adequately Protecting the Public from the Impact of State Recreational Marijuana Legalization?”

Chapter 4. Testimony of Dr. Kathryn M. Wells, Medical Director, Denver Health Clinic at the Family Crisis Center. Hearing on ”Is the Department of Justice Adequately Protecting the Public from the Impact of State Recreational Marijuana Legalization?”

Index

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