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99 Iowa L. Rev. Bull. 39 (2013-2014)
The Limits of Marijuana Legalization in the States

handle is hein.journals/iowalrb5 and id is 39 raw text is: The Limits of Marijuana Legalization in the States Sam Kamin* I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 39 II. OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ............................................... 40 III. CONTINUED TENSION BETWEEN STATE AND FEDERAL MARIJUANA P O LICY .................................................................................................. 4 2 A . EMPLOYM ENT ................................................................................ 44 B. PROBATION OR PAROLE ................................................................... 45 C. CON TRACT ..................................................................................... 46 D . BANKIN G ...................................................................................... 47 IV . C ONCLUSION ....................................................................................... 48 I. INTRODUCTION Marijuana regulation in the United States is in a period of unprecedented flux. While the federal government continues to list marijuana as a Schedule I narcotic under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)-a drug whose manufacture and sale is a felony punishable by up to life in prison-many states are starting to treat the drug quite differently. The last twenty years have seen an increasing number of states legalize marijuana for medical purposes-removing the criminal penalties for those using the drug pursuant to a doctor's recommendation and setting up regulatory regimes under which qualifying patients may purchase and possess the drug. This increasingly differential treatment of marijuana under state and federal law creates significant legal uncertainty. The reason for the scare quotes in the previous paragraph, of course, is that states cannot simply legalize that which the federal government prohibits. While a state may remove its own marijuana prohibition and may even create a regulatory * Professor and Director, Constitutional Rights and Remedies Program, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. B.A., Amherst College; J.D. & Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. 1. See21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(i)(A)-(C) (2o12).

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