Marijuana Law, Policy, and Authority

May, 2018

Arizona Supreme Court says State May not Criminalize Possession of Medical Marijuana on College Campuses

On Wednesday, in Arizona v. Maestas, the Arizona Supreme Court invalidated a 2012 state statute that had criminalized the simple possession of medical marijuana on college campuses. The Court found that the statutory prohibition conflicted with a voter approved initiative—the 2010 Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA). The AMMA lists a handful of places where the legislature…

Posted by on May 25, 2018 in News, Updates, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Implications of Murphy v. NCAA for State Marijuana Reforms

[Updated for clarity] On Monday, the Supreme Court decided a case that should help insulate state marijuana legalization from preemption challenge. The decision in Murphy v. NCAA invalidated a federal law–the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA)—that had prohibited the states from (inter alia) “authoriz[ing] by law” sports gambling. 28 U.S.C. § 3702(1). I’ll summarize the…

Posted by on May 17, 2018 in News, Updates, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Looping Problem in Marijuana Sales

States commonly limit the quantity of marijuana that a licensed supplier may sell to a consumer (see book pages 462-463). For example, Colorado’s Retail Marijuana Code Rule 402 provides that “A Retail Marijuana Store and its employees are prohibited from Transferring more than one ounce of [marijuana] . . . in a single transaction to…

Posted by on May 9, 2018 in News, Updates, , , , , , , , , ,