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26 Widener L. Rev. 1 (2020)
The Evolving Federal Response to State Marijuana Reforms

handle is hein.journals/wlsj26 and id is 11 raw text is: The Evolving Federal Response to State Marijuana Reforms RobertA. Mikos* ABSTRACT The states have launched a revolution in marijuana policy, creating a wide gap between state and federal marijuana law. While nearly every state has legalized marijuana in at least some circumstances, federal law continues to ban the substance outright. Nonetheless, the federal response to state reforms has been anything but static during this revolution. This Essay, based on my Distinguished Speaker Lecture at Delaware Law School, examines how the federal response to state marijuana reforms has evolved over time, from War, to Partial Truce, and, next (possibly) to Capitulation. It also illuminates the ways in which this shifting federal response has alternately constrained and liberated states as they seek to regulate marijuana as they deem fit. * Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School. This Essay is based on my Distinguished Speaker Keynote Lecture for the Cannabis in the Tri-State Area Symposium at Delaware Law School in March of 2019. I thank Professor Luke Scheuer and the editors and staff of the Widener Law Review for organizing and hosting the Symposium. 1