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RE: Guns And Cannabis: A Criminal Combination
This patchwork of laws is going to end up in a major train wreck. The feds, at any minute, COULD decide to just invade a given state (my little home state of Maine, population 1.3 million being the likeliest candidate) and begin rounding up pot smokers who are legal under state law. This whole situation is fraught with danger for the so-called "rule of law" and the entire relationship between the feds and the states.
You know what, though? That there are competing laws strengthens the case against the feds. Any state law passed that challenges the federal prohibition on marijuana ultimately weakens their control on that area of law. The federal courts will, of course, assert otherwise, but now those states have a vested interest in challenging federal jurisdiction. This is good. It might be messy, but this is good. When was the last time states had a vested interest in challenge federal jurisdiction where the feds claim to have complete control of the field?