The U.S. Constitution, The U.S. Department of Justice, and State Efforts to Legalize Marijuana

Authors

Zachary Bolitho, Campbell UniversityFollow

Abstract

Professor Bolitho discusses why the Justice Department's policy on marijuana over the past eight years violates the United States Constitution and examines how this conflict developed. This Article goes on to detail the history of marijuana regulation, including the Controlled Substance Act's Schedule I classification of the drug. Last, Professor Bolitho discusses how state marijuana reforms conflict with the Supremacy Clause.

Recommended Citation

Zachary Bolitho, The U.S. Constitution, The U.S. Department of Justice, and State Efforts to Legalize Marijuana, 4 Lincoln Mem’l U. L. Rev. (2017).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmunet.edu/lmulrev/vol4/iss2/3