States legalizing marijuana will violate federal law, trigger constitutional showdown
The Huffington Post (US web)
Monday, October 15, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
Former Drug Enforcement Agency administrators and directors of the Office of National Drug Control Policy voiced a strong reminder to the U.S. Department of Justice that even if voters in Colorado, Oregon and Washington pass ballot measures to legalize marijuana use for adults and tax its sale, the legalization of marijuana still violates federal law and the passage of these measures could trigger a "Constitutional showdown."
