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]

Good guess. And agree. As I was relating to embers below...it's a drug trafficking attorney's dream scenario. So many issues - you have jurisdiction, conflict of laws, when does Federal Law come into play, etc.

ie. while possession in your house of marijiunana may not be illegal, if the FEDs can prove you carried it across the border? Then you are under their jurisdiction. If you are using it in transit - ie. smoking a joint while driving from Colorado to Kansas (which my brother actually did once and ended up in Oklahoma), then it's Federal jurisdiction. Or very well could be.
Also not legal in Kansas - so who governs?

Lots of legal conundrums.

This just pushes the courts and Supreme Court to interpret legality.

Reminds me a little of prohibition and the alcohol laws.