Smoking Pot Legal in Washington State and Colorado..well, at least on the State level at any rate

[shadowkat]

Apparently Colorado and Washington made recreational marijuana or pot legal. Which is interesting, considering it isn't legal Federally. This sort of puts Colorado at odds with the Federal Government.

So...while it is legal to smoke pot in Colorado from the State's perspective, you might not want to do it around any Federal DEA agents?

Also, they couldn't have passed this law when I was in school out there?

Go here: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/political/marijuana-legal-in-colorado-washington-but-dont-break-out-the-cheetos-yet

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/us/politics/marijuana-laws-eased-in-colorado-and-washington.html?_r=0

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[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

While it does create pressure on the Feds...masq is right, it also creates bureaucratic head-aches. I want marijuana to be legal, but it's hard to do much when the State and the Federal laws aren't in agreement, because Federal law will govern the trafficking. Federal law often governs movement of goods across state lines or between one country and another. There's all sorts of interesting conflict of laws and jurisdiction issues sprouting up over this one. It's a conflict of laws attorney's or attorney specializing in drug trafficking cases wet dream.