Congressional Researchers Highlight Rift Between State-Level, Federal Drug Laws
Dozens of states have launched medical and recreational cannabis industries over the past two decades amid a wave of drug reform that has swept across the country. In the past couple of years, reformists in several states have also begun campaigns to legalize, or at least decriminalize, psychedelic drugs as initial research has shown that those drugs have potential as mental health treatments. However, while states are increasingly adopting permissive drug policies, federal law still bans the production, distribution and use of drugs such as cannabis and psychedelics even though millions of people across the country now use them either…
