Medical marijuana is legal in some states, but federal laws and state laws are still at odds over the issue. According to a recent article in Fortune magazine, over half of U.S. states have legalized or are considering legalizing the medical use of pot, but the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, National Institute of Drug Abuse, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration all say that marijuana doesn’t have a currently accepted medical use. In the past, this meant that providers were subject to raids by the federal government, and couldn’t use state laws to defend their crimes in court, but under a new act signed by Obama in February, the federal government is no longer able to perform raids on state dispensaries. The Fortune article focuses on the business side of legalizing pot, but we want to know: Do you think it should be legal?
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